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August 21, 1998 'Steps to Export Success' teleconference WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A two-hour teleconference for businesses that want to improve or start export sales will be aired Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Hamilton County office of the Purdue University Cooperative Extension Service in Noblesville. The program is co-sponsored by the Purdue and Iowa Extension services, in cooperation with the Indiana and U.S. Departments of Commerce and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The target audience is small and medium-sized companies new to international sales as well as farmer cooperatives and alliances. While the focus will be on processed food products, conference organizers said the principles will apply to almost any business. Participants will learn about marketing value-added products abroad and what foreign buyers look for from U.S. suppliers. "'Made in the USA' carries an instant cachet in many countries," said Dick Gelzleichter, Extension program coordinator for Purdue's International Programs in Agriculture office. "Steps to Exporting Success" will run from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, at the Hamilton County Extension Office, 2003 E. Pleasant St., Noblesville. After the program, Purdue staff will moderate a panel of agency staff who will talk about what information and resources are available to Indiana businesses. The program is free, but preregistration is encouraged. To register, contact the Hamilton County Extension Office at (317) 776-0854 or fax at (317) 776-9892. For program information, contact Gelzleichter at (765) 494-8461; e-mail, reg@agad.purdue.edu. Compiled by Chris Sigurdson, (765) 494-8415; E-mail, sig@ecn.purdue.edu Purdue News Service: (765) 494-2096; e-mail, purduenews@purdue.edu To the Purdue News and Photos Page