A Stephenville-based manufacturing company is going international.

Actually, representatives of Pal-Con, Ltd. will make their second trip to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January to seal the deal on negotiations that could put a Texas-sized product manufactured in the Cowboy Capital on foreign soil.

The family owned and operated business set up shop in Erath County in 2006 and began expanding its operation just two years later, according to the company's president Randy Thompson who operates the business alongside his sister, Pal-Con Vice President Tamela Mund, and his nephew, Vice President of Manufacturing Operations Jerod Mund.

"We are from Stephenville," Thompson said, adding that prior to the relocation of the facility, Pal-Con was located in Godley, but the family moved the operation back home as soon as their client list and profits justified the move.

And another expansion is likely on the horizon as the company is working to forge business deals with a number of foreign entities, including the United Arab Emirates, a federation in the southeast region of the Arabian Peninsula in Southwest Asia on the Persian Gulf, Qatar, and the nearby countries of Oman and Yemen.

The negotiations have put Pal-Con representatives face to face with federal authorities, including a minister of finance and presidential families.