March 23, 1999
(Industry, Trade and Technology)

Eleven provincial companies to participate in Team Atlantic Mission to New England

Premier Brian Tobin announced today that 11 companies from the province will participate in the Team Atlantic trade mission to four New England states in early April.

The Newfoundland and Labrador delegation will host companies from a variety of business sectors. Company representatives are attending from Austin Advertising (1985) Ltd., Computers and Communications Ltd., Genesis Organic, Infomedia Services Inc., INNOVA Multimedia Ltd., NewTech Instruments Ltd., Purity Factories Limited, Stitches from Salmonier Inc., True North Springs, Wide Body R.V. Industries Ltd. and xwave solutions.

"This trade mission will give Newfoundland and Labrador an excellent opportunity to expand on our export initiatives with New England and increase awareness of the products and services we have available," said Premier Tobin, who will be addressing a business luncheon co-hosted by the Massachusetts Trade Office in Boston on the first day of the mission. "The companies attending from the province represent a cross section of strong industries in Newfoundland and Labrador, each of which has the potential to increase their exports,"

In addition to Premier Tobin and the Newfoundland and Labrador delegation, Team Atlantic will also include Premier Pat Binns of Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia Premier Russell MacLellan and Premier Camille Theriault of New Brunswick, along with 10 companies from each of the respective provinces.

The purpose of the trade mission is to establish new business partnerships, increase trade and investment, and build strategic alliances between businesses in Atlantic Canada and companies located in New England.

The four day mission will begin in Boston, Massachusetts on April 11 and then travel to Burlington, Vermont; Manchester, New Hampshire; and Portland, Maine. In each location there will be appointments arranged with American firms that are potential customers for the companies travelling on the trade mission.

Team Atlantic is an initiative of the Conference of Atlantic Premiers and is being funded by the Canada/Atlantic Provinces COOPERATION Agreement on International Business Development, a pan-Atlantic trade agreement between the federal government B represented by the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Industry Canada B and the four provincial governments.

Media contact: Doug Burgess, Communications, (709) 729-0050.

1999 03 23                                       4:40 p.m.