Episode 4: Today, Dr. Omar Ayyash, President and CEO of the World Trade Center Kentucky interviews Michael Bowling, Managing Partner at Global Altitudes, LLC. Michael has had extensive experience doing business in Latin America. He’s going to share some timely perspectives on why this region presents some interesting opportunities. Meet Michael Bowling Michael was born…
Episode 3: Today, President and CEO of the World Trade Center Kentucky Dr. Omar Ayyash interviews Alan Black, Regulatory Affairs Leader at Valvoline Global Operations. Alan has extensive experience in international freight issues and will share his perspectives with us. Meet Alan Black Alan began his career at FedEx. He worked in their international operations…
Back to Blog Episode 2: Today, President and CEO of the World Trade Center Kentucky Dr. Omar Ayyash interviews Marco Blankenburgh, Founder and Director of Knowledgeworkx. We’ll discuss the how Knowledgeworkx assists businesses operation on an international or global basis. We’ll then focus on 3 key questions regarding culture and the role it plays in…
Episode 1: Welcome to the launch of our new podcast! Today, Dr. Omar Ayyash introduces our audience to the World Trade Center Kentucky. Connecting businesses to global trade is an important step in helping them to grow and succeed. The World Trade Center Kentucky provides resources to businesses of all sizes, enabling them to succeed…
Hitachi to Overhaul Kentucky Plant, Add 200 Jobs A subsidiary of industrial conglomerate Hitachi plans to renovate an existing auto parts facility in Kentucky to produce motors for electric vehicles. Hitachi Automotive Electric Motor Systems America, established by the Japanese company last spring, is overhauling part of sister company Hitachi Automotive Systems Americas’ plant in…
US, China top diplomats discuss key issues, show differences BEIJING (AP) – The top American and Chinese diplomats spoke Saturday in the first major exchange between the countries since President Joe Biden took office and touched on several critical issues that have strained their ties. China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi and U.S. Secretary of State…
“Made in America” Executive Order to Affect International Companies and FDI On January 25th, President Biden issued one of his first Executive Orders, making changes to the “Made in America” program. The order left many with questions about how it would affect trade and international investment into the U.S. Read the full release here.
A Manufacturing ‘Google’ Could Be a Breakthrough for Reshoring Today’s supply chains and manufacturing operations are global, highly efficient, and carefully tuned. At the same time, the COVID-19 black-swan event has demonstrated painfully that they are also fragile and lacking transparency at times when faced with unexpected disturbances. The various interruptions led to a shortage…
Load factors in air cargo still flying, but a ‘slight softening’ may be in sight Global airlines have continued to report high load factors, with the last two weeks of January showing a new “peak”. However, the market is now reporting, anecdotally, a slight softening. While load factors last month were up 9 percentage points,…
Rival Schools Come Together to Raise Money ‘For The Kids’ LEXINGTON, Ky. (Feb. 1, 2021) – The rivalry between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville has been a staple of the athletics culture in Kentucky since its beginning. The two schools love to hate one another to the point that some fans won’t even…