News - International Trade
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Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation Releases 2009 Economic Growth Plan Review and Report
10/06/2009 - 14:46
The RIEDC has completed a comprehensive review of its activities since the initial release of its 2009 Economic Growth Plan. Central to this review are details surrounding the ongoing efforts of the plan and new initiatives to get Rhode Island Working Again.
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Apply Now for the 2009 Rhode Island Innovation Awards
07/28/2009 - 15:49
The Rhode Island Innovation Awards are designed to honor Rhode Island-based companies, organizations and individuals that constantly replace existing methods, models and products with better ones. Applications are due August 21!
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Rhode Island Innovation Network Holds Kick-Off Event
06/18/2009 - 13:54
A half-day workshop was the kickoff event for the Rhode Island Innovation Network and Business Development Program.
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RI-CIE Launches in Providence as Resource for Entrepreneurs
04/28/2009 - 09:59
The Rhode Island Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship will formally open its headquarters at One Davol Square on Tuesday, April 28, 2009. RI-CIE is a cooperative effort among Providence, the state, Brown University, and business and economic development officials.
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Governor’s Workforce Board Awards $320,000 in Grants to Local Companies
04/27/2009 - 11:45
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC), in conjunction with the Governor’s Workforce Board, today announced that four local Rhode Island companies qualified to receive more than $320,000 in workforce training grants.
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RIEDC is now on Twitter
04/15/2009 - 10:47
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RIEDC 2009 Economic Growth Plan: Rhode Island, Working Again
03/24/2009 - 10:28
RIEDC’s 2009 Economic Growth Plan proposes 10 concrete action items to accelerate the pace of job growth in our state.
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Quonset’s Port of Davisville is North America’s 5th Largest Auto Importer
03/16/2009 - 15:27
Quonset’s Port of Davisville now ranks as the fifth busiest auto importer in North America, according to new statistics compiled by PIERS Maritime Research Services and the Quonset Development Corporation (QDC).
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Customized Training Funding Available From Workforce Partnership of Greater R.I. and Workforce Solutions
03/16/2009 - 15:10
Rhode Island's two local workforce investment boards, the Workforce Partnership of Greater Rhode Island and Workforce Solutions of Providence/Cranston, are releasing up to $500,000 to Rhode Island businesses in order to finance customized training programs for new hires.
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Rhode Island Companies Attend World's Largest Medical Trade Fair
12/22/2008 - 15:10
In November 2008, the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation partnered with the U.S. Commercial Service, a federal trade promotion unit of the International Trade Administration, to help four leading Rhode Island medical companies participate in the “Best of New England Pavilion” at MEDICA 2008 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
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Rhode Island Companies Attend World's Largest Medical Trade Fair
12/03/2008 - 16:53
Top Rhode Island medical companies attend the world’s largest medical trade fair in Germany with assistance from RIEDC
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Mission Report: September Hong Kong Jewelry and Watch Fair
10/27/2008 - 15:42
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation partnered with the state of New York to recruit jewelry companies from both states to participate in the Hong Kong Jewelry and Watch Fair 2008. As a result of this successful collaboration, 14 jewelry manufacturers who are new to the Hong Kong market were able to participate in the September show.
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Collaborative Innovation Summit Draws Sold-Out Crowd to Providence
10/21/2008 - 11:39
On October 15-16, 2008 at Trinity Rep in Providence, Rhode Island, the Business Innovation Factory's BIF-4 Collaborative Innovation Summit brought together many of today's most compelling innovators, business model renegades and true transformers to reveal the secrets of innovation success through personal storytelling.
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RIEDC, Providence Business News Honor 2008 Innovation Award Winners
09/11/2008 - 14:55
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation (RIEDC) and the Providence Business News (PBN) honored the winners of this year’s 2008 Rhode Island Innovation Awards at a gala event on September 18 at the Kirkbrae Country Club. Launched in 2006, the Innovation Awards celebrate Rhode Island companies, organizations and individuals that have made innovation central to their work.
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Time is Running Out to Apply for the 2008 Rhode Island Innovation Awards
08/06/2008 - 13:48
The Innovation Awards, presented by the Providence Business News in partnership with the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation and Tech Collective, and sponsored by Cox Business, are designed to honor Rhode Island-based companies, organizations and individuals that constantly replace existing methods, models and products with better ones.
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Governor Carcieri, APC and RIEDC to Host Dpt. of Commerce Officials Visit to R.I. as Part of “Invest in America” Week Activities
05/08/2008 - 08:45
U.S. Department of Commerce officials plan to visit Rhode Island today to highlight the benefits of foreign investments made in the U.S. as part of the agency’s Invest in America Week activities. Invest in America Week will be held May 5-9, 2008, featuring events spanning the United States. These events will highlight the importance of foreign direct investment (FDI) for jobs and economic growth through a series of site visits to foreign investor-owned facilities in states across the country. West Kingston, R.I.-based APC, a global leader in integrated critical power and cooling services, will serve as host site for Rhode Island’s Invest in America Week activities on May 8. APC is owned by France-based Schneider Electronic, a $25 billion global specialist in energy management.
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MEDICA Trade Fair Spawns Leads for R.I. Firms
12/17/2007 - 11:07
The Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation partnered with other state agencies across New England to attend MEDICA 2007 in Dusseldorf, Germany from November 14–17.
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Rhode Island's New Export Collaboration Partner - The Bahamas
05/29/2007 - 03:00
For four days, several Rhode Island organizations including Newport Vineyards, Sea Fresh USA, Newport Collaborative, North East Engineers and the Newport Chamber of Commerce engaged in dialogue on a whole host of economic opportunities with the Bahamas. Seafood, tourism, historic redevelopment and more were all on the agenda for the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation's latest trade mission to the Bahamas.