Company: Universal Seal Inc
Date added: March 30th, 2004

It didn’t take long for Universal Seal Inc., a Canadian manufacturer of polyurethane seals, to turn a trade lead into a deal. Within two weeks of receiving a lead from the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC), the company secured an initial order worth $14,500 CDN and added a distributorship for Greece and Turkey to its sales network.
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Company: Sawridge Waters Ltd.
Date added: March 23rd, 2004

When a Hong Kong company went searching for top-quality water, the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) matched them with Vancouver-based Sawridge Waters Ltd., bottlers of Spirit Water and owners of Canada’s largest bottled water plant. But what clinched the deal for Sawridge was the natural purity of its water source—Canadian glaciers.
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Company: Whitewater West Industries
Date added: September 29th, 2003

WHITEWATER WEST INDUSTRIES—MAKING WAVES IN CHILE


The International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) works with the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service to match Canadian companies with foreign buyers. In this success story, IBOC connected the consulting firm of Steve Woloz Associates with t ...

Company: Pestell Shavings
Date added: September 29th, 2003

CANADIAN COMPANY TURNS LUMBER WASTE INTO WEALTH

The International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) works with the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service to match Canadian companies with foreign buyers. In this success story, IBOC connected the consulting firm of Steve Woloz Associates with the ...

Company: Steve Woloz Associates Inc.
Date added: February 4th, 2003

The International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) works with the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service to match Canadian companies with foreign buyers. In this success story, IBOC connected the consulting firm of Steve Woloz Associates with the Caribbean Regional HRD Competitiveness Program, a c ...

Company: Phylotrans
Date added: September 16th, 2002

IBOC e-Leads Sparks Tender Win For Quebec Firm

Electronic business services have become an everyday convenience few exporters can do without. For Ian Cairncross, owner of Phylos International Political Economy, one service stands out - IBOC e-Leads - a government on-line service that delivers cu ...

Company: Stairsholme Farm (Hemmingford, Quebec)
Date added: August 15th, 2002

The International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) works with the Canadian Trade Commissioner Service to match Canadian companies with foreign buyers. In this success story, IBOC connected Stairsholme Farm of Hemmingford, Quebec, with Blue View Nurseries of Norton, Massachusetts. The trade lead, supplied by IBOC’s Daniel Lemieux, and Josie Jenkins of the Trade Commissioner Service in Boston, resulted in a contract worth $4,500 CDN plus anticipated orders. ...

Company: Dalpot International Consultants (Guyana)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

While some consultants find exporting their services a challenge, Dr. Douglas Potvin and his company, Dalpot International Consultants Reg'd., have excelled at it. A mathematics professor and former administrator at Concordia University, Dr. Potvin is Dalpot's founder, president and reside ...

Company: Polaris Educational Planners Inc. (Thailand)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Polaris Educational Planners Chalk Up a Speedy Tender Win International tenders can be long, drawn-out affairs that take a year or more to conclude. Fortunately, quick turnaround on a trade lead from the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) afforded Ontario's Polaris Educational ...

Company: Altinex Industries Ltd. (Trinidad & Tobago)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

In today's competitive global market, developing a progressive business strategy is essential. Many Canadian companies are reaching for success by reinventing themselves, investing in research and development and venturing into new fields. One such company is Altinex Industries Ltd., an On ...

Company: Electro Guard Corporation (Stockholm)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

For years, the Electro Guard Corporation has prospered supplying plastic roof-draining products to hardware stores across Canada and the US. A trade lead from the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) has offered the company an opportunity to venture beyond.

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Company: Grey Gourmet Inc. (Auckland)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

It takes time and effort to get a fledgling business off the ground. The key, says Penny Grey of Canada's Grey Gourmet Inc., is following up every lead.

Leads that link Canadian companies with foreign buyers are the stock and trade of the International Business Opportunit ...

Company: Martin Health Group Inc.(Brussels)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

A tip from the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) offered Martin Health Group Inc. of Ontario, its first European buyer. Two years later, the company's exports have mushroomed with demand for its flagship product "Pine of Life" pouring in from buyers across Europe and Asia. ...

Company: Upper Canada Paddle (Oslo)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

The Upper Canada Paddle Company of Stirling, Ontario, has made a splash in Norway, thanks to a lead from the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC). After receiving a trade lead from Barbara Thorjussen at the Canadian Embassy in Oslo, Norway, IBOC approached Martin ...

Company: Sawarne Lumber (Stockholm)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

With roots that stretch back to the 1940's, the Sawarne Lumber Co. Ltd., continues to branch out. The third generation family-owned business from Richmond, BC, is building a worldwide reputation for its quality Western Red Cedar products. A trade lead from the International Bu ...

Company: C.B.M. Leather Goods Inc. (Tokyo)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Breaking into a new international market is not a job for the meek and mild. Confidence and perseverance are key to handling the cold calls and cold trails that come with the territory. Of course, taking advantage of a solid trade lead doesn't hurt.

For Anastasia Tsotroudis, ...

Company: O&O; Structor Limited (Riyadh)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Matching the right Canadian company with a foreign buyer is what the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) does best. IBOC works with the Trade Commissioner Service to connect Canadian companies with business opportunities worldwide. It's a point that Dr. Sylvester Oleszkiewic ...

Company: Pollard Banknote Ltd. (Ababa)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

And the winner is . . . Pollard Banknote Limited. The Winnipeg-based company, one of the world's top three security printers, has landed yet another international contract.

From scratch-and-wins to Nevada-style break-opens, instant win tickets have gained popularit ...

