U.S. Department of Commerce Honors Beckwith Electric for Export Achievement
Largo, Florida – March 23, 2010 – On Wednesday, March 17th, the United States Department of Commerce honored Beckwith Electric’s CEO, Mr. Tom Beckwith and family, with the prestigious Export Achievement award. In attendance at the ceremony were; Theodore Johnston, Chief of Staff, Office of the Under Secretary, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce; Sandra Campbell, Acting Director, U.S. Commercial Services; Shirley Miaoulis, District Representative, Office of Congressman Young; Sarah Anderson, Regional Director, U.S. Senator Bill Nelson; as well as several other state, county, and city export officials.
The U.S. Export Achievement Certificate recognizes companies that have benefited from U.S. Commercial Service’s export assistance to either make their first export sale or open new markets. Beckwith Electric has aggressively pursued markets in Latin America, South Africa and Asia using their extensive expertise and determination. With the help of the Tampa Bay U.S. Export Assistance Center (USEAC) of the U.S. Department of Commerce, their network of international sales representatives, and dedicated staff, Beckwith opened new markets in Mexico, China and the Middle East.
International sales are key to the company’s success. In fact, 28% of Beckwith’s total sales are export sales. To keep up with rapidly growing foreign sales, the company has increased its workforce 16% over the last seven years.
The Tampa Bay U.S. Export Assistance Center is part of the U.S. Commercial Service, a federal Commerce Department agency that helps small and medium-sized U.S. businesses sell their products and services globally. The agency’s worldwide network includes over 100 U.S. Export Assistance Centers throughout the United States and more than 140 offices in over 80 countries.
For more information on the U.S. Commercial Service, contact the Tampa Bay U.S. Export Assistance Center in Clearwater, Florida at 727-893-3738 or visit www.export.gov.
About Beckwith Electric
Founded in 1967, Beckwith Electric introduced the first solid state tapchanger control in 1968, and was the first to develop the microprocessor protective relay in 1981. Today, Beckwith Electric has thousands of protection and control units in service worldwide, with a reputation for cutting-edge technology, defined by its customers and refined by Beckwith. This success starts with Beckwith Electric Employees and their commitment to quality in the products, all 100% designed and manufactured in Largo, Florida, U.S.A.
Beckwith’s field-proven smart distribution automation controls for transformers, regulators and capacitor banks incorporate unique control strategies, advanced microprocessor architecture and cyber security compliant communications. Power systems protection solutions include generator, transformer, feeder, recloser and distributed generation applications. Specialized synchronizing and motor bus transfer systems are also offered.
Beckwith Electric’s customers include power utilities, heavy industrial and large institutional markets, and their consultants.
Visit Beckwith Electric online at www.beckwithelectric.com, follow on Twitter at Twitter.com/beckwithcompany or connect on Facebook at Facebook.com/BeckwithElectric.