City of Love = City of Opportunity
By Courtney Poulos
Director, International Economic Development
My recent trades missions trip to Paris was “bon pour les affaires,” that is “good for business.”
Representing Develop Indy, and more importantly, our great Capitol City, I traveled to Paris to build and foster business relationships in the defense and aerospace arena. With leaders such as Rolls Royce and Allison Transmission as our foundation, our city and state are very interested in growing this industry.
My visit was centered around Eurosatory, an international defense trade show held every two years. With exhibits and presentations, as well as one-on-one meetings and access to leading think tanks, it was a positive step forward in establishing contacts and determining the types of companies we may be interested in—and who may be interested in us.
While in Europe, I also attended the Renewable Energy Expedition. With both clean technology and advanced manufacturing as two of the city’s targeted industries, this worldwide conference was also important to us. In the next couple of years, we’d like to attract more wind turbine and solar panel component parts manufacturing companies to the region.
At Develop Indy, we understand that in order to build our local community, we need to think of our global one. We’ve got more international trade missions trips planned for this year and next. We invite a select number of business leaders to accompany us on each trip. If your company is interested in boosting its international trade relationships, give us a call. Together, we can Develop Indy.
