Global Gauge Receives Export Achievement Award
04/26/2013 - Global Gauge Corp., a Moraine, Ohio-based manufacturer of non-contact thickness measurement gauges, recently received the Export Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce for its sales and marketing expansion efforts into South Korea and Brazil.
Global Gauge Corp., a Moraine, Ohio-based manufacturer of non-contact thickness measurement gauges, recently received the Export Achievement Award from the U.S. Department of Commerce for its sales and marketing expansion efforts into South Korea and Brazil. Ms. Kari Toll of Senator Rob Portman’s Office presented the award during the 7th Annual International Trade Conference held on 4 April 2013 at Xavier University’s Cintas Center.
Tom Fairchild, international sales manager, accepted the award on behalf of the company. Fairchild remarked, “This award demonstrates our commitment and focus to expanding our global presence and we will continue to work closely with the U.S. Department of Commerce as we look forward to expanding into other global markets.”
Fairchild worked closely with the local office of the U.S. Department of Commerce to locate representatives in Seoul, Korea, and in São Paulo, Brazil, to act as authorized agents for Global Gauge. With the addition of these agents, Global Gauge has the ability to further expand their international presence of non-contact thickness measurement systems, coating weight gauges and width gauges into the ferrous and non-ferrous flat rolled product markets.
While expanding into new global markets, Global Gauge will continue building their market presence in China, India, Egypt, Vietnam and the European Countries.
The annual award recognizes small and medium-sized businesses that have successfully exported internationally for the first time or for the first time in a different country.
Global Gauge Corp., established in 1999 and headquartered in Moraine, Ohio, manufactures non-contact systems to measure the thickness, width, and coating thickness of flat-rolled ferrous and non-ferrous products. The company’s gauges are used by steel, aluminum and specialty metals manufacturers, as well as by the ceramics industry.
