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Senior Vice President of Op-
erations, Pat O’Hara, said that
regarding aerospace manufac-
turing for Boeing, “I will stack
this team up against any team
out there.” The Lighthouse is
a private, not-for-profit social
enterprise started in 1918 and
according to lhblind.org “has
provided employment and sup-
port to people who are blind in
our community since 1918.”
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The company is ISO9001 and
an AS9100 accredited manufac-
turer and has been a continual
contractor with The Boeing
Company since 1952. The web-
site states, “We produce an array
of machined parts and plastic
injection molding for various
aerospace manufacturers, as
well as a host of office products
and hydration equipment sold to
the federal government and the
U.S. military.”
O’Hara said that while they don’t
produce products for other OEMs,
due to loyalty to Boeing, they do
serve the federal government and
military through their locations in
Seattle, Spokane, and Summer-
ville, South Carolina. Other cli-
ents include Triumph Composite
Systems, Inc., and BAE Systems.
The company employs 70
machinists who are blind and
deaf-blind.