World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD)
San Diego, California
Award Amount
$425,000
Product/s
and/or Service/s to be Marketed
Water technology manufacturers and service providers
Markets
to be Developed
Middle East, North Africa and India
Summary
World Trade Center San Diego (WTCSD) will: 1. Identify water technology companies in the USA with the most potential for export and those
that are export ready, with the 50 WTCs in the USA; 2. Identify the best export prospects and
potential foreign buyers in the selected target markets; 3. Inform and guide companies on the
market opportunities with counseling, workshops, and webinars by visiting ITA experts; 4. Organize
groups or consortia of companies to bid for large government contracts, which are often design,
build, operate and transfer, and include engineering, construction, equipment supply, operations
management, finance and possibly local partners; 5. Prepare and assist our companies to
participate in trade shows such as Aquatech overseas and AWWA in the USA; 6. Invite and
organize inbound delegations of buyers to the USA for product demonstrations and shows;
Invite potential buyers to attend webinars; 7. Take the most promising companies on trade
missions to participate in trade shows and match-making meetings in target markets; 8. Assist
those companies with market research, professional referrals and match-making; 9. Generate $27
million in export sales that create jobs in the USA, and report those successes to encourage
others to export, setting the trajectory to increase US market share.
Award-Winner
Contact
Mr. Hugh Constant
hconstant@wtcsd.org
ITA Team Leader
Ms. Maureen Hinman
Industry Specialist, Manufacturing and Services
Maureen.Hinman@trade.gov