South West Trade Adjustment Assistance Center

"When several of our long time, domestic distributors were recruited to sell low cost laser engraving systems produced in Taiwan, the SWTAAC helped us develop a plan and acquire a matching grant to respond. The plan and grant helped us improve our marketing efforts and operating efficiencies, and we were able to move from sales declines to sales increases and profitability. I don't know if we would be in business today if it were not for their efforts."

Guy Barone
President Xenetech Global Inc.
Baton Rouge, LA

"We recently received...assistance through (the) SWTAAC/UTSA with our marketing efforts. They were highly professional and got through the process very quickly. They have assisted us in the details of how to best make it work for us. If you have a chance to do so, take it. An overall marketing plan has been developed for us, which will lay the groundwork for several years."

Jennifer H. Fariss, CPA
President
Advantage Building & Exteriors, Inc.

"The grant certification process was easy. The instructions we received were clear and concise. It was never intrusive, and we always had a prompt response to any questions we had. The (SWTAAC) personnel were very understanding, knowledgeable, and patient."

Christina Well
President
La Abuela Mexican Foods, Inc.

"We were struggling in an industry affect by foreign competition; we need to increase our sales and reduce our operating costs. The SWTAAC helped us increase our sales through development of a new web site and achieving ISO certification. It helped us improve operating costs through the deployment of lean manufacturing concepts and development of better IT systems to track and analyze our results."

Keith Martin
Chief Financial Officer
Precision Machine & Manufacturing, Inc.
Grove, OK

"The TAA program has been tremendous for helping promote our made in USA organic cotton products. The assistance has allowed us to double our sales through...increased internet presence, trade show promotions, and product development. A truly worthwhile government [program] to compete with the increasing import climate [with] a helpful staff at the SWTAAC"

Gary Oldham
President
SOS From Texas
Shamrock, Texas

"InterConnect is an AS9100 compliant company that provides quality products and services to the giants of aerospace industry. Over the past few years, we have doubled our sales, as well as the number of employees. We are now ISO 9001 and AS9100 registered and with assistance of the SWTAAC working hard to continually improve InterConnect's process."

Clare McGarry
Vice President of Business Development & Marketing
InterConnect Wiring L.L.P.
Fort Worth, Texas