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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, International Trade Administration
December 2005
Issue no. 3
The U.S. Department of
Commerce’s Market Development
Cooperator Program (MDCP)
awarded a $287,000 grant to the
Institute for Environmental and
Energy Technologies (ENTECH) at
the University of Missouri-
Columbia.
ENTECH is helping to centralize
the presence of U.S. environmental
technologies in the world’s single
largest emerging market—China.
ENTECH will increase demand for
products of U.S. manufacturers by
introducing their technologies to
environmental professionals in that
country and opening an environ-
mental technology center in Beijing.
Al Frink, assistant secretary of
commerce for manufacturing and
services, announced the award on
October 31, 2005, at the Water
Environment Federation’s annual
conference (WEFTEC 2005) in
Washington, D.C. “The Commerce
Department is pleased to partner
with ENTECH on this project,”
Frink said. “This partnership
reflects our commitment to open-
ing new markets, developing better
American jobs, and creating an
environment for businesses to
innovate, compete, and prosper.”
The U.S. Department of
Commerce-along with Washington,
D.C.-based industry and country
experts; China-based trade special-
ists; and officials from the
International Business Centers in
Missouri and other U.S. locations-
will work with ENTECH to help
environmental firms throughout
the United States export their prod-
ucts and services to China.
The financial award and technical
assistance are made available to
ENTECH through the Commerce
Department’s MDCP, a public-
private partnership that helps small
and medium-sized U.S. firms
expand exports that support jobs.
The program builds partnerships
by providing financial and techni-
cal assistance to non-profit organi-
zations involved in improving com-
petitiveness and developing foreign
markets.
For more information about the
MDCP, visit www.export.gov/mdcp.
Commerce Depa