According to Troy Johnson, Vice President, Operations, the company name was created because years ago the company founder wanted his firm to “grow like a Texas weed,” so he told his first customer “make the check out to Weed Instrument.” Forty years later Weed Instrument has grown to provide a complex and diverse product line of highly engineered temperature sensing, fiber optic networking and nuclear qualified instrumentation.
For the past 75 years, the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind (SALB), a non-profit organization, has become San Antonio’s icon for training and educating both the blind and severally visually impaired, in addition to being a leader in manufacturing for the military and government agencies.
UEMC, Inc. is a woman owned, government contractor in San Antonio Texas. For 50 years, they have produced a host of products for commercial and military customers. Their 103,000 sq. ft facility employees 235 that specialize in contract sewing, fabric spreading, dye cutting, screen printing, and military packaging.