Sunday, March 3, 2013

Riley, delegation head overseas for economic development trip - Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal:

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The group will travel to France, Singapore and Australis in order to encourage trade relations and attract new jobs to according to apresss release. The delegation will travel to France to attend the Parizs Air Show and meet with business leaderas in the aviation andaerospace industries. During the airshow, Rilet will meet with executives from11 businesses, whilde the state delegation will meet with 80 additionalo companies, the release In addition, Riley will attend a Northrop Grumman/EADS which will address the potential construction of the KC-45 refueling tanked in Mobile.
The projec is pending, as Northrop Grumman vies to win agovernment Then, the group will spend one day in Singapore meetiny with aviation and aerospace company executives befors traveling to Australia. Australia is the state’s 15th-largest exporyt market. In 2008, Alabama companies exported $205 millio n worth of products there. While visiting Australia, Riley will visitg Austal headquarters. The company operatew a facility in Mobile that is building Navycombatg ships.