Expansion To Benefit Businesses
ENTREPRENEURS SELL ABROAD WITH HELP OF WORLD TRADE CENTER IN ROGERS
Posted: December 18, 2011 at 5:29 a.m.
Jared Ward, co-owner of Ozark Tennis Academy, loads used tennis balls into a Green Tennis Machine to restore their bounce by repressurizing them with carbon dioxide. The patented machine is produced by Harrison-based reBounce Inc. and soon on its way to South America where it can be distributed and sold to Brazilian tennis clubs. The foreign business connection was facilitated by the Arkansas World Trade Center in Rogers.
David Renfroe, a mechanical engineer, never dreamed of designing safer utility terrain vehicles for manufacturers in China and India, much less courting those businesses to move small assembly plants to Northwest Arkansas.
“It’s a good start but there’s still a lot of potential revenue laying on the table for Arkansas businesses.”
DAN HENDRIX President and CEO of the Rogers World Trade Center
AT A GLANCE
2012 ARKANSAS WORLD TRADE MISSION SCHEDULE
A major part of trade center services include leading foreign mission trips for local businessmen and women who wish to connect with distributors abroad and foster potential export sales. The center also hosts foreign businesses interested in purchasing Arkansas goods and services.
March: Mission trip to Panama in association with Southern Governors Association
April: Hosting 15 Korean businesses visiting Arkansas for potential trade and investment opportunities
May: Trade Winds Asia mission includes visits to Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Thailand
June: Trade mission to Colombia and Panama
August: Trade mission to Peru and Chile
October: Trade mission to Brazil
To be announced: Trade mission to Vietnam for forestry and lumber industry of Arkansas.
SOURCE: ARKANSAS WORLD TRADE CENTER
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