World Trade Center Dulles Airport
The World Trade Center Dulles Airport is a member of the World Trade Centers Association (WTCA), the preeminent global organization promoting trade. The World Trade Centers Association is a not-for-profit, non-political membership organization consisting of 319 World Trade Centers representing 1,000,000+ businesses in over 90 countries.
WTCA’s mission is to support the establishment and operation of individual World Trade Centers as a part of an extensive worldwide network, enhance trade, promotes economic development, and foster peace. World Trade Centers stimulate their regional economies through trade, business leads, research Information, e-commerce services, accredited trade education programs and the power of reciprocity of the WTC global network.
Strategically sited less than 3 miles from the Washington Dulles Airport and the "Technology Corridor," WTC Dulles Airport, will assist foreign Biotech, Information Technology, Internet and Telecom companies enter the U.S. marketplace by facilitating partnerships, joint ventures, and startup marketing and capital requirements.
The WTC Dulles Airport, also serves as a reliable and cost-effective international link for local technology companies wishing to enhance overseas sales, identify joint venture partners, or acquire financing. Through existing agreements with our sister WTCs, WTC Dulles Airport and its client businesses can access resources of the world’s major trading centers for information, trade and business contacts and a wide variety of specialized international services.
World Trade Centers differ in their respective focus and services. They are microcosms of the regions. The WTC Dulles Airport has a unique global niche; it is the first WTC to be admitted to the International Association of Science Parks (IASP) representing over 300 science and technology parks with 80,000 members in 90 countries.
SPECIALIZED SERVICES
WTC DULLES AIRPORT CAPITAL PARTNERS, LLC
Assists emerging companies to speed their products of services to market while reducing risks and costs. It collaborates with the global networks of both the World Trade Centers Association and the International Association of Science Parks in identifying companies that meet the criteria that position them as qualified candidates for capital investment. It also advises and/or assists these companies in their sales, marketing and related efforts. (www.wtcdullescp.com)
WTC DULLES AIRPORT TV
As a community-based, interactive channel, World Center Dulles TV helps local businesses promote their products and services overseas and also helps foreign companies enter the U.S. marketplace through exports or direct investment. Through partner service companies in proximity to Washington D.C., the channel acts as a facilitator to meet the marketing and brand awareness needs of U.S. and foreign companies that want to make sales, establish alliances and identify strategic partners worldwide. The new WTC Dulles TV (www.wtcdulles.tv) is the first Internet TV channel dedicated to a local World Trade Center and the prototype channel to 300 WTCs globally on the World Trade Center TV Network. (www.wtc-tv.com)
CENTRADEX – THE OFFICIAL GLOBAL TRADE INTELLIGENCE PROVIDER TO THE WTCA
Utilizing CenTradeX, WTC Dulles offers clients worldwide competitive advantage by providing the most comprehensive trade information available anywhere. Companies can identify foreign distributors, source their products, look at their competitors, and find more US buyers for their product. For companies entering the US market, the result of collaboration between WTC Dulles Airport and CenTradeX Services is a full service international business development, marketing and sales consultancy. (www.centradex.com)
EFFICIENT COLLABORATIVE RETAIL MARKETING, INC. (ECRM)
Streamlines Global Sourcing by increasing speed to market and reducing supply chain costs.
ECRM’s MarketGate drives trade through score carding, face to face supplier reviews or by virtual meetings. MarketGates’s unique customized Trade Show format delivers a robust business process, technology and extensive global retail relationships and global sourcing. (ecrm.marketgate.com)
FORUM FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE TRAINING (FITT)
Providing the practical skills necessary to succeed in today’s competitive global marketplace.
An international trade training and professional certification body, FITT sets the standards and designs the training programs for the professional designation, Certified International Trade Professional (CITP). Centered on international trade best practices and delivered by a broad network of educational partners, FITT’s quality training programs impact knowledge and practical skills that trade practitioners can apply immediately – providing competitive advantage and elevating their position in world markets. (www.fitt.ca)
GLOBAL ENERGY PARTNERSHIP
Working with international governments, private business, and educational institutions, World Trade Center Dulles Airport is bringing together the solution to today’s long term clean energy needs. Centered within One Loudoun, these laboratories will focus on energy efficiency, aerospace and bio-fuels. World Trade Center Dulles will become the "incubator" for energy technology.
