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Celebrating 20 years….
World Trade Center of Central PA
Inaugural York County International Network meeting. An all-volunteer organization starts offering education programs.
Part-time events coordinator hired to support the fledgling membership organization.
Columbus Initiative launched to introduce new-to-export companies to foreign markets with support from organization members.
Changes name to Southcentral Pennsylvania International Network (SPIN)
Becomes an independent affiliate of MANTEC, Inc
SPIN incorporates as a 501 (c) (6) non-profit membership organization. Board of Directors and Advisory Council named. SPIN and US Department of Commerce host first regional World Trade Week Celebration
Named as Regional Coordinator for the Team Pennsylvania Export Network~Southcentral Region -becomes regional point of contact for all State sponsored export assistance services
SPIN organizes the "Pennsylvania" exhibit at DRUPA, the world's largest trade show for print media, held in Germany every 4 years SPIN organizes "International E-Commerce" Conference starting off the first of what is to become an annual international trade conference
2001 Bringing the World to YOU!
Birthday Bash
March 13, 2001
Successfully pursues World Trade Center Association application Changes name to World Trade Center of Central Pennsylvania with unveiling during a luncheon "Peace and Stability Through Trade", featuring Guy Tozzoli, founder of the World Trade Centers Association
Hospitality Suite at Farmshow
Launches annual Global Economic Outlook luncheon
Publisher of Forbes, Rich Karlgaard, is featured speaker at annual "Reaching Your Global Customers" conference
Over 20 foreign embassies represented at WTC annual conference in Lancaster
WTC becomes active on social media sites with myspace, linkedin, twitter, and facebook pages Follow us @wtccentralpa "Local Companies, Global Connections" supplement to Central Penn Business Journal published and distributed worldwide
Organizes "PA" exhibit at ANUGA, world's largest trade show for the food and beverage industry
Offers seminars promoting southcentral Pennsylvania as a business location in Cologne, Germany during the ANUGA trade show
Promotes southcentral Pennsylvania to a global audience at the PackExpo show in Las Vegas
Hosts Kenyan Ambassador to the US for roundtable discussion
Bangkok Wok
Passage to India
Celebrate our 20th year as an organization
…to our 20th Birthday Celebration!
Thank you for being a part of our 20th Year celebration!!!
Special Thanks to our Event Sponsors: Bentley World Packaging Fulton Bank MANTEC Stambaugh Ness
Celebrating 20 years….
World Trade Center of Central PA
