Company Profile1844 W. 11th Street, Unit F, Upland, CA 91786
Tel: (909) 946-3049 Fax: (909) 946-5491
Email: sales@universalndt.com
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Mission Statement :Universal NDT will continually provide thorough and attentive service to our customers, bringing the utmost level of integrity to our business efforts, and maintain our knowledgeable position in the ever-changing Non-Destructive Testing industry.Universal NDT - our NDT lineage and knowledge base
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LEONARD GARCIA, JR. - Died on Aug. 22, 2023, at the age of 79. Lenny started his NDT career in 1963, working for General Inspection Labs. and later at Cedtech Labs., as a Level II inspector in X-ray, Magnetic Particle, Fluorescent Dye Penetrant, and Ultrasonic Inspections. He served our country during the Vietnam wartime, stationed in Germany with the Army. He was a founding owner of Cedillos Testing with Art Cedillos, then left to help with sales and service at URESCO, Inc. and later moved on to WMW Associates as a sales and service associate. During this time he earned an Associate of Science degree in Quality Control from Rio Hondo College, with a minor in Business Administration. In 1979 he founded LEONARD GARCIA ENTERPRISES (LGE) which was the largest industrial x-ray film processor service company in Southern California. In 1996, LGE was bought by Universal NDT and moved them into the LGE's shop in Upland. In 2004 he was recognized for being part of Three Generations of one Family to serve as Chairman for the Greater Los Angeles Section of the ASNT, in 2018 he was recognized for 50 years of membership in ASNT, and in 2023 he joined his father as a Tree of Knowledge Honoree for the Memorial Installation at ASNT's International Service Center. His many years of experience in the NDT industry as both an inspector and mostly as a sales and service professional, made him an indispensable help to the corporation. His friendly personality and smile are greatly missed. LEONARD GARCIA, SR. - Died on Jan. 13, 2005, at the age of 85. Leonard started his NDT career in 1938 at Ansco Films (the American arm of Agfa, which later merged with GAF), then in 1942 moved on to Ferro-Spec Labs. where he became the Magnetic Particle and Fluorescent Dye Penetrant manager. During his stretch at Ferro-Spec he got drafted by the Army during World War II and was stationed in Japan. In 1961 he ventured out with 2 colleagues to found URESCO, Inc. a 3rd party auditing firm for Douglas Aircraft Co., that soon became a premier manufacturer, distributor, repair, and calibration provider of Fluorescent Dye Penetrant Inspection Systems, Magnetic Particle Units, Industrial X-ray Units, and Ultrasonic equipment. In 1980, URESCO was bought by Ardrox (Ardrox wanted Uresco's Pen Oils such as their P-133, P-134, and P-135). In 1983 Leonard founded Universal NDT, Inc. with a colleague. Leonard brought the Tri-Con Wash Gun into the industry, after seeing it being used at a Garden Supply Store. He, and a bunch of other old-timers, sat around drinking in a hotel room during an ASNT conference and established the 'minimum dwell times' that are now Penetrant Inspection standards. He taught many NDT classes in both English and Spanish, helped establish the Materials Science Dept. at Don Bosco Technical Institute in 1956, was on the NDT Advisory Committee that helped establish an NDT curriculum for Cerritos College from 1968-1983, he was elected a Fellow of the ASNT in 1974, served as a National Director from 1975-1978, served on many of the National organizing committees for ASNT, was recognized in 2004 for being part of Three Generations of one Family to serve as Chairman for the Greater Los Angeles Section of the ASNT, posthumously received the ASNT Mentoring Award in 2005, and in 2019 was included in the first class of Tree of Knowledge Honorees for the Memorial Installation at ASNT's International Service Center. His contribution to NDT is well documented in the hearts and minds of the many colleagues, customers, and students that will always hold him in high regard. |
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