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Export Resources
FTZ No. 198 User-friendly Resources that Favor Your Import or Export Business
July 15, 2021
Exports are a central part of America’s economic growth. According the Small Business Administration (SBA), 97% of all exporters are small businesses and more than two-thirds of exporters have fewer than 20 employees.
Export Resources
Welcome to the World - Volusia County Taps Into Global Commerce
July 15, 2021
The world’s economy is driven by the movement of goods, and Volusia County just got a front row seat at one of the nation’s fastest growing deep water ports. A newly forged memorandum of understanding with the Jacksonville Port Authority (JAXPORT), a leader in tonnage of imports and exports, establishes a working relationship to promote each other’s geographical and business advantages.
Export Resources
A World of Resources for Companies Seeking Global Markets
July 15, 2021
When it comes to global trade, the devil is in the details. Fortunately, there are public and private resources to assist and advise your company on how to navigate the complexities of moving your product internationally. Assistance can be broad-based for the general market, specific to your industry, or specific to the particular country you are interested in importing to or exporting from.
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Thompson Pump - Locally Grown, Globally Respected
July 15, 2021
A common denominator among many job sites is the distinctive blue pump designed and built by Thompson Pump and Manufacturing. The company has shared its expertise on many projects around the world, including cleaning up oil spills in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico, dewatering a construction site for a nuclear power plant in Georgia, widening the Panama Canal, raising a submarine in the Atlantic, moving an east coast lighthouse, fighting western fires, controlling floods in the Midwest, handling an irrigation project in Africa, and dealing with a tragic disaster in New York.
Economic Development Quarterly
Germfree Laboratories – Life Science Facilities & Equipment Where Needed
July 15, 2021
Imagine a virus threatening the entire planet and a small group of engineers and scientists trying to contain it with the rapid deployment of high-tech products. It sounds like an intense Hollywood movie script, but that scenario has become just a day in the life of Germfree Laboratories, Inc.
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International Fun and Games Courtesy of Bob's Space Racers
July 15, 2021
Back in 1970, Bob Cassata built a game trailer for himself. It pitted 20 rockets against each other in a space race to the moon, with a shiny yellow sphere atop the contraption. Friends saw it. They liked it. They wanted to buy one. So Bob made more and pretty soon he was “in business.” The name of the company? Bob’s Space Racers.
Export Resources
Intellitec Accesses Global Markets with Strategic Partners
July 15, 2021
Intellitec Products designs and manufactures electrical controls and monitoring systems for recreational vehicle, ambulance, truck, bus, specialty vehicle and marine markets. And they’ve been providing vehicle and vessel manufacturers, integrators and owners with these reliable power management solutions for over 40 years.
Export Resources
International Markets Spark Innovation at ABB Installation Products
July 15, 2021
ABB, parent company to ABB Installation Products Division, is a global technology company that has served customers in the electrical, technical and controls sectors for nearly 140 years. It was founded in 1972). Its products have been exported to approximately 100 countries.
Workforce Updates
The “Great” Resignation
July 13, 2021
Recent analysis of over 9 million employee records from more than 4,000 companies by analytics company Visier has confirmed that the “great resignation” is real and happening sooner than expected.
Business News & Resources
First Generation Immigrants Make Up One-In-Five U.S. Business Owners
July 13, 2021
Recent findings from Score’s “The Megaphone of Main Street: Unsung Entrepreneurs” report indicate 20% of business owners in the U.S. are first-generation immigrants.