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National City Corporation, headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, is one of the nation's largest financial holding companies. The company operates through an extensive distribution network in Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Pennsylvania and now Missouri and also serves customers in selected markets nationally. It recently acquired Allegiant Bank which has been the largest publicly-held bank holding company headquartered in the St. Louis metropolitan area.
Sigma-Aldrich is a leading global Life Science (75%) and High Technology (25%) company with $1.8 billion in annual sales. Their biochemical and organic chemical products and kits are used in scientific and genomic research, biotechnology, pharmaceutical development, the diagnosis of disease and chemical manufacturing. Their customer base includes more than one million individual scientists and project managers in life science companies, university and government institutions, non-profit organizations, hospitals and in industry in over 160 countries. Sigma-Aldrich operates facilities in 36 countries and has 7,600 employees providing excellent service worldwide.
The Saint Louis County Economic Council provides innovative solutions to companies and communities. Their goal is to enhance the wealth and well being of citizens, companies and communities throughout St. Louis County and the St. Louis region. Some of their economic development efforts include; job creation, business growth, industry diversification and strategic redevelopment.
Tri-City Regional Port District since its establishment in 1959, has become one of the fastest growing ports in the U.S. Inland Waterways System. The Port recently received about 600 acres of neighboring property from the U.S. Government that once served as a U.S. Army Base, now called River's Edge. The Port is developing the property as a residential, industrial, recreational and commercial development. The Port soon will be adding a new harbor that will greatly increase commodity flow into and out of the area. Each year the Port handles more than 2,500 barges, equating to four million tons of product. The Tri-City Port is the only full-service, public port in the St. Louis area.
UPS is a leading global commerce facilitator, offering an unmatched array of traditional and electronic commerce services. Businesses utilize UPS's unsurpassed international network to facilitate the three flows of the global supply chain: goods, information and funds. UPS delivers more than 3 billion letters and packages a year worldwide and serves more than 200 countries and territories, using 620 aircraft, 88,000 vehicles and 1,748 operating facilities. International services include Document Exchange, Worldwide Express, Worldwide Expedited and Standard to Canada. UPS also offers in-house customs brokerage.

The U.S. Commerical Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce is a federal government agency dedicated to helping small-to-medium sized Missouri state companies develop international markets. Their experienced staff of International Trade Specialists can assist with: identifying and evaluate international partners, navigating international documentation challenges, and other export related guidance.

The U.S. Export Assistance Centers located in St. Louis part of an international network of global professionals with 165 offices in 82 countries throughout the world.
(WISER) The Massachusetts Institute for Social and Economic Research (MISER) was founded in 1981 by the University of Massachusetts. MISER is an interdisciplinary research institute of the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. It provides a variety of services to the University, the Commonwealth, and to national and international audiences. The foreign trade unit at MISER provides timely export and import statistics to clients located across the U.S. and around the world. Each quarter MISER produces its state export data series. MISER also provides monthly exports and imports by detailed Harmonized System commodity code. In 1992 MISER developed its Accelerated eXport Enhancement System (AXES) software for quick, online access to the latest trade data and data trends. MISER responds quickly to data requests, produces customized reports, and provides statistical analysis of foreign trade data.