Helping Wisconsin Manufacturers
Grow Their Business Through Exporting

Start growing your business through exporting with a customized, action-oriented export expansion strategy. ExporTech is a proven path to exporting success. Graduates have achieved sales increases averaging $900,000 within six to nine months after completing the program.

ExporTech™ is a 12 week virtual program with group and customized personal coaching between sessions.

Group Sessions 1: Week of February 28th – Monday-Friday 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Group Sessions 2: Week of April 4th – Monday-Friday 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Group Sessions 3: Week of May 23rd – Monday – Friday 1:00 – 3:30 pm

Download the informational flyer: ExporTech Virtual Winter/Spring 2022

Scholarship applications are being accepted through February 7th, 2022. The cost for ExporTech is $ 7,500 per company pricing for up to 3 executive leaders (CEO/President, CFO/Controller, Exec Sales), with an immediate $ 3,000 scholarship from WEDC; bringing the out-of-pocket down to $4,500.

Complete the Participant and Scholarship Application form found here.

Milwaukee BizTimes Article: Right approach crucial to maximize international sales
Author: Dan Steininger

Congratulations to Patriot Taxiway Industries, ExporTech™ graduate, one of 38 companies nationwide and the only one from Wisconsin to win the President’s “E” Award for export success in 2020 from the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Read the full IOM (Insight On Manufacturing) article here.

Patriot Taxiways Industies Accepts The President’s E Star Award

Congratulations to Gamber-Johnson, ExporTech™ graduate, on being named Wisconsin Manufacturer of the Year and their recent success!

Gamber-Johnson’s New Building

Read all about it in IndustryWeek!

WMEP’s Director of Global Engagement, Roxanne Baumann, talks about the importance of exporting for Wisconsin manufacturers.

Exporting Facts

Did you know that:

95% of consumers are outside the USA.
Companies that export outperform their non-exporting competitors.
Companies that export have higher EBITDA’s than those that don’t.

Why should I export?

Exporting can help you:

Grow your business.
Increase the value of your company.
Diversify your revenue sources.
Bring innovative new products to market.

Since 1996 the WMEP has assisted more than 4,000 SMMs resulting in:

More than $4.4 billion in proven, direct economic impact.
More than 20,257 jobs created or retained.

In 2019, WMEP services:

Helped create or retain 1,240 manufacturing jobs
Generated $350 million in impact on behalf of manufacturers
Delivered a 15:1 ROI for every dollar of state funds invested

Export Report Summaries

In 2019, Exports from Wisconsin totaled $21.7 Billion.

2019 Wisconsin Exports by Country and by Commodity

The Five P’s of Global Engagement

Develop a PLAN: Regardless of where you are today, ExporTech – WMEP’s customized exporting strategy development tool – will take you to the next level of revenues.
Understand the PROCESS: There is a clear process for creating increased revenues.
Identify your best in-demand PRODUCT: What has the best chance of export success?
PEOPLE: Internal, channel partners – who do you need to involve?
Work with knowledgeable PARTNERS: WMEP is a valued member of Wisconsin’s Extended Export Partnership team.

What is ExporTech?

In the above video, Gamber-Johnson benefits from strategic growth through exporting.

ExporTech helps small to midsize Wisconsin companies tap into new markets with a customized export expansion strategy that has the greatest revenue potential and the least risk. A carefully selected group of up to eight non-competitive companies share three full-day events scheduled approximately one month apart. Participants learn how exports can dramatically drive growth, identify hurdles to expansion, and develop a customized international growth plan.

Through ExporTech, you will:

Learn successful exporting strategies
Develop an effective exporting plan
Get expert feedback and coaching from a panel of experienced exporters
ExporTech graduates gain practical knowledge and a customized export plan for their companies.

ExporTech includes information on key topics, including:

Finance
Licensing
Logistics
Sales and Distribution
Pricing
Payments
Trade Agreements
Regulation
Documentation
Risks

Success in exporting relies on executive support. ExporTech requires commitment from at least two top senior executives, i.e. owners, CEOs and other executive leadership.

reactive exporting is risky business