Officials from six North Dakota manufacturing companies will travel to Canada Nov. 8 where they plan to expand their export sales by meeting with pre-qualified buyers and distributors and by exhibiting their equipment at a four-day trade show in Red Deer, Alberta.
“Our companies will keep busy schedules meeting with pre-qualified distributors and other potential business partners that can help them further penetrate the Canadian market,” said Justin Schiele, entrepreneurship director at UND’s Center for Innovation and the trip’s lead coordinator.
“These tailored meetings, coupled with the Agri-Trade exhibition - one of Canada’s largest agricultural equipment shows - will provide our companies with great exposure to a very targeted group of consumers and distributors,” Schiele said.
The six North Dakota companies traveling to Canada are:
- Dakota Micro, Cayuga, N.D.
- Schollmeyer Engineering, Inc., Killdeer, N.D.
- Gates Manufacturing, Inc., Lansford, N.D.
- Crary Company, West Fargo, N.D.
- Sund Manufacturing, Inc., Newburg, N.D.
- Equipment Wholesalers, Fargo, N.D.
Canada is by far North Dakota’s largest export market, with nearly half of all the state’s exported manufactured goods and services sold there. North Dakota-made machinery and processed foods are the top exports to Canada. The state’s exports to Canada increased in value from $333 million in 2000 to nearly $638 million last year, the U. S. Department of Commerce reports.
The mini-trade mission to Canada was coordinated by the North Dakota Trade Office, the UND Center for Innovation and the U.S. Commercial Service.
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