Grow your small business internationally with help from the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia

The World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia — a nonprofit, membership-based organization — has become instrumental in helping local businesses expand globally.

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​​As reported by the Philadelphia Inquirer: 

Grow your small business internationally with help from the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia

​Gene Marks / The Inquirer
Gene Marks is the founder and president of the Marks Group, a small-business consulting firm based in Bala Cynwyd.

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More than 20 years after its founding, the World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia — a nonprofit, membership based organization — has become instrumental in helping local businesses like Daphtary’s do business overseas by performing market research, setting up meetings with potential vendors and customers, hosting trade conferences, offering counseling and financing service, and generally serving as a networking conduit to connect Philadelphia-area companies with like-minded business people across the world.

Kaushik “Kosh” Daphtary started his West-Chester based chemical distribution company Chemtech International Inc. with just $400 and a vision to sell his products to companies all over the world. For a number of years, he struggled to understand the complex rules for doing business in different countries. He also found it challenging to make contacts and expand. But around 2002 he was introduced to the team at the then-fledging World Trade Center of Greater Philadelphia. He hasn’t looked back.

“The World Trade Center helped us to set up meetings with potential customers and distributors overseas,” he said.

​“They helped us by acting as a representative for our company in different countries. We could not have done this on our own.”

Chemtech became one of the center’s first members, and Daphtary has been actively involved ever since. 

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