OPIC to Host Workshop for California Small Businesses [Manufacturing Close – Up]

The Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC), the U.S. Government's development finance institution, will host a workshop for California small businesses interested in entering the global marketplace on Wednesday, November 13 at the San Jose Marriott located at 301 South Market Street in downtown San Jose.

According to a release, the workshop, part of OPIC's Expanding Horizons program, is designed to help small businesses learn how to gain access to lucrative overseas opportunities and will outline the financial tools that OPIC has used for more than 40 years to help U.S. businesses successfully invest in emerging markets.

Speakers will include senior government officials from OPIC, as well as from the Small Business Administration, the Export-Import Bank of the U.S., the U.S. Trade and Development Agency and the U.S. Department of Commerce'sCommercial Service and Minority Business Development Agency. Sessions will focus on market access, financing, political risk insurance, and the opportunities in the renewable energy and clean technology sectors.

Since its establishment in 1971, OPIC has committed over $6.4 billion in financing and political risk insurance to projects sponsored by companies in California, supporting more than 42,000 local jobs and $2.5 billion in exports from the state.

The workshop is the latest in a series that has educated more than 2,500 small and medium-sized business owners across the United States about OPIC products and services. Since 2006, OPIC has held Expanding Horizons events in Atlanta, Boston, Charleston, Chicago, Cleveland, Denver, Fort Worth, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, Newark, New Orleans, New York City, Orange (CA), Philadelphia, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, San Francisco, St. Louis, and Seattle.

Companies interested in attending may register online at opicevents.com.

OPIC is the U.S. Government's development finance institution.

More information:

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