CHARLESTON – Gov. Joe Manchin recently presented the Governor’s Commendation for International Market Entry to representatives of 36 West Virginia businesses. The award honors companies that have successfully exported to a new country in the past year.
“International trade and investment help to create and retain jobs in West Virginia,” said Gov. Manchin. “I thank our exporting companies for their efforts and congratulate them on their success in proving West Virginia has the quality of goods, services and workers to compete successfully in the global market.”
In 2009, West Virginia exports amounted to $4.8 billion. The top export product sectors included coal, plastics, machinery and chemicals.
The governor’s award is based on the tradition of displaying the first dollar a business earns. The Governor’s Commendation for International Market Entry frames currency from each new country to which the recipient business began exporting in 2009.
Commendations were handed out to:
Berkeley County
- DSI Underground Systems, Inc. of Martinsburg; Austria, Russia
- Power-Sonix, Inc. of Martinsburg; Brazil, Jordan
Braxton County
- GTR Labs, Inc. of Gassaway; Vietnam, Bolivia, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Yemen, Chile, India, Australia, Portugal
Cabell County
- Guyan International of Barboursville; Chile, Argentina, Kenya, Uruguay
- Rubberlite, Inc. of Huntington; Malaysia, Italy
- Star Technologies, LLC of Huntington; Sweden, France
Fayette County
- Blue Smoke Salsa of Ansted; Bermuda
- The Robbins Company of Oak Hill; Dominican Republic, Malaysia, Mexico
Grant County
- Allegheny Wood Products of Petersburg; Hong Kong, Ireland
Hancock County
- United States Gypsum Company of Weirton; Greece
Harrison County
- MSES Consultants, Inc. – Corrosion Products Division of Clarksburg; Canada, Mexico, Colombia, United Kingdom, Hong Kong
Jackson County
- J&M Industrial, Inc. of Millwood; Panama, Guyana, Russia, Lithuania
Jefferson County
- Schonstedt Instrument Company, Inc. of Kearneysville; Brazil, Portugal, Turkmenistan
Kanawha County
- ConveyWeigh, LLC of South Charleston; Ecuador, El Salvador, Panama
- Cyclops Industries, Inc. of South Charleston; Singapore, Argentina, The Netherlands
- ICL-IP Clearon Corp. of South Charleston; India
- Preiser Scientific, Inc. of Saint Albans; Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru
Logan County
- Eastern Mining & Industrial Supply, Inc. of Chapmanville; Australia, China
- Ludowici Innovative, Inc. of Chapmanville; Australia
Marion County
- Backbone Security of Fairmont; Bangladesh, China, Indonesia, Pakistan, Poland, Serbia, Spain, United Arab Emirates
- Middletown Manufacturing, Inc. of Fairmont; Malaysia, Germany, Saudi Arabia, China
- T&T Pump Company, Inc. of Fairmont; China, Hong Kong, Colombia
Marshall County
- IMI-Fabi, LLC of Benwood; Russia, India
Mason County
- ICL-IP America, Inc. of Gallipolis Ferry; Qatar
Mineral County
- Howell Automotive of Keyser; Ghana, Malawi
Monongalia County
- Shaft Drillers International of Morgantown; Brazil
Morgan County
- Pritchard Amps of Berkeley Springs; Australia, France
Ohio County
- Touchstone Research Laboratory, Ltd of Triadelphia; Japan, Czech Republic, Brazil, United Arab Emirates
Putnam County
- Clark International Logistics of Poca; Paraguay, Colombia, China, The Netherlands, Ecuador, Lebanon, Cameroon, Turkey, Bolivia, Peru, Tanzania, Philippines, Guyana, Bahamas
- Eagle Research Corporation of Scott Depot; Vietnam
Raleigh County
- The Gentlemen’s Quarter of Beckley; Brazil, India, Italy, New Zealand, Portugal, Russia, Spain
- Mining Controls of Beckley; Austria, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Latvia, Indonesia, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Madagascar, Chile, Peru, Israel, United Kingdom, Ukraine, Brunei, Zambia, Ethiopia
Upshur County
- AFP Logs and Lumber, LLC of Buckhannon; Hong Kong, Portugal, South Korea
Wood County
- Batteries Direct of Parkersburg; Italy, Argentina, Hong Kong
- Kreinik Manufacturing Company of Parkersburg; Venezuela, Singapore, Russia, Czech Republic
- Rolling Ridge Woods, LLC; Japan
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