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About Us

Welcome to AGM

AGM aspires to be a model, principled company, the primary mission of which is to meet the needs of our nation’s defense efforts. In so doing, we simultaneously want to provide for the financial needs of our employee-owners and their families, such as by helping these employees to fulfill their personal dreams and desires by providing them with opportunities to experience rewarding careers and to pursue continuing education. Lastly, we seek to be responsive to the ongoing needs and challenges within our local community.

Our Story

In 1955, Harrison Browning founded Arizona Gear and Manufacturing, which was the first company to design breather valves for Hughes Aircraft missile containers. Following this success, in 1970, Roger and Joyce Stewart bought a branch of Arizona Gear that eventually turned into AGM Container Controls. Thanks to the Stewarts’ vision, AGM has become a growing family of brands delivering a wide range of products and solutions for the Aerospace, Defense, Manufacturing and Accessibility markets.

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Our Values

AGM is the subject matter expert on protecting contained environments. Diligently maintaining a robust, AS9100-certified quality system, our AGM employee-owners strive for exceptional product quality and on-time delivery performance. In addition, our AGM design engineers work directly with our customers to specify products that might best suit their given application.

Headquartered in Tucson, AGM supports numerous charities and events throughout the year. In 2009, AGM was recognized with the national U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s “America’s Best Small Business of the Year” award.

What We Do

AGM engineers and manufactures products that help maintain controlled internal environments within sealed enclosures. Solutions include:

  • Moisture control systems

  • Pressure regulation devices

  • Corrosion prevention solutions

  • Shock and impact monitoring products

  • Humidity monitoring devices

  • Container access and secure mounting systems

AGM works directly with engineers, quality teams, and procurement professionals to support applications requiring environmental control, inspection visibility, and long-term storage reliability.

Core Capabilities

Engineering Expertise

AGM provides application-specific engineering support to evaluate enclosure size, environmental exposure, and performance requirements.

Precision Manufacturing

Products are manufactured in-house using precision machining and controlled production processes.

Moisture Ingress Analysis

AGM offers analytical tools such as Hydra₂O™ to predict long-term moisture risk and prescribe optimized protection strategies.

Integrated Environmental Protection

Many applications require layered solutions combining humidity management, pressure control, corrosion mitigation, and monitoring.

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Our Team

AGM maintains a five-member board of directors overseeing all aspects of the company’s health and business direction.

Meet Our Team

Come Join Our Team

Come Join Our Team! AGM is always interested in finding new talent to help grow our company. Click the button below to see current openings.

Industries We Serve

AGM solutions are used in:

  • Aerospace & Defense

  • Electronics & Precision Manufacturing

  • Industrial Equipment Storage & Transport

  • Long-Term Preservation Programs

  • Calibration & Testing Environments

Applications often involve long storage intervals, high-value components, and regulated quality systems.

Our Approach

AGM takes a practical, engineering-driven approach to environmental protection. Rather than relying solely on standard configurations, the team evaluates each application’s exposure risks and performance requirements to recommend appropriate solutions.

This collaborative model helps reduce uncertainty, support compliance objectives, and improve long-term storage reliability.

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What to Expect When Working With AGM

How does the quote process work? Need help prototyping? Interested in machining services? From research to final product and everything in between, learn about what it’s like working with AGM.

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Foreign Distributors

AGM works with many distributors around the world to ensure that you can get the products you need in the easiest way possible.

Foreign Distributors

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