Slideshow celebrating 20 years of the World Trade Center of Central PA

1. World Trade Center of Central PA
Celebrating 20 years….

2. Inaugural York County International Network
meeting. An all-volunteer organization starts
offering education programs.

3. Part-time
events
coordinator
hired to
support the
fledgling
membership
organization.

4. Columbus Initiative launched to introduce new-
to-export companies to foreign markets with
support from organization members.

11. Changes name to Southcentral Pennsylvania
International Network (SPIN)

12. Becomes an
independent
affiliate of
MANTEC, Inc

15. 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

16. Named as Regional Coordinator for the Team
Pennsylvania Export Network~Southcentral
Region
-becomes regional point of contact for all State
sponsored export assistance services

25. 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

29. 2001 Bringing the World to YOU!

34. Birthday Bash
March 13, 2001

35. 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

39. Hospitality Suite at
Farmshow

41. Launches annual Global Economic Outlook
luncheon

43. Publisher of Forbes, Rich Karlgaard, is featured
speaker at annual "Reaching Your Global
Customers" conference

48. Over 20 foreign embassies represented at WTC
annual conference in Lancaster

71. 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

75. Organizes
"PA" exhibit
at ANUGA,
world's
largest trade
show for the
food and
beverage
industry

76. Offers
seminars
promoting
southcentral
Pennsylvania
as a business
location in
Cologne,
Germany
during the
ANUGA
trade show

77. Promotes southcentral Pennsylvania to a global
audience at the PackExpo show in Las Vegas

87. Hosts Kenyan Ambassador to the US for roundtable
discussion

96. Bangkok Wok

101. Passage to India

106. Celebrate our 20th year as an organization
…to our 20th Birthday Celebration!

107. Thank you for being a part of
our 20th Year celebration!!!

108. World Trade Center of Central PA
Celebrating 20 years….
Special Thanks to our Event Sponsors:
Bentley World Packaging
Fulton Bank
MANTEC
Stambaugh Ness