BWA Export Round Table: Export Readiness Series

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BWA Export Round Table: Export Readiness Series

Join us for the first of many BWA Roundtable Export Readiness and Development events to come.

By Bluewater Wood Alliance

Date and time

Fri, Feb 14, 2020 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Location

EDC Export Growth Hub

137 Glasgow Street Kitchener, ON N2G 4X8 Canada

About this event

This is an informal round-table discussion for BWA members to talk to each other about export experience, to share best practices and challenges and brainstorm opportunities, and for non-exporters to begin the conversation of what is involved, and to explore if exporting is right for your company!

A free event, exclusive to BWA members. Register now!

Lunch included — Free parking available.

– Exporting your product to other markets can diversify your business’s income and market share. This can help protect your company from the inevitable ups and downs of domestic business cycles. While many BWA members already export to some degree, equally as many do not, but could be!

– Explore the opportunity by engaging in dialogue with other BWA members who are doing it.

– Get introduced to:

  • For those exporting: learn from others, and expand in your current markets
  • Start the conversation about how your product mix fits into the US market and other foreign markets
  • Logistical implications
  • Market Expansion for those already exporting
  • Addressing your concerns
  • Government funding support programs available
  • Export Development Canada Resources available
  • Network with other wood manufacturers to learn as much as you can and expand your personal network!
  • Risk management strategies
  • Developing Sales Networks: US market by product segment
  • Network with other wood manufacturers to learn as much as you can and expand your personal network!

Join us for the first of many BWA Roundtable Export Readiness and Development events to come.

A free event, exclusive to BWA members. Register now!

Organized by

Bluewater Wood Alliance is a not-for-profit wood manufacturing cluster serving Southwestern Ontario, that facilitates the interests and needs of our members.

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