TAKING AUTOMATION TO THE NEXT LEVEL. Utilizing our 20+ years of experience, DDS provides robust automation solutions for the discrete manufacturing industry. As a full-service design & build resource, we help solve your manufacturing challenges by aligning the best fit solution that will improve your business and increase your competitiveness within the marketplace.
You can be confident that you are partnering with a company that focuses on building high quality systems without cutting corners. We have made our name by tackling the most difficult projects with a collaborative and team-oriented approach and we are positioned to handle projects of all sizes!
The DDS Difference
Ability to support projects from prototyping to large-scale automation while maintaining a personal approach
We will never over commit and under deliver or submit a proposal we aren’t confident in supporting- we stand by our work
Employ an experienced workforce with a depth of experience in every industry and application
We aim to develop long-term partnerships with our customers, integrating our transparent and collaborative culture into the way we work
Where Culture Matters
From the beginning, we've wanted DDS to be different from other companies. Different in how we treat our clients, different in how we work with each other, and different in the results we achieve. These differences are best captured in the 25 fundamentals that are the foundation for our unique culture - The DDS Difference.Meet Our Leaders
Our History
DDS was founded by Brad Demarco in Fort Mill, SC, starting out as a small company developing a patented knitting machine for a California-based medical device manufacturer.
Brad acquires a partner and establishes a small machining shop.
DDS moves into a 12,000 sq. ft. building to have the machine shop and automation together in a single space. We grow the machining side of the business and start designing larger pieces of automation, beginning with a focus on vision systems.
Our automation group grows large enough to expand into a second 6,000 sq. ft. facility in Fort Mill.
We expand again to a 9,000 sq. ft. facility in Charlotte, NC. DDS receives the Inc. 5000 Award for the second year in a row as recognition for being one of the fastest-growing privately held companies in the U.S.
DDS sells the machining side of the business to focus on in-house automation design, continuing our fabrication capabilities by developing a vast network of machine shops.
As our automation group continues to expand we move to our current 20,000 sq. ft. facility in Charlotte, NC.
Continue focusing on building custom high-end automation and expanding our business within the Southeast. Officially registered as a WBE & WSOB business.
Awards and Recognition

