Commerce Director Bonlender and Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings, Co. Chairman Wu Lebin sign MOU to advance clean technology and low-carbon energy development, including gas-to-methanol projects. Washington State Department of Commerce Director Brian Bonlender today joined Professor Wu Lebin, Chairman of Chinese Academy of Sciences Holdings Co., to complete a memorandum of understanding pledging cooperation on project and investment opportunities in the development of clean and low-carbon energy technologies. The signing…

Aerospace Office Director Pietsch leads 50-member trade delegation seeking new business, investment and partnership opportunities at the industry’s premier trade show Governor Inslee’s Aerospace Office Director Alex Pietsch and Washington Employment Security Commissioner Dale Peinecke today launched the state’s trade mission to the 2015 International Paris Air Show with a ribbon-cutting at the 700-square foot ChooseWashington Pavilion in Le Bourget, June 15-21. The 2015 delegation includes 21 businesses, economic development leaders from around…

Washington’s 1,350+ aerospace firms and coveted highly-skilled workforce always draw crowds to ChooseWashington pavilion at aerospace industry’s largest exhibition. The Washington State Department of Commerce hosted a “bootcamp” in Seattle this week to prepare the 47 members of this year’s state delegation for the International Paris Air Show opening next month in Le Bourget, France.  Led by Alex Pietsch, director of the Office of Aerospace, the group includes 12 companies from the state’s massive…

Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 30, 2015 – A delegation of Washington state aerospace companies and Department of Commerce officials is connecting with industry decision-makers and government representatives from more than 28 countries this week at Aeromart Montreal. Washington state produces leads all U.S. states in aerospace exports and is home to the Boeing’s revolutionary 777X and carbon-fiber wing programs. Located at Stand 1310, the Washington contingent will showcase its state’s global…

Washington State Department of Commerce aims to increase awareness and sales in international markets for innovative technology businesses Demonstrating the state’s leadership in the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, the Washington State Department of Commerce is leading a delegation of 18 companies at GSMA Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, the world’s largest conference for the mobile tech industry. This is the fourth consecutive year Commerce has showcased new…

Trade magazine awards Silver Medal for state’s 777X project Efforts to keep Boeing’s next-generation commercial aircraft, the 777X, in Washington State, earned Washington’s Department of Commerce the 2014 Economic Development Deal of the Year Silver Award, presented by Business Facilities magazine. Washington was in competition with two dozen other states for the project. The 777 program currently supports 56,900 jobs in the state and $3.5 billion in annual wages. Additionally,…

Washington Military Alliance announces interim leadership team Executive leadership team and advisory committee named to spearhead U.S. Department of Defense Office of Economic Adjustment grant activities for Washington State The Washington Military Alliance (WMA) named four members to serve as their executive leadership team while the organization moves forward as a chartered public-partnership formed to provide a single voice in representing the state’s interests as the U.S. Department of Defense…