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SUMMARY:Canada 2020 Trade & Business Mission - AeroMontreal
DESCRIPTION:Why Canada?\n\n\n\n	Largest destination for Kentucky's exports\n	More than $12.5 billion in exports\n	 Aerospace and Automotive top exports to Canada\n	 10k+ Kentucky jobs dependent on Canadian Foreign Direct Investment \n	$176 million in Foreign Direct Investment\n	World's 10th largest economy and member of USMCA\n\n\n\n   Top Prospects:\n\n\n	Aerospace Products & Parts\n\n	\n		Cutting edge technologies for engines and parts\n		Rapid prototyping\n		Software securities\n		Composite materials\n	\n	\n\n   What Does This Trip Include:\n\n\n\n\n\n	International Aerospace Innovation Forum discounted participant entry\n	Defense and MRO Seminar participant entry\n	Industrial visits to major OEMs\n	Tailored business meetings with clients\, distributors\, and partners (click here for list of companies)\n	Workshops\, plenary sessions\, demonstrations\, technological meetings\, innovation showroom\, and multiple networking events\n	Business networking receptions held during AeroMontreal \n	Country-level political and economic briefing\n	Montreal cultural visit with AeroMontreal participants\n	In-country transportation\, bi-lingual guide\, tours/technical visits\n	Hotel accommodations for five nights\, five breakfasts\, three lunches and four dinners\n\n\n\n\nPlease note that the agenda is subject to change.\n\n \n"Leading the state with $14.6 billion in exports\, Kentucky's aerospace industry continues to display its economic force both nationally and internationally. We're excited for this sector's future in our commonwealth and across the globe."\n\n - Lee Lingo\, Executive Director Kentucky Association of Manufacturing\n\n\n\n"I have been to Montreal 4 years in a row. The trips have historically been good\; HOWEVER\, I did not experience the same receptiveness by OEM's in this region  during previous trips as I did on the 2018 WTC-KY delegation trade mission to AeroMontreal. Since the 2018 mission\, we continue to experience a more positive reception through follow-up with the OEM's\, which was not the case before the delegation mission." - John Zurborg\, President & CEO - Skillcraft\, LLC\n\n\n\nIn Partnership With:
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>Why Canada?</strong></span></span></span>\n<div class="page" style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: -webkit-standard\;" title="Page 1">\n<div class="layoutArea">\n<ul>\n	<li class="column"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Largest destination for Kentucky&#39\;s exports</span></span></span></li>\n	<li class="column"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">More than $12.5&nbsp\;billion in exports</span></span></span></li>\n	<li class="column"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&#8203\;Aerospace and Automotive top exports to Canada</span></span></span></li>\n	<li class="column"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&#8203\;10k+ Kentucky jobs dependent on Canadian Foreign Direct Investment </span></span></span></li>\n	<li class="column"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">$176 million in Foreign Direct Investment</span></span></span></li>\n	<li class="column"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">World&#39\;s 10th largest economy and member of USMCA</span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n</div>\n<span style="color:#696969\;"> <span style="font-size:16px\;"> <span style="font-family:arial\;"> <strong>Top Prospects:</strong></span></span></span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Aerospace Products &amp\; Parts</span></span></span></span>\n\n	<ul>\n		<li><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Cutting edge technologies for engines and parts</span></span></span></span></li>\n		<li><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Rapid prototyping</span></span></span></span></li>\n		<li><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;">Software securities</span></span></span></span></li>\n		<li><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-family: Calibri\; caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Composite materials</span></span></span></span></span></span></li>\n	</ul>\n	</li>\n</ul>\n<span style="color:#696969\;"> <span style="font-size:16px\;"> <span style="font-family:arial\;"> <strong>What Does This Trip Include:</strong></span></span></span>\n\n<div class="page" style="caret-color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;" title="Page 1">\n<div class="layoutArea">\n<div class="column">\n<ul>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><font face="arial">International Aerospace Innovation Forum discounted participant entry</font></span></span></li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><font face="arial">Defense and MRO Seminar participant entry</font></span></span></li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><font face="arial">Industrial visits to major OEMs</font></span></span></li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: -webkit-standard\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Tailored business meetings with clients\, distributors\, and partners (<em><a href="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9258/File/ParticipantsForumInnovationArospatiale.pdf">click here for list of companies)</a></em></span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: -webkit-standard\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Workshops\, plenary sessions\, demonstrations\, technological meetings</span>\, <span style="font-family:arial\;">innovation showroom\, and multiple networking events</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: -webkit-standard\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Business networking receptions&nbsp\;held during AeroMontreal&nbsp\;</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: -webkit-standard\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Country-level political and economic briefing</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: -webkit-standard\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Montreal cultural visit with AeroMontreal participants</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: -webkit-standard\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">In-country transportation\, bi-lingual guide\, tours/technical visits</span></span></span></li>\n	<li style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: -webkit-standard\;"><span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">Hotel accommodations for five nights\, f<span style="font-family:arial\;">ive&nbsp\;breakfasts\, three&nbsp\;lunches and&nbsp\;four&nbsp\;dinners</span></span></span></span></li>\n</ul>\n</div>\n</div>\n</div>\n<span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#696969\;">Please note that the agenda is subject to change.</span></span></span><br />\n&nbsp\;\n<div><em><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&ldquo\;Leading the state with $14.6 billion in exports\, Kentucky&rsquo\;s aerospace industry continues to display its economic force both nationally and internationally. We&rsquo\;re excited for this sector&rsquo\;s future in our commonwealth and across the globe.&rdquo\;</span></span></em><br />\n<span style="color:#696969\;"><span style="font-size:16px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><em>&nbsp\;- <strong>Lee Lingo\, Executive Director Kentucky Association of Manufacturing</strong></em><br />\n<br />\n<em>&quot\;I have been to Montreal 4 years in a row. The trips have historically been good\; HOWEVER\, I did not experience the same&nbsp\;receptiveness by OEM&#39\;s in this region&nbsp\; during previous trips as I did on the 2018 WTC-KY delegation trade mission to AeroMontreal.&nbsp\;Since the 2018 mission\, we continue to experience a more positive reception through follow-up with the OEM&#39\;s\, which was not the case before the delegation mission.&quot\; - </em><strong><em>John Zurborg\, President &amp\; CEO - Skillcraft\, LLC</em></strong><br />\n<br />\nIn Partnership With:&nbsp\;</span></span></span></div>\n\n<div style="text-align: center\;"><span style="color:#000000\;"><span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;">&nbsp\;<img alt="" height="116" src="https://chambermaster.blob.core.windows.net/userfiles/UserFiles/chambers/9258/Image/KAM-Logo-Stroked.png" style="width: 250px\; height: 116px\;" width="250" /></span></span></span></div>\n
LOCATION:Montreal\, Quebec The Canada 2020 Trade & Business Mission - AeroMontreal is a STEP approved mission. Click here to apply for the STEP grant or contact Sherry.mulkins@wtcky.org for more information. (Note: all travel must be preapproved).
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