Company: Marc Evon Enterprises Inc. (Oslo)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Every morning a dedicated group of athletes travel to the arena, don their skates and spend long hours in the cold, perfecting their jumps and techniques. It takes years of constant practice to execute a flawless four-minute program. But thanks to Marc Evon Enterprises, one thing these skaters wo ...

Company: Andrés Wines Limited (Seoul)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Each year as the temperature plummets and a blanket of frigid air covers the Niagara Peninsula, a truly unique harvest takes place for Andrés Wines Limited - the handpicking of frozen vidal grapes, carefully pressed to create a rich liquid known as icewine. After one sip of the chilled libation, ...

Company: BeaverTails Canada Inc. (Miami)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

The wonderful aroma of a warm sweet pastry is becoming common place at many tourist locales across Canada - but there is nothing common about this delicious confection that is uniquely Canadian. Named for its resemblance to one of Canada's foremost national symbols, BeaverTails® is the creation o ...

Company: Telcom Research (Berne)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Telcom Research believes in making products that stand the test of time. The company produces time-code equipment that is used in broadcast and post-production facilities. Telcom Research also manufactures and exports telephone dialers, which are used to reroute long distance calls through ...

Company: SENES Consultants Limited (New Delhi)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

A Canadian consortium of environmental consultants recently won a contract worth $105,000, thanks in part to IBOC's Molly Jo Beauchamp and Viney Gupta, a commercial officer with the Canadian High Commission in New Delhi, India.

SENES Consultants Limited, in partnership wi ...

Company: Christmas Mountains Manufacturing Inc. (London)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

An unexpected Christmas present in the form of a trade lead put Stuart Bolster, Secretary and Treasurer of Christmas Mountains Manufacturing Inc., in a festive mood.

The Christmas tree stand manufacturer got a fax one morning in November 1998 from Sean McCabe of the Internationa ...

Company: CPM Leading-Edge Technology Inc. (Kuala Lumpur)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

A trade lead from the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) has given a Quebec company the power to break into a new market.

CPM Leading-Edge Technology Inc. of St- Jean-sur-Richelieu sold US$31 000 of its ACE 2000 power quality analyzers and recorders to Tenaga ...

Company: Eastwood Marketing Inc. (Brussels)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

A trade lead from the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC) helps to germinate the growing awareness in the European marketplace for Canadian fiddleheads.

Eastwood Marketing Inc. of Toronto, Ontario recently sold $3,320 worth of Canadian fiddlehead greens to ...

Company: Knight Trailer Company Inc. (Tokyo)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

A company's customer service often helps to make or break a trade deal. Knight Trailer Company Inc. of Langley, British Columbia is one such company that takes the extra steps to cater specifically to its clients' business needs. It manufactures and custom-designs a variety of trailers for ...

Company: Kuusport Manufacturing Limited (Tokyo)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Canadian-made snowboards are carving down Japanese mountains after a Toronto-based company got a tip from the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC).

IBOC's Lori Emmet called Kuusport Manufacturing Limited in June 1998 to see if they were interested in selling ...

Company: MGI International Marine Safety Solutions (Miami)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

MGI International Marine Safety Solutions is always prepared to provide lifesaving equipment and training to marine operators and passengers. The company specializes in life rafts, stowage deployment systems, and emergency evacuation training programs such as its CD-ROM formatted "Code Red ...

Company: Majestic Forest Products & Factory Direct Hardwood Floors (Dublin)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Two New Brunswick companies combine their expertise to close the deal for the sale of hardwood flooring to Cavan, Ireland

Competing in today's global marketplace is a challenge for any company. Meeting the demands from customers can be daunting - high quality products, best poss ...

Company: Pulse Scientific Inc. (Buenos Aires)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

A trade lead from the International Business Opportunities Center (IBOC) provided Pulse Scientific Inc. with the opportunity to distribute their pregnancy detection products into a new market.

Pulse Scientific Inc. of Burlington, Ontario, a leading manufacturer of medical ...

Company: Polar Food International (Stockholm)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Meeting the demand for unusual and exotic items - including empty lobster shells - affirms Polar Foods International's continued success in international waters

Polar Foods International of Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.), a leading Canadian seafood processin ...

Company: Reid Hill Farms (Stockholm)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Reid Hill Farms of Vulcan, Alberta, has watched its exports grow, thanks to a lead provided by the International Business Opportunities Centre (IBOC). 

IBOC approached farmer Allan Graff with an opportunity to supply his organic grain to a flourmill, Juvel Kvarn AB, in Go ...

Company: Stormceptor Canada Inc. (Sydney)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Stormceptor Canada Inc.'s pollution control traps are going to the Olympics. In a fitting twist of irony, the pollution-control traps will be implemented at the Sydney 2000 Olympics site because of teamwork‹the underlying theme of what the Olympics is all about. The company has an extensiv ...

Company: TELAV/ISTS (Georgetown)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Interpreting the needs of a new customer was all in a day's work for TELAV/I.S.T.S. of Montreal, Quebec.

When TELAV, a leading Canadian supplier of audio-visual (a/v) equipment, was contacted by the Guyana Telephone and Telegraph Company, it immediately set to work to pul ...

Company: Unirope Limited (Paris)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

Unirope Limited's product line of slings is lifting the company's profile and profits to new heights. The Mississauga-based company is a manufacturer of various lifting products and, under licence, produces "Twin Path" synthetic, high-strength slings. In 1995, using a "Twin-Path" synthetic ...

Company: J.R. Brisson Equipment Ltée (Budapest)
Date added: December 16th, 2001

J.R. Brisson Equipment Ltée of Vars, Ontario has entered the global market. The small family-owned business has embarked on its first export experience of selling farm machinery spare parts to a firm in Hungary. But, just as business opportunities in Budapest are burgeoning, so is the futu ...