EDC International Group Business Members:

Avalar National Realty (www.avalarkc.com) offers a wide range of residential and commercial services relevant to international business. Avalar National Realty is committed to its clients and to providing the services that no other company can.

Blackwood, Langworthy & Tyson LC, and attorney George Blackwood (www.blackwoodlaw.com) brings more than 15 years of business contacts throughout Mexico, which help businesses leverage new or expanded businesses effectively and efficiently.

Callis & Associates (www.ecallis.com) provides advanced market and client services for clients in a wide range of industries. Callis services are used to strengthen ongoing marketing programs and create new ones.

Cerner Corporation (www.cerner.com) and its 6,447 clients worldwide creates advanced medical software, helping to place a system in healthcare, advancing the practice of clinical medicine and finding entrepreneurial ways to deliver value to their clients.

City of Gladstone Economic Development (www.ed4gladstone.com) communicates the benefits of a centrally located area community, with low taxes and a high quality business and residential environment.

Commerce Bank (www.commercebank.com) provides a wide range of relevant services, from foreign exchange to letters of credit, wire transfer and of course numerous business loan products.

Held and Associates (www.held-assoc.com) provides international business and transportation services, from ocean export forwarding to shipment tracing. With an overseas agents network, Held & Associates provides a wide range of auxiliary and support services work effectively.

Hunt Midwest Real Estate (www.huntmidwest.com) is a diverse real estate development company controlling more than 6,000 acres of surface and underground real estate development, including SubTropolis, the world’s largest underground business complex. This subterranean industrial park includes nearly five million square feet of leasable space and a Foreign Trade Zone. Hunt’s traditional commercial development incorporates two large business parks and several commercial centers strategically situated along heavily traveled corridors in Kansas City.

Kansas City International Affairs and Trade (www.kcmo.org/international.nsf/web/home) focuses on advocating Kansas City’s position as the center of international trade and business activity. The office collaborates with a wide variety of regional partners as it works with directors of economic development, chambers of commerce, shippers, port authority directors, government leaders, tourism industries and international study centers at universities across the globe.

International Marketing LLC (www.imintl.net) s a full service marketing research and communications firm focused on the Latin American and US Hispanic consumer. IM’s innovative marketing services provide creative solutions for you to develop and implement strategic plans to meet consumer’s needs in their own terms within multiple Latino market segments.

Megaflex, LLC is a new company, which will print and convert flexible packaging. We will print up to 9 colors on a rotogravure 50" press and then ship either printed rolls for auto packaging equipment or convert the roll stock into a variety of bags and pouches for all types of products. One of our goals is to sell into the Mexican market. We believe there are enough high end product manufacturers that there is a need for U.S. quality printing and packaging. What we will offer is a level above what is produced in Mexico at this time. Phone (816) 474-0245 or e-mail sodonnell@keltechprinting.com.

Missouri Department of Economic Development (www.ded.mo.gov) works to increase the number of Missouri companies exporting and increase the volume of Missouri exports. Experienced, multilingual staff offers quality export assistance that will ensure your competitive success in China, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan the United Kingdom and the entire global marketplace. They offer real-time insight on market opportunities. Help is available on everything from basic questions about getting started, to concerns about a particular market or industry.

The Partnership for Community Growth & Development (www.thinklibertymo.com) is a private/public not-for-profit organization whose focus is retaining existing and attracting new businesses in the Liberty, Missouri area.  It works to maintain and enhance the business environment, which in turn, leads to company expansions. The Partnership serves as a resource to companies that may be considering expansion into international markets by maintaining a database of available service providers.

Priority Logistics (www.prioritylogistics.net) has been practicing transportation logistics for more than 18 years, representing both the interests of carriers and shippers in logistics matters. Led by David Burdick, the firm also represents other logistics companies.

Trade Adjustment Assistance Center provides a cost-sharing program under which federal assistance will help pay the cost of consultants, engineers, product designers or other industry-specific experts for a variety of projects that will improve a manufacturer's ability to compete in the global marketplace. The Trade Adjustment Center for Missouri is Mid-America TAAC, 664 SE Bayberry Lane, Suite 101, Lee's Summit, MO 64063. For more information, contact Theresa Hauk, Executive Director, 816-246-1555 or richardsb@taacenter.org.

The World Trade Center of the Greater Kansas City Chamber of Commerce (www.kcchamber.com) focuses on trade education of the business community, building global business leadership and the promotion of a unified voice within the business community to International Investors, to our membership, and to the small and medium sized business located in the greater Kansas City region.

The U.S. Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce is a federal government agency dedicated to helping small-to-medium sized Kansas and Missouri companies develop international markets. Our experienced staff of International Trade Specialists will help you identify and evaluate international partners, navigate international documentation challenges, create market entry strategies, and provide other export related guidance. The U.S. Export Assistance Center located in Kansas City, Missouri is part of an international network of global professionals. We have 165 offices in 82 countries throughout the world. For more information on how we can help your company succeed in the global marketplace, please visit www.buyusa.gov/kansascity or call 816-421-1876.

Other International Business Resources

• Missouri Export Directory and the Missouri Resource Directory has network offices in Monterey, Guadalajara, Mexico City, London, Beijing, Shanghai, Taipei and Tokyo.

• Mid-America Trade Adjustment Assistance Center (click on "Contact" and go to to the Mid-America or Missouri link).

• Missouri Department of Economic Development Business and Community Services.

• Ruby C. Sirna, International Trade Specialist, US Department of Commerce, US Export Assistance Center: 911 Main Street, 2509 Commerce Tower, Kansas City, MO 64105-2009. T: 816.421.4809; C: 816.806.2538; F: 816.471.7839. E-mail: Ruby.Sirna@mail.doc.gov. Web: www.export.gov

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