Industry representatives participated in over 100 matchmaking meetings while in South Korea and Japan. These sessions were organized by the U.S. Foreign Commercial Service and FoodExport in-country staff. Local industry experts in each sector worked for weeks to prescreen potential customers for the Maine businesses and organizations.
The education sector was particularly well represented, as many students from Japan and South Korea come to the U.S. to for preparatory school or university studies. Delegates from the seafood, agriculture, wood pulp, landscaping machinery, IT, logistics, law, consumer goods, building products and window industries have estimated $3 million in projected sales as a result of the Trade Mission.
Sponsors
With special thanks to
- Aomori Prefectural Government
- Brad Babson
- Consulate General of Japan (Boston
- Dube Travel
- FoodExport USA
- GlobalFone
- Korea Business Services
- Lovell Designs
- Market Makers International
- Shinagawa Friendship Association
- Softwood Export Council
- Tom Pinansky
- US Commercial Service (Portland>
- US Commercial Service (Seoul)
- US Commercial Service (Tokyo)
- US Forces Korea
Participants
- Bangor Daily News (Bangor)
- Eastman Industries (Portland)
- Foxcroft Academy (Dover-Foxcroft)
- Intelligent Spatial Technologies (Orono)
- Maine Department of Agriculture
- Maine Department of Economic and Community Development
- Maine Distilleries, LLC (Freeport)
- Maine Office of the Governor
- Maine Office of Tourism
- Maine Pulp and Paper Association (Augusta)
- Mathews Brothers Company (Belfast
- The Baggler Co. (Augusta)
- University of Maine
- University of Southern Maine School of Business
- William Atwood Lobster Co. (Spruce Head)
- York County Community College (Wells)
