📞 +1 (561) 344-3166 dawn@mtechmpl.com 📍 3071 Crescent Ave, Marina, CA 93933
Mon–Fri · 7:00 AM – 5:30 PM PT

About M-Tech MPL

Family-owned. Engineer-led. Building precision components on the California coast since 2011.

Home / About
Dawn Richardson, Founder and President of M-Tech MPL
Our Story

Founded on a simple principle: do the work right the first time.

M-Tech MPL was founded in 2011 by Dawn Richardson, a manufacturing engineer with two decades of experience serving the aerospace and defense supply chain. What began as a two-machine job shop in a small Marina industrial bay is today a full-service precision manufacturer trusted by product teams across the country.

We built the shop the way we wished the industry worked: honest quoting, direct access to machinists, and inspection paperwork you can hand to your customer without a second thought.

"A great part is the sum of a hundred quiet decisions. We take pride in every one of them." — Dawn Richardson, Founder & President

By the Numbers

A decade of steady, deliberate growth

2011

Founded in Marina, CA with two Haas VF-2 mills and a promise to keep tolerance.

18,000 ft²

Modern, climate-controlled facility with a dedicated inspection lab and finishing area.

27 people

Machinists, programmers, quality inspectors, and engineers — all under one roof.

240k+ parts

Shipped to aerospace, medical, defense, and industrial automation customers since 2014.

Milestones

Our journey, in short

2011Dawn Richardson founds M-Tech MPL in a 2,400 sq. ft. bay in Marina, California.
2014First aerospace customer signed. AS9100 processes adopted across the shop floor.
2017Expansion to 8,500 sq. ft. Addition of first 5-axis machining center (DMG Mori DMU 50).
2020Zeiss CMM inspection lab commissioned. Medical device customers onboarded.
2022Move to current 18,000 sq. ft. facility on Crescent Avenue. Twenty-second employee hired.
2024Additional Mazak turning cell added. In-house anodizing partner integrated.

Values that guide the work

Craft

We measure our success in microns and in the pride our machinists take when a first article passes on the first try.

Candor

Honest quotes, honest lead times, honest post-mortems. If we can't do it, we say so — and we point you to someone who can.

Continuity

Long relationships beat quick wins. Most of our customers have shipped with us for five years or more.