6/28/2012
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin presented the Governor’s Commendation for International Market Entry to representatives of 49 West Virginia businesses. The award honors companies that have successfully exported to a new country in the past year.
Gov. Tomblin joined the West Virginia Export Council and the West Virginia Development Office on June 28 to commend the West Virginia companies.
“Our export performance continues to be a source of pride for our state and strength in our economy,” said Gov. Tomblin. “International trade and investment create and retain jobs in West Virginia. In 2011, West Virginia exports increased 39.5 percent, the highest export growth rate of any state in the nation. I thank our exporting companies for their efforts and congratulate them on their success.”
The Governor’s Commendation for International Market Entry includes framed currency from each new country to which the recipient business began exporting in 2011. The presentation is based on the tradition of displaying the first dollar a business earns.
The 49 companies being honored this year matches the number of companies recognized last year.
First-time honorees include AFP Logs & Lumber, Buckhannon; Automated Packaging Systems, Keyser; Becker/SMC, Huntington; Constellium Rolled Products, Ravenswood; Direct Online Marketing, Wheeling; StaSIS Engineering, Summit Point; Sulzer Pumps, Barboursville; TerraQuip Construction Products, Cross Lanes; Tri-State Coating & Machine, Salt Rock; Valtronics, Ravenswood; and Warrior Energy, Martinsburg.
Commendations were handed out to:
Barbour County
- Blackheart International, Philippi; Jordan
Berkeley County
- DSI Underground Systems, Martinsburg; France
- Power Sonix Inc., Martinsburg; Germany, Uganda, Trinidad & Tobago; Israel, India, Singapore, Canada
- Warrior Energy, Martinsburg; Afghanistan
Cabell
- Becker/SMC, Huntington; Canada, Mexico, Poland, Australia, Korea, Chile, Hong Kong, Norway, United Kingdom
- Guyan International, Barboursville; Thailand, Ireland, Colombia
- JABO Supply Corporation, Huntington; Australia
- Nippon Tungsten USA, Barboursville; Mexico, Chile, Argentina
- Richwood Industries, Huntington; Poland
- Steel of West Virginia Inc., Huntington; Russia
- Sulzer Pumps, Barboursville; Saudi Arabia, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Philippines, Taiwan, Thailand, Ecuador
- Tri-State Coating & Machine Company, Salt Rock; Paraguay
Grant
- Allegheny Wood Products, Petersburg; Turkey, Jordon
Hampshire
- Howell Automotive, Romney; Afghanistan, Malta
Hancock
- The Homer Laughlin China Company, Newell; Canada, Australia, Korea, United Kingdom
Harrison
- MSES Consultations Inc. – Corrosion Products Division, Clarksburg; Australia, Indonesia, Thailand
Jackson
- Constellium Rolled Products Ravenswood LLC, Ravenswood; Australia, Brazil, China, Uruguay
- J & M Industrial Inc., Millwood; Venezuela, Germany, Taiwan, South Africa, Nigeria, Korea, Peru, Philippines
- Valtronics, Ravenswood; Trinidad & Tobago; Canada, France, Argentina, Mexico
Jefferson
- Schonstedt Instrument Company, Kearneysville; Zimbabwe, Mongolia
- STaSIS, Summit Point; Indonesia, India, New Zealand, Switzerland, Sweden, Chile, Guatemala, Russia, Thailand, Taiwan, Malaysia, Turkey, Greece
Kanawha
- ConveyWeigh LLC, Dunbar; Saudi Arabia
- The Moore Company, Charleston; Mongolia
- Preiser Scientific, Saint Albans; Federated States of Micronesia, Oman, Serbia
- Terraquip Construction Products, Poca; Mexico
- Vimasco Corporation, Nitro; India
Marion
- Backbone Security, Fairmont; Estonia, Norway, Japan, Israel
Marshall
- IMI Fabi LLC, Benwood; Bulgaria
Mason
- ICL IP America Inc., Gallipolis Ferry; Pakistan
Mercer
- American Mine Research, Princeton; Brazil
Mineral
- Automated Packaging Systems, Inc., Keyser; Germany, France, Belgium, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, Panama, Dominican Republic, Canada, Mexico, Japan, Korea, China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Thailand, Singapore, Philippines, Australia, India
Monongalia
- Petitto Mine Equipment, Morgantown; South Africa
- Protea Biosciences, Morgantown; Saudi Arabia, Jordan
Morgan
- Caperton Furnitureworks, Berkeley Springs; Burundi, South Africa, Venezuela, Paraguay, Rwanda, Ghana, Djibouti, India, Germany
Ohio
- DirectOnline Marketing, Wheeling; United Kingdom, Australia, Russia
- Touchstone Research Laboratory Ltd, Tridelphia; Australia, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore, Korea, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands, Turkey, United Kingdom
- Wheeling Corrugating Company, Wheeling; Canada, Mexico, Jordan, Dominican Republic
- Wheeling Truck Center, Wheeling; Argentina, Belize, Colombia, Croatia, Honduras, Malaysia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Romania, Slovenia, Ukraine, Zambia
Putnam
- Clark International Logistics LLC, Poca; Benin
- Premier Solutions, Hurricane; Peru
- Terradon Communications Group, Poca; Mexico
Raleigh
- Mining Controls Inc., Beckley; China, South Africa, Australia, France, India
Randolph
- International Technologies LLC, Elkins; Mexico
Taylor
- DynaTech Adhesives, Grafton; Spain, Germany, Poland, Ecuador, Argentina
Tyler
- Marble King, Paden City; Germany
Upshur
- AFP Logs and Lumber LLC. Buckhannon; India
Wayne
- Aplicare, Inc., Prichard; Costa Rica, Australia, Ireland, France
Wood
- Gaskets Packings & Seals Enterprises LLC, Parkersburg; Australia
- Kreinik Manufacturing, Parkersburg; Ukraine, Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Bermuda, Germany
Contact Information
Catherine Zacchi
304-957-9340
catherine.m.zacchi@wv.gov