MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
April 17, 2019
8:00 am - 4:30 pm
April 24, 2019
11:45 am - 1:00 pm
Center for Community Engagement
York, PA
May 15, 2019
Annual International Trade Conference
Eden Resort
Lancaster, PA
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Upcoming
PA
Trade Shows & Missions
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Trade Mission to Brazil & Colombia
São Paulo, Brazil
Bogotá, Colombia
April 1 - 9, 2019
Trade Mission to Australia/New Zealand
April 8 - 14, 2019
BAUMA 2019
Munich, Germany
Please contact our office for details and registration information
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March 7, 2019
MASCPA
Wyndham Garden
York, PA
Reduced cost of $15 for WTC members!
April 3, 2019
MANTEC
Wyndham Garden Hotel York, PA
April 24, 2019
SEDA-COG
Bellefonte, PA
May 6 - 13, 2019
US Commercial Service
Customized itineraries in cities across India
June 11, 2019
US Commercial Service
Philadelphia, PA
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Thank You to Our Sponsors & Partners
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| Thank you to our corporate sponsors and partners for their annual support. Silver Sponsors: UPS Bronze Sponsor: Fulton Bank Strategic Partners: MANTEC PA Office of International Business Development Do you believe in our mission? Contact us to learn how you can sustain our organization by becoming an annual sponsor. |
World Trade Center Harrisburg
1000 N. Cameron Street
Harrisburg, PA 17103
717-843-1090
Copyright © 2019
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| Introducing Our New Trade Specialist |
Arop Monywiir is a recent Messiah College Alumnus. He graduated in August 2018 majoring in Business Administration and minoring in Philosophy. During his last semester at Messiah, he was a Statistical Analysis and Economic Impact Research Intern at WTC Harrisburg. He is a well traveled South Sudanese national, and speaks Italian, Swahili and Arabic in addition to English. For now he will be taking over the reins from Katrina as our new Trade Specialist. A big welcome to Arop!
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| 50th WTCA General Assembly, Queretaro, Mexico |
The World Trade Centers Association Annual General Assembly is the Association's premiere event, gathering close to 500 representatives from member World Trade Centers and their local companies, from every region on the globe.
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Elsner Engineering Works Inc. made front page in the Central Penn Business Journal for their initiative to tackle the decrease in the manufacturing workforce, by bridging high school students with a career in manufacturing. This is a one of a kind apprenticeship program in the state!
Click
here
for the story.
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| Become a WTC Member in 2019 |
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Extend your reach globally and c
onsider becoming a member of the World Trade Center Harrisburg in 2019!
Take advantage of our services & programs to expand your international reach, utilize membership connections and support our organization's mission at the same time!
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Sourcing Request for S
crap LDPE
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A Malaysian company is seeking suppliers of Low-density Polyethylene (LDPE) in bales grade A99. They are importing 3,000 tons to their factory in Malaysia monthly. This is a qualified trade lead from PA's Authorized Trade Representative in Singapore. If this is of interest, contact our office for more details.
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New GAP Grant Available for 2019
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The grant amount per year is $5,000 and the
following activities are eligible for reimbursement:
- Overseas trade show
- Overseas trade mission
- Domestic trade show (needs pre-approval)
- Foreign market sales/business development trip
- Subscription to any of the US Department of Commerce international services
- Website internationalization (capped at $3000)
- Shipping of product samples (capped at $2000)
Application forms are available from our office. You can download the program guidelines
here.
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Register Now for the PA Pavilion at the SFFS
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WTC Harr
isburg is again partnering with the State's Office
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f International Business Development and the PA Department of Agriculture in organizing a PA Pavilion at the
Summer Fancy Food Show
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The show will be held at the Javits Center in New York City from
June 23 - 25, 2019.
Exhibiting at the Fancy Food Show is a convenient and cost-effective way to connect with buyers from every major food/beverage buying channel in the U.S. and abroad. Last year's show featured more than 2,600 exhibitors with representation from 54 countries.
Food Export Northeast is again arranging a Specialty Food Buyers Mission for this trade show.
Companies need to be members of the Specialty Food Association and can reserve space on a first-come - first-served basis. Cost for a 10 x 10 booth is $3400. Contact our office for more details.
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For manufacturers
of value-added food and agricultural products, Food Export Northeast offers a variety of programs and services to help grow exports. Whether your company is just getting started or is already exporting to several countries, a variety of programs and services are available, including:
Additionally, the
Branded Program is available for qualifying companies interested in increasing their market share in other countries. This program reimburses 50% of expenses used to promote products internationally, such as trade show costs, package and label modifications, website globalization and more.
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