Hi Tech Welding
Repairing the Parts That Can't Be Replaced

Wayne Amodie Jr., Owner, Aerospace Repairman / Welder

For more than four decades, Hi Tech Welding has operated in that environment. The company specializes in repairing aerospace components that many shops cannot handle, helping customers restore critical parts when replacement is not a practical option. Success depends on more than technical skill. It requires experience, judgment, and the confidence that comes from having solved similar challenges before.

“When a customer sends us a part, there usually isn't another one available. We have one opportunity to make that repair work, and that's what makes this business different,” says Wayne Amodie Jr., Owner, Aerospace Repairman / Welder.

Three Generations Building Specialized Expertise

Hi Tech Welding's expertise was not developed overnight. It has been built across three generations of aerospace repair professionals, each adding to a foundation of knowledge that continues to shape the company today.

The story begins with Guy Amodie, a retired Air Force veteran whose career included commercial MRO work as well as turbine engine repairs and sales. His experience introduced the family to the aerospace industry and established a culture centered on technical craftsmanship and accountability.

That foundation was expanded by the late Wayne Amodie Sr., who founded Hi Tech Aviation Welding in the early 1980s and secured FAA certification in the early 1990s. Under his leadership, the company earned a reputation for taking on complex aerospace repair work where precision was essential, and mistakes carried real consequences.

For Wayne Amodie Jr., the next generation of that knowledge transfer happened both in the classroom and on the shop floor. He earned an Associate Degree in Aviation Maintenance Management, became an FAA-certified Airframe and Powerplant Mechanic, and later completed a Bachelor's Degree in Professional Aeronautics from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. He worked in the family business for years, learning the aerospace welding trade while pursuing his education.

Since 2000, Wayne has been repairing and welding aviation components, building on the expertise passed down through his family while helping guide the company into its next chapter.

That experience extends far beyond one individual. Hi Tech Welding's team represents more than a century of combined aerospace repair experience. Many employees have spent decades developing the specialized skills required for this work. Aerospace welding is a niche discipline where experience cannot be accelerated. A graduate arriving from welding school may require years of hands-on training before becoming proficient in aerospace repair applications, making skilled aerospace welders difficult to develop and even harder to replace.

Recognizing that reality, Hi Tech Welding has focused on retaining experienced professionals and investing in the people who make the work possible.

As Wayne Jr. notes, none of the company's success would be possible without its employees. Their collective knowledge enables Hi Tech Welding to repair airframe structures, engine components, specialty materials, and other complex aerospace parts that demand expertise developed over years of hands-on experience.

For customers, that expertise often becomes most valuable when confronting unusual damage, difficult materials, or repair scenarios that do not fit neatly into a standard process. Having encountered similar challenges over decades of specialized repair work, the team draws on a deep reservoir of institutional knowledge to evaluate options, identify practical solutions, and execute repairs with confidence.

Maintaining that level of specialized expertise internally is neither practical nor economical. Instead, they partner with specialists whose entire focus is built around solving those challenges. Hi Tech Welding has built long-term relationships by giving customers the confidence that comes from knowing their repairs are being handled by people who have spent decades doing exactly that.

“Customers know they're sending their parts to a shop that has done this work for decades. That trust is something we've earned one repair at a time,” says Wayne Jr.

Precision Backed by Process

Experience drives successful repairs, but aerospace standards also demand verification.

Hi Tech Welding supports its repair work through a structured quality verification process. Depending on the application, repairs include NDT processes such as visual inspection, fluorescent penetrant inspection, or X-ray examination to validate weld integrity. Completed work also receives a final review before being returned to the customer.

The company's supporting capabilities exist for a simple reason: aerospace welding rarely begins and ends with the weld itself.

Many repairs require pre- or post-weld heat treatment, inspection, machining support, engineering support, or sheet metal work as part of the overall repair process. Rather than relying on multiple outside vendors, Hi Tech Welding maintains those capabilities in house because they are fundamental to performing aerospace repairs correctly. Heat treatment, in particular, is often an essential component of welding critical aerospace parts.

By bringing those functions together, the company can better control quality, reduce unnecessary complexity, and support repairs from start to finish.

A Reputation Built One Repair at a Time

This reputation allowed Hi Tech Welding to grow without advertising campaigns or major marketing initiatives for more than forty years, almost entirely through word of mouth. Long before receiving industry recognition, Hi Tech Welding built its reputation through successful repairs, repeat customers, and referrals from organizations that trusted the company with some of their most challenging work.

That growth reflects the nature of the business itself. In an industry where technical credibility is earned over time, reputation is built through consistent performance. Every successful repair strengthens credibility and reinforces trust.

Over time, that reputation transformed Hi Tech Welding from a family-operated repair business into a recognized specialist within the aerospace industry, known for tackling repairs that many others choose not to pursue. Rather than pursuing growth for its own sake, the company has remained focused on the specialized work and standards that built its reputation in the first place.

The same qualities that fueled that growth have also earned the company recognition as the Aviation Welding Service of the Year. The award reflects decades of accumulated expertise, a highly experienced workforce, disciplined quality standards, and an unwavering commitment to getting difficult repairs right the first time.

More than forty years after its founding, Hi Tech Welding continues to do what it has always done: help customers restore critical aerospace components when there is no backup plan, no replacement waiting on a shelf, and no do-overs.