Robert Tetzlaff founded Amdek, Inc. in 1991. His father, Roger W. Tetzlaff, moved to the US in 1949 as an indentured servant and later became a naturalized citizen. Robert received his training from the "old world school," which taught machine building to everyone who operated or sold a machine. He spent ten months working as an apprentice at Battenfeld GMBH in Germany, where he learned every facet of creating a molding machine.

When ITW Trans Tech first arrived in the US in the early 1980s, Robert got his start in the pad printing industry as an independent sales representative. He had the opportunity to work with and learn from hundreds of businesses and a wide range of manufacturing, quality, and large-scale production processes thanks to this role. The.