Xavier Amores Bravo, manager of the Catalan Water Partnership, and Dean Amhaus, president and CEO of The Water Council, sign a memorandum of understanding on Oct. 2, 2018, at WEFTEC in New Orleans. The Water Council signed a memorandum of understanding with the Catalan Water Partnership of Spain yesterday in New Orleans at
At the 2018 Manufacturing Matters conference, David Vasko, director of advanced technology for Rockwell Automation, speaks about how the Internet of Things has enhanced productivity for the company. Seated is Kelly Armstrong, sector strategy development director for WEDC, who introduced the session. As technological and demographic trends drive change in the manufacturing sector,
Governor Scott Walker and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Mark R. Hogan met with dozens of Japanese business executives in Tokyo Tuesday as part of their efforts to encourage overseas companies to invest in Wisconsin. WEDC hosted an “Opportunity in Wisconsin” networking breakfast with more than 50 business leaders, many of whom
Whether your company has been exporting for years or is just starting to dip its toe into the international market, you’re bound to have questions about the intricacies of selling your goods and services abroad. WEDC Market Development Director Brad Schneider takes part in the Export Café session at the Wisconsin International Trade Conference.
The Governor’s Business Development Mission to Mexico concluded yesterday in Guadalajara, with the International Conference on Dairy Cattle (CIGAL) trade show and related events. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker (third from left) at the CIGAL 2016 ribbon cutting ceremony CIGAL is a trade show focused exclusively on the dairy industry. The list of exhibitors
The Governor’s Business Development Mission to Mexico continued yesterday in Guadalajara, in Wisconsin’s sister state of Jalisco on Mexico’s west coast. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker with Jalisco Governor Jorge Aristoteles Sandoval Diaz Guadalajara is Mexico’s second-largest city, with 4.8 million people in the greater metro area. The surrounding region of Jalisco has had
The Governor’s Business Development Mission to Mexico continued yesterday, with additional business and government meetings in Mexico City and nearby. The delegation met with executives from Quad/Graphics at the company’s facility in Xochimilco, south of Mexico City. The Wisconsin-based printing company was founded in 1962 in Racine. Now headquartered in Sussex, the company has grown
Attendees at the COMCE luncheon in Mexico City on June 13, 2016. WEDC Vice President of International Business Development Katy Sinnott appears third from left, and Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker appears third from right. The Governor’s Business Development Mission to Mexico concluded a successful first day in Mexico City, with meetings with business
A Wisconsin delegation is embarking today on a business development mission to Mexico. Governor Scott Walker, as well as representatives of the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) and the Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP), will be traveling to Mexico City and Guadalajara. Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker met Monday with Mexico Secretary
