FEATURED MEMBER: Xuron Corp.
According to Director of Sales & Marketing, Abby Robey, a Xuron Corp. employee for 23 years, there are three major markets for the hand-tool manufacturer’s products: industrial electronics (everything from military to computers), hobby/crafts, and jewelry. In the past, the primary sales focus had been in the industrial electronics market, which accounts for 82% of the company’s sales. Looking ahead, Robey believes the best opportunities for growth will be in the consumer markets.
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Three months after setting up an office in Bogota, Colombia, South Portland-based Allagash International is lining up what could be its biggest job yet in that South American country...But success there didn't come from just showing up..."When you go (to Latin America), you have to have a three- or five-year business plan," Ingram says...That's his advice to other Maine companies looking to make inroads in Latin America aboard the Maine International Trade Center's first trade mission to Colombia and its second to Mexico this fall.
Gov. Paul LePage will make his second international trade trip, going to Mexico and Colombia this fall to promote Maine businesses in those growing markets. LePage and the Maine International Trade Center will lead a group of Maine businesses and schools on the trip. The last state trade trip to Mexico occurred in 2001. This will be the first to Colombia.
