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In This Issue
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Welcome Hannah
Upcoming Port Tour
Zeigler Named National Exporter of the Year
New WTC Board Members
WTC Event Recaps
Upcoming Events
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Mark Your Calendar!
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Philadelphia Port Tour
all day bus trip
Philadelphia
September 20, 2013
Annual Bringing the
World to YOU!
all day event
Eden Resort, Lancaster
December 6, 2013
Annual Holiday luncheon
11:30 am - 1:30 pm
Out Door Country Club
York
April 2-3, 2014
BIS Export Controls
Radisson Hotel, Camp Hill
Visit our website for more details and registration information
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| Upcoming PA Trade Shows and Missions |
September 4 - 7, 2013
Mining Indonesia
Jakarta, Indonesia
November 20 - 23, 2013
MEDICA
Düsseldorf, Germany
Please contact us or visit newpa.com for more information
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September 16-18, 2013
DISCOVER 2013 GLOBAL CONFERENCE
Raleigh, NC
Join the U.S. Commercial Service and the Mid-Atlantic District Export Council for DISCOVER 2013, the premier conference for U.S. companies that want to explore new export market development strategies, innovative tools to be competitive, and the next wave of rapidly growing markets. Panelists ranging from economists, industry professionals and U.S. Commercial diplomats will be presenting on numerous topics to help your business mitigate global risk and optimize your international market strategy.
Click Here for More Details
Sept. 30 - Oct. 3, 2013
African Global Entrepreneur's Emporium Conference
Crown Plaza Hotel
Reading, PA
The African Global Super Center is sponsoring this conference in partnership with the African Women Entrepreneurship Program (AWEP). The week long conference includes a day of learning about doing business in the U.S., another day deals with doing business in various African countries. A full day of cultural events is also planned. One-on-one matchmaking between African exporters and importers with American exporters and importers will take place as well as a gala night and award presentations.
Check out the Agenda
Sept. 9 - Nov.11, 2013
Russian Level 1
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Penn State York
During this ten-week course participants will learn to speak and understand basic expressions in conversational Russian, the Cyrillic alphabet, numbers, and will gain an appreciation for the uniqueness and diversity of respective Russian-speaking cultures. No textbook required.
A 10% discount for this class is offered to WTC members!
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Welcome Hannah Copenheaver 
WTC's new Trade Specialist
Last month, Hannah Copenheaver started her new position as WTC's Trade Specialist. Hannah was a WTC intern during her last semester at York College and she graduated in May with a Bachelor's of Arts in International Relations and minors in International Business and Applied Youth Development. Hannah has also worked as an intern for our sister organization, the Baltimore World Trade Center.
During her time at York College, Hannah had the opportunity to travel to India during her sophomore year as part of the college's Service Learning course, where they worked at the HOINA orphanage for two weeks. She also traveled to El Salvador this past March with York College's Chapter of Enactus, which had raised funds to help establish a WiFi system for one of the local high schools.
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Upcoming Philadelphia Port Tour
Join us  on August 7th on a bus trip for a tour of the Philadelphia seaport facilities and the UPS air hub at the Philadelphia International Airport. The bus will pick up/drop off in York, Lancaster or in Philadelphia near the port. A luncheon at the Philadelphia Regional Port Authority offices is included and we will have refreshments on the bus as well.
Download the event announcement for more information.
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Zeigler Brothers Named National Exporter of the Year
Matt Zeigler, Vice President of Operations for Zeigler Brothers Inc., recently accepted the SBA National Exporter of the Year award during World Trade Day at the Denver WTC, saying "We feel extremely honored and grateful to be recognized for our success in exporting. As a small business, we've been fortunate to have had the support of federal agencies such as SBA, U.S. Commercial Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the support of local resources such as the Kutztown Small Business Development Center and World Trade Center of Harrisburg to assist us in our vision to expand globally."
Zeigler has also been chosen as a 2013 recipient of the President's National Export or "E" Award presented by the Department of Commerce in Washington D.C. At the state level, Zeigler was recognized by Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett, receiving an Export Impact Award.
Zeigler is based in Gardeners, Adams County and specializes in the formulation and manufacture of high-end, specialty feeds for the aquaculture, pet and bio-medical research industries.
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New Members Elected to WTC Board of Directors
At the last WTC Board of Directors meeting, the following new members were elected:
Louis Dejoie
Chair of International Practices Group, McNees Wallace & Nurik LLC F. Rusty Elsner Past President of Elsner Engineering Works, Inc. Craig Feister Area Sales Manager, UPS Edwin Kercher President, Kercher Industries, Inc.
Charles McGough President, CAM Innovations, Inc. Katie Miles Vice President, York County Economic Alliance Pamela Shupp Vice President, Greater Reading Economic Partnership
For a listing of the entire WTC Board or Directors, visit our website
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WTC Events Recap: EXPO and Fancy Food
International Trade Conference at the York EXPO
 Our annual International Trade Conference was held in conjunction with the York County Economic Alliance's International Business & Workforce Expo. Part of the exhibit area was designated as the International Corner for our sponsors and WTC members who chose to exhibit at the Expo. This area also featured exhibit tables for foreign embassies and bilateral trade promotion organizations and a stage area for seminars. Representatives from 6 of Pennsylvania's overseas trade offices joined us for the conference and were available for one-on-one meetings with local companies. Thank you to our sponsors, exhibitors, speakers and volunteers!
PA at the Fancy Food Show
The World Trade Center again partnered with PA's Center for Trade Development in organizing a Pennsylvania Pavilion at the Summer Fancy Food Show, which was funded in part by U.S. Small Business Administration.
Pennsylvania's State Pavilion highlighted 13 Pennsylvania specialty food companies, including three from our region: Chef Tim Foods, Giorgio Foods and Nuts About Granola
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The sold-out e xhibit hall included over 2,400 exhibitors from 80 countries and regions and the show attracted close to 24,000 buyers from across the U.S. and around the world, including several international buying delegations.
Hannah and Jan visited the show for one day and we were able to have a group photo in the PA booth.
More information and pictures
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