In honor of this purpose, each year World Trade Week Southern California chooses to highlight a few select companies that have done an outstanding job in promoting global trade.
EXPORT ACHIEVEMENT AWARDRecognizes companies in the five-county area that have demonstrated success in exporting or have provided significant export services to others over the past two years.
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FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT AWARDRecognizes foreign companies who have established U.S. operations in the five-county area and made significant contributions to the Southern California economy through financial investment in California companies or the establishment of local facilities.
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BOB KLEIST LEADERSHIP AWARDRecognizes and honors an organization or company that has demonstrated inspirational and visionary leadership in the development of world trade in Southern California. |
STANLEY T. OLAFSON BRONZE PLAQUE AWARDOriginally presented by the Los Angeles Area Chamber of Commerce in 1933, this award is one of the Chamber’s oldest and most prestigious awards. It is presented to an outstanding member of the global trade community in Southern California who has contributed to the advancement of world trade and international relations above and beyond job requirements.
>> See Past Recipients of the Stanley T. Olafson Bronze Plaque |
