About Us
A Journey Through Innovation
ADS was founded in 1984 by Mamdouh Assaad and Bob Fess who both had the vision of providing customers with quality automation machine designs.
Our current owner, Scott Costain, worked alongside ADS at an automation house in the Rochester area, partnering together for some of their mechanical design needs. Overtime, Scott saw how passionate and reliable ADS was and became part of the ADS team. In 2014, Scott received the opportunity to purchase ADS, which he could not pass up. We have celebrated 30 years in business and continue to grow and reach new heights, providing our customers with the machine design needs they deserve.
Milestones
1984
ADS is founded
2000
Mamdouh Assaad retired
2014
Scott Costain purchased ADS from Bob Fess
2014
ADS celebrated 30 years in business
2017
ADS Continues to grow
When ADS was founded, machine designs were drawn by hand with the assistance of a drafting machine. By the mid-eighties 2D Autocad and computers made their way into the industry and replaced drafting boards and drafting machines with select limitations. Today, the latest innovations make it so the engineers at ADS can use multiple components, programs and strategies to create a successful machine design for our customers.
