A.J. Antunes & Company http://www.ajantunes.com
A.J. Antunes & Co. of Carol Stream, Illinois, a leading manufacturer of water filtration systems, electronic controls, countertop foodservice equipment, and air and gas pressure switches, was awarded an Export Achievement Certificate by U.S. Department of Commerce Assistant Secretary William G. Sutton on September 28, 2007. To successfully enter four new-to-market countries including India, Russia, Israel, and Ireland, Antunes Filtration Technologies worked directly with International Trade Specialist Robin Mugford, Libertyville Export Assistance Center.
W.S. Darley & Company http://www.edarley.com
On September 28, 2007, W. S. Darley President Paul Darley and his father Bill Darley were honored by U.S. Commerce Department Assistant Secretary for Manufacturing and Services Admiral William Sutton with an Export Achievement Certificate for exporting to Panama. A/S Sutton presented the Certificate at the Panama Business Opportunities Conference organized by the World Trade Center Illinois. Founded in 1908, W.S. Darley & Co. has been dedicated to serving the world’s fire and emergency services. Corporate headquarters are located in Melrose Park, Illinois, and manufacturing, engineering and research and development operations are in Wisconsin, Iowa and Oregon. Darley builds fire trucks, manufactures fire pumps and sells fire fighting and emergency equipment through its international catalog. Their dealer and service network consists of over 200 U. S. distributors in all 50 states, with more than 50 international dealers active in over 75 countries. Approximately 30% of their sales are shipped internationally. Darley has exported to 108 countries in the last 3 years and currently has international offices in China, Australia, New Zealand and Nigeria. It has shipped over $10 million worth of product into China and recently received an order to build 5 fire trucks for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. W. S. Darley & Co. has been supplying apparatus, pumps and firefighting equipment to the US Federal Government as well as other governments and agencies around the world for over 60 years. W.S. Darley has been a long-time client of the U.S. Commercial Service and has received export assistance in Austria, China, Germany, Indonesia, Panama, Saudi Arabia, Uruguay, and Vietnam.
Cardinal Health http://www.cardinal.com/
Cardinal Health of Waukegan, Illinois a manufacturer and distributor of numerous medical products and supplies who also provides services to the pharmaceuticals industry, biotechnology developers and hospital/clinical laboratories. Mr. Vivek Bhargava, Regional General Manager of Cardinal's Latin American Division received an Export Achievement Certificate from Director General Israel Hernandez of The Commercial Service during a seminar entitled 'Business Opportunities for Northern Illinois: Expansion through Trade to New Markets' held in Schaumburg. Senior International Trade Specialist Thelma Young of The Commercial Service Chicago has worked closely with Cardinal's international division by assisting them in identifying new export markets, increase their presence in existing markets and conduct due diligence on current and potential distributors. Over the last ten years, Cardinal Health has been able to make decisions on hiring new distributors, maintaining current distributors, and profiling potential partners from the programs and services offered by the Chicago office. Cardinal Health used the Gold Key Service in Mexico to find a distributor to represent their respiratory products line that covered oxygen delivery and a wide variety of single patient use items for the mechanically ventilated patient. This helped them in making decisions regarding their distributor network in Mexico. As a result of this exercise, they have expanded their relationship with their current distributor and have increased their sales to the Mexican market. The firm requested the International Company Profile to perform due diligence on a potential distributor a medical equipment wholesaler that specialized in the cardiology sector in Mexico. The information in the report allowed them to appoint this firm as a distributor and to date export sales total $40,000.00 as a result of this business relationship.
Go2Call Software http://www.Go2Call.com/default.htm
Go2Call Software of Evanston, Illinois was the recipient of an Export Achievement Certificate on June 20, 2007 for its extensive accomplishments in the global marketplace. Director General of US Commercial Service Israel Hernandez presented John Nix, CEO of Go2Call Software, with the award at the NXTcomm show in Chicago, Illinois. Also present were Muna Farkouh of CS Amman, Ahmed Al-Khayyat of CS Riyadh and Julie Carducci of CS Chicago. Addressing attendees at NXTComm's International Business Development Panel, Mr. Nix said “the Commercial Service is the best use of my tax dollars, and it has helped us enter countries that would have been difficult for us to enter on our own.” Since 2002, Go2Call has been a frequent user of CS services, reporting successes using the Gold Key Matching Service in Saudi Arabia, Brazil, South Africa, Turkey, the Philippines and the UAE. Commercial Service value-added support had a direct role in supporting Go2Call's exports to Jordan, India, Japan, Thailand and Singapore. Go2Call Software delivers a complete suite of hosted international VoIP solutions to providers worldwide. Go2Call Software's back-office solutions enable wireless carriers, broadband service providers, and licensed operators to sell differentiated VoIP services. Its customers both build brand equity in their own offerings, while dramatically reducing their time-to-market and capital expenditure. Customers have successfully used the platform to deliver more than a billion minutes over the past 8 years, and the company has built a reputation as a global leader in the development and delivery of these low cost, high quality, hosted VoIP solutions.
Cummins-Allison Corporation http://www.cumminsallison.com/default.htm
Cummins-Allison Corporation, headquartered in Mt. Prospect, Illinois, received an Export Achievement Certificate on May 11, 2007, for successful entry into the market of Poland. Ms. Julie Carducci, Director of the Commerical Service Chicago office and International Trade Specialist Ms. Monica Toporkiewicz presented the award to Chairmand William J. Jones. Cummins began exporting products to Poland in 2005 after identifying and appointing a new distributor utilizing the Commercial Service Gold Key Service. “The assistance of the U.S. Department of Commerce Export Assistance Center was important to our success in Poland” according to James Stearns, Cummins Executive VP of International Operations.
Cummins-Allison Corp. is a leading manufacturer of currency and coin processing equipment. Banks, governments, retailers, armored carriers, casinos and others utilize Cummins products to count, sort and verify the authenticity of coin and paper currency throughout the world. The Company is the only U.S. owned manufacturer of high-speed currency processing equipment. In Poland, the Cummins JetScan™ currency processor has become the standard for currency processing because the U.S. built equipment can process Polish Zloty currency as well as other international currencies. Cummins’ technology offers the best counterfeit detection capabilities for the Polish Zloty along with a user-friendly Polish language interface. All Cummins’ currency processing products are manufactured in United States. The Company has over 50 factory-direct branch offices throughout the United States and Canada, as well as offices and distributors throughout the world.
MCJ, Inc. http://www.mcjeyecheck.com/
MCJ, Inc. of Rockford, Illinois was presented with an Export Achievement Certificate in Chicago on April 18, 2007. The award was presented by the US Ambassador to Sweden Michael Wood; Senior Commercial Officer Catharina Kronstrom, US Commercial Service – Stockholm; U.S. Department of Commerce’s Office of the Director General of the US & Foreign Commercial Service, Commercial Service Rockford's Patrick Hope.
MCJ manufactures a product that is a non-invasive method to test individuals for fatigue and/or drug use. It can also be used to replace any test that would previously have required the withdrawal of blood from a person. The product is currently in use by law enforcement and medical facilities in more than ten countries. The firm’s exports have grown from zero in 2004 to more than $7 million dollars in 2007.
Last year, the firm worked with the U.S. Department of Commerce to locate a distributor for them in the Nordic Region. Commerce offices in Sweden and Denmark combined efforts to assist the firm and identified the right firm that has now signed a major agreement to represent MCJ in the Nordic marketplace.