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Hi, I’m Jason Stidman, the owner of Steadfast Machine. A few years ago, I transitioned from construction and real estate development into manufacturing by acquiring two small machine shops. We retained most of the staff and knowledge from each shop and expanded our capabilities by adding new equipment, enabling us to better serve customers across several industries.

Our current work is a mix of prototype projects and production machining, and we’re working to complete our AS9100 and ITAR certifications, hoping that will open up more customer opportunities.

These days, connecting online seems to have replaced the old ways of simply introducing yourself, making it harder to stand out and reach the right customers, which remains our largest challenge. Despite this, we’re optimistic about overcoming it and excited to collaborate with others in the manufacturing space.

Going through the process of getting ITAR now, I am also getting JCP certified. From what I have been told you will need SAM registered, cage code, and JCP to bid direct to the government. I got the government side done at first without getting ITAR and JCP and that was a waste of time so far for me. Did you get ITAR to do third party work and not need the gov side originally?