NEWS FLASH!! 

NEOTEC and Cleveland-Cuyahoga County Port Authority Host Foreign-Trade Zone Seminar on May 24, 2012

Top leadership of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones (NAFTZ) willl discuss benefits of the program that can help area companies become globally competitive 

                   
This half-day seminar on May 24 at Firestone Country Club in Akron will provide attendees with a solid understanding of the benefits of the Foreign-Trade Zone program and how it can help their companies to be globally competitive.  Topics to be addressed include FTZ basics, benefits of the program, the application and activation process, and compliance.

Presenting at the seminar will be the president and officers of the board of directors of the National Association of Foreign-Trade Zones (NAFTZ) in Washington, D.C., including:

• Dan Griswold, NAFTZ president
  
• Lewis Leibowitz, chairman of the NAFTZ board of directors and partner at Hogan Lovells law firm in Washington, D.C.
  
  
• Scott Wienke, vice chairman of the NAFTZ board of directors and Customs and trade compliance manager for Abbott Laboratories’ Global Pharmaceutical Operations division
  
  
• Kevin Burwell, treasurer of the NAFTZ board of directors and director of business analysis and strategy for the Virginia Port Authority
  
  
• Ron DeBarr, secretary of the NAFTZ board of directors and president and CEO of NEOTEC.
  

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER, CLICK HERE...