Pennsylvania International Week - September 18-19, 2007

Pennsylvania Authorized Trade Representatives (PA ATRs) from Arabian Gulf (including Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, UAE, Oman, and Yemen), Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China (Beijing and Shanghai), Czech Republic, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Singapore, Taiwan, United Kingdom, and Vietnam concluded this year's Pennsylvania International Week (PIW) in Philadelphia on September 18-19. The World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia, a local representative of Pennsylvania Center for Trade Development, organized more than 200 appointments for its member- and client-companies located in Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia Counties. The WTCGP international trade specialists, who work closely on a day-to-day basis with these companies, will assist them with the follow-up and future projects as they expand into new international markets.

Sergio Sanchez, PA ATR for Chile, met with local companies interested in exporting their products and services to Chile
Tom Beyer, PA ATR for Germany, Italy, Switzerland, and Austria discussed business opportunities in his region	Martin Lewis, PA ATR for United Kingdom, Ireland and Scandinavia, and Dino Ramos, Director - Trade Services, WTCGP
Ron Drozd, Manager - Export Services, WTCGP	Joseph Burke, Senior International Program Manager, PA OIBD, met with companies interested in expanding to Belgium, France, Russia and Persian Gulf countries
Fabio Yamada, PA ATR for Brazil	Charmaine Martin , PA ATR for South Africa
Angela Foley, PA ATR for Australia	Ian Robinson, PA ATR for Brazil
PIW guests explore the capabilities of the newly-developed virtual trade advisor	Mona Helmy , PA ATR for Saudi Arabia
Emily Olson, office manager, WTCGP and Hana Stecova, WTCGP summer intern from Drexel University, at the PIW registration desk	Jean Marie Marchetto, Emily Olson and Ron Drozd, WTCGP looking over the schedule of PIW appointments