Success Stories
The UTSA SBDC International Trade Center was founded in 1992 with the premise that our success is measured by our clients’ results. We are proud of the successes that we have helped our clients achieve through out international trade consulting, international market research and innovative training programs.
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Texas Black Gold Garlic
July 14, 2023, Success Stories
Stephen Paprocki, founder of Texas Black Gold Garlic (TBGG), discovered his love of cooking watching his grandmother cook day in and day out. Growing up in a household where everything was made from scratch, including wine and beer, had a massive impact on him as a chef and entrepreneur in the culinary industry.
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SAT Energy
July 14, 2023, Success Stories
SAT Energy is a San Antonio manufacturer of solar lights and related renewable products. Founded in 2015, it is the sister company of Sana International which exports industrial equipment and is a long-term client of the UTSA SBDC International Trade Center. Rossie Ortiz, SAT Energy’s Managing Director and mechanical engineer by training, notes that this is both their first venture into manufacturing and also focusing on both domestic and international sales. Solar lighting meets the needs of multiple users, and current customers range from municipalities to rural agricultural operations.
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Bespoke Group LLC Receives Presidential Award for Exports
May 23, 2019, Success Stories
Irving, Texas, May 23, 2019 — Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross presented BESPOKE GROUP LLC with the President’s “E” Star Award for Exports at a Presidential Ceremony in Washington, D.C.. In total, Secretary Ross honored 48 U.S. companies with the President’s “E” Award, the highest recognition any U.S. entity can receive for making a significant contribution to the expansion of U.S. exports.
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CellRight Technologies
January 7, 2019, Success Stories
The World Health Organization (WHO) reports that the demand for the biotechnological applications of human tissue for regenerative medical application far exceeds the supply. The greatest impediments to commercializing this technology stem from immature regulatory regimes in many regions of the world, ill equip to manage the sensitive activity in this industry. Developed countries have taken a largely sterile, sober, and scientific approach. However, much of the developing world has seen black markets, human trafficking, and “transplant tourism” manifest where institutional and cultural hesitancy and discomfort have impeded the development of modernized regulatory regimes.
