Icelandair is the national carrier of Iceland and is currently operating the largest route network in its 75 year history. In addition to flights from Washington-Dulles (March through January) Icelandair offers service to Iceland from Boston, New York-JFK, Denver and Seattle with seasonal service from Minneapolis - St. Paul, Orlando Sanford, Halifax and Toronto. Connections through Icelandair's hub at Keflavik International Airport are available to over 20 destinations in Scandinavia, the U.K. and Continental Europe. Only Icelandair allows passengers to stopover in Iceland at no additional airfare.  

ECAPS, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SSC (previously the Swedish Space Corporation), is a world leader in reduced hazard space propulsion, often referred to as "green" propulsion. ECAPS' High Performance Green Propulsion (HPGP) technology offers a family of Ammonium DiNitramide (ADN) based storable monopropellants, propulsion systems and thrusters for satellite and launch vehicle applications. This unique propulsion technology provides a simple method for transitioning away from today's highly toxic hydrazine systems, by allowing existing propulsion system architectures to be leveraged. HPGP technology, using the monopropellant LMP-103S, has been successfully flight-proven on the PRISMA mission (www.prismasatellites.se/about-prisma.aspx) and shown to both eliminate the need for hazardous procedures during spacecraft fueling and to provide better on-orbit performance than monopropellant hydrazine. The multiple benefits of HPGP provide opportunities for significant life-cycle cost savings for satellites requiring in-space propulsion systems.

On the US market, ECAPS is represented by the two individual partners ATK and Moog.

PSD Global is a leading economic development and market entry consulting firm, with offices across the USA, Brazil, Europe, Australia and Turkey.  Since 1999, the company has been providing services focused on helping growing firms accelerate their international sales, and helping trade/investment promotion agencies broaden their trade development and FDI footprint by providing business matchmaking, trade promotion, lead generation and market entry solutions.

Through its industry network and market-entry process, PSD Global has helped thousands of firms mitigate uncertainties and identify the opportunities in the turbulent global market. The company serves clients across the world in a wide array of industries including ICT, Renewable Energy, Lifesciences/Biotech, Aerospace and Services.  Corporate clients have included leading firms such as Siemens and Cisco and governments including those of many countries, i.e. Japan, Germany, Canada and Brazil. 

Congressional Swedish Caucus Networking Lunch

Local SACC Chambers representatives and staffers of members

of the Congressional Swedish Caucus enjoying lunch discussions.

On May 4th SACC-USA arranged a networking lunch together with the Congressional Swedish Caucus on Capitol Hill. Staffers and representatives were invited to meet with local SACC chamber representatives who were in town for the SACC Summit. Amb. Jonas Hafström provided remarks and Therese Lindé gave a presentation with interesting data on Swedish business activities in the U.S. The Caucus was founded in November, 2011 by Congressman Randy Hultgren and its purpose is the Swedish Congressional Caucus, whose mission is to preserve and promote the economic and cultural ties between the United States and the Kingdom of Sweden. Please click here to read more about this initiative. 

Summit participants enjoying remarks by U.S. Ambassador

to Sweden, Mark Brzezinski, via a live video feed from Stockholm.

On May 3, SACC-USA welcomed over a hundred participants to the first ever SACC Summit, gathering Board Members from ALL local SACC Chambers across the United States in a huge effort to strengthen our great network. Other participants included partners from Sweden, the Swedish Ambassador to the U.S. as well as the U.S. Ambassador to Sweden via a live video feed. The day-long program included distinguished speakers and panel discussions as well as presentations by SACC-USA President Therese Lindé and Chairman Bradley J. Olson laying out the vision for SACC-USA 2.0. Almost more importantly the local Chamber representatives had a rare opportunity to network, get to know each other, and discuss ways to improve, grow and excel as an organization. Towards the end of the day, the SACC Summit participants merged with the Swedish Consul Conference and enjoyed rooftop drinks followed by a barbeque at Ambassador Hafström's residence. Read more about the SACC Summit here.   

Executive Speaker Series with Mercuri Urval 

 Brad Olson and Hanne Pihl

On April 18, SACC-DC hosted a lunch seminar with guest speaker Hanne Pihl, Managing Director of Mercuri Urval Sweden. Ms. Pihl discussed how multinational corporations are aligning their business strategy and people capabilities to reflect today's global economic environment and how Mercuri Urval advises clients in the U.S. and around the world to prepare for the economic uncertainty in Europe.

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