Diamondback Grows International Sales With VEDP Support
Albemarle County-based Diamondback Tool Co., Inc., has been manufacturing premium tool belts and gear for professional tradespeople since 1993. With support from the VALET program, Diamondback transitioned from its legacy e-commerce platform to Shopify, enabling Shopify Markets to support multi-currency and multi-language transactions. The results were immediate.
Euro-Composites Expands Market Reach in South America and South Korea with VEDP Support
With the strategic support of VEDP and its VALET program, Euro-Composites has established a more competitive international presence. Now the company is well positioned to continue growing its footprint in Latin America and Asia, backed by strong relationships and a clearer understanding of local market dynamics.
MicroXact Cultivates New Export Partners Through VEDP Travel Opportunities
MicroXact, Inc., was founded in 2004 as a semiconductor and MEMS machining and prototyping facility in Pulaski County. Today the company designs and manufactures probe stations—tools that measure the electrical properties of small devices and materials—as well as accessories for these probe stations, think microscopes. Due to its incredibly specific products, MicroXact serves a diverse range of clients, from university labs and startups to government institutions and Fortune 100 corporations.
Trade Missions Open Up Lucrative Partnerships for SteelMaster
International sales doubled during participation in the VALET program, now making up 15% of SteelMaster’s total sales. Promising future developments include an agreement with a major American retailer to use SteelMaster buildings to build convenience stores outside of city centers in Mexico.
Ceres Nanosciences Takes its Diagnostic Technology Global With VEDP’s Help
Ceres’ technology has the benefit of being useful without the large capital investments that testing space often requires — the company provides a solution that can go into already-existing facilities. With VEDP’s help, Ceres and its international partners are rolling it out to help prevent and manage future pandemics.
After Early Hiccups, Exporting Proves Lucrative for Qore Performance
With VEDP’s assistance, QPI has lined up active distributors in Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Scandinavia, and Australia, while shipping to other countries worldwide with confidence that its brand will be represented properly. The company is now looking to expand into the Middle East.
Reservoir Distillery Establishes Itself Down Under With Help from VEDP Trade Missions
Reservoir Distillery has manufactured craft bourbons, ryes, and other whiskeys from its Richmond facility since 2008. The company prides itself on locally sourcing its ingredients — all of the grains used in its spirits come from within 45 miles of the distillery, and every whiskey is crafted, aged, and bottled in-house.
International Sales Help Dilon Technologies Weather Domestic Downturn
The company joined VEDP’s Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program in 2020, helping its international sales grow by 300% — and the enhanced focus on exports came at a fortuitous time. Soon after Dilon began the program, the U.S. market went into a downturn due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while international markets kept growing, helping protect the company from the ups and downs of the domestic market.
TMEIC Gets a Lift in International Sales from VEDP Trade Services
TMEIC has utilized VEDP trade services since VEDP first offered to hold in-house trade compliance training sessions for the company starting in 2003. TMEIC is now participating in the VALET program for the second time. The company hopes to sell its automation and drives technology to ports around the world, focusing on Southeast Asia and Indonesia, Thailand, and Vietnam in particular.
COVID Accelerates Stride’s Entry Into India
Stride’s international business had been based on informal relationships with in-country representatives rather than a strategic plan. During the trade mission to India in February 2020, Stride representatives met with 16 prospective partners and clients in Bangalore, Delhi, and Mumbai, with VEDP arranging the logistics of the trip and assisting with post-trip follow-up.
Seventh Sense Expands Global Market Reach Through VEDP International Trade
As a start-up with an innovative technology based on the globally popular HubSpot and Marketo marketing platforms, Seventh Sense needed to develop a global market strategy. The challenge: the company did not have any partnerships with internationally based marketing agencies, which is a major driver for the type of software Seventh Sense sells
Aeroprobe Sets Companies Up for Speed
Aeroprobe, based in Christiansburg in the New River Valley, manufactures advanced sensors and measuring devices upon which cutting-edge systems around the world rely.
On the Front Lines: Kollmorgen Ramps Up Production
The international manufacturer of high-performance motion control products and systems makes critical components used to manufacture everything from personal protective equipment to diagnostic machines to ventilators.
Sauer Sells a Virginia Tradition Overseas
The company is primed for international business expansion with its famous Duke’s mayonnaise, in large part due to access to the Commonwealth’s international sales development resources and expert services.
PBE Axell Expands its International Presence
The PBE Axell previously sold 98% of its products within the United States. Today that statistic is startlingly different: the company’s sales are 75% international, with sales offices in 12 countries and customers in more than 30 countries.
Virginia’s Exporters of Services Find Success Abroad
With the global threat of terrorism on the rise, Virginia technology security services firms are parlaying security concerns into surging revenue growth overseas.
Meeting Global Demand for Health IT Services
To propel its growth in Virginia, Harris Healthcare is forging partnerships internationally.
Massimo Zanetti Beverage USA Shares Coffee with the World from Virginia
Massimo Zanetti Beverage, the largest privately held and family owned coffee company in the world, set out in 2012 to navigate new international markets with support from VEDP’s experienced International Trade division.
MAG Aerospace’s International Contracts Soar through Virginia Export Program
When faced with the pressures of sequestration in 2012, MAG Aerospace turned to the global marketplace for new contracts with support from VEDP’s flagship Virginia Leaders in Export Trade (VALET) program.
New Ravenna Propels Global Brand from Rural Location
Demand for New Ravenna’s luxury mosaic tile products began to skyrocket in 2016, and the company sought to discover if its home in Northampton County could accommodate the rapid growth.