NCWTA thanks the following sponsors for their support of the 2002 conference:

Sponsors

Silver Sponsor

North Carolina State Ports Authority
2202 Burnett Boulevard
Wilmington, NC 28401
(910) 343-6397
www.ncports.com
North Carolina Ports Authority in Wilmington and Morehead City—plus inland terminals in Charlotte and the Piedmont Triad in Greensboro—link the state's consumers, businesses, and industry to world markets and serve as magnets attracting business and industry desiring access to these markets. Their top trading partners are China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, India, Venezuela, Canada, United Kingdom, and Italy. They primarily export forest products, food, and general merchandise. Their top imports include animal feeds, metal products, chemicals, rubber, and general merchandise.

Lunch Sponsor

Virginia Port Authority
600 World Trade Center
Norfolk, VA 23510
(800) 446-8098
www.vaports.com
The Virginia Port Authority is an agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia, reporting to the secretary of transportation. They are the state's leading agency for international transportation and maritime commerce, charged with operating and marketing the marine terminal facilities through which the shipping trade takes place. The agency owns four general cargo terminals—Norfolk International Terminals, Portsmouth Marine Terminal, Newport News Marine Terminal, and the Virginia Inland Port in Front Royal—which are operated by its affiliate, Virginia International Terminals, Inc.

Airline Ticket Sponsors

USAir
227 West Trade Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
(800) 428-4322
www.usair.com


Virgin Atlantic
747 Belden Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06850
(203) 750-2000
www.virgin-atlantic.com


Cocktail Reception Sponsor

RBC Centura
2000 Randolph Road
Charlotte, NC 28207
(704) 686-1458
www.centura.com
RBC Centura's International Division consists of a team of dedicated professionals that provide the knowledge and experience needed for you to venture ahead in your international trade transactions. Their competitive prices accompanied with excellent customer service create effortless overseas transactions in today's global market. Services include import, export and standby letters of credit; import, export documentary collections (sight drafts); foreign exchange; export financing; consulting and training; solutions; and responsive, concerned professionals. RBC Centura International is committed to customer service. Simply the best. RBC Centura International.

Breakfast Sponsors

NCWTA - Cape Fear Chapter
Wilmington, NC
(910) 763-3236
NCWTA State Office
3904 Oleander Drive, Suite 101
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 452-0426
www.ncwta.org

Star Asia International Inc.
208 Church Street
Decatur, GA 30030
(404) 761-6900
www.star-asia.com
Star Asia, locally owned and operated, is a dynamic company dedicated to solving the specialized transportation needs of shipping to and from the Far East. They offer direct weekly LCL consolidations from the Far East including Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, Shenzen, Yantian, Guangzhou, Shanghai, Fuzhou, and Bangkok. Star Asia also operates daily air freight consolidations from all major Far East origins to the Southeast USA DIRECT. Tired of getting the run around from all the so-called “experts” of the Far East? Call Star Asia and see how it’s REALLY done!

Break Sponsors

Dixon Odom PLLC
1829 Eastchester Drive
P.O. Box 2646
High Point, NC 27261-2646
(336) 889-5156
www.dixonodom.com
As the largest C.P.A. and consulting firm headquartered in North Carolina, second largest in the Southeast, and among the nation's 30 largest, Dixon Odom has provided accounting, auditing, tax, and consulting services for more than four decades. Dixon Odom uniquely combines regional, national, and international resources with local firm responsiveness and personal service to meet the needs of their clients. Their 16 offices, staffed by nearly 500 employees, serve clients nationwide and beyond U.S. borders. Their professionals provide a wide variety of services to help businesses and individuals achieve their financial goals.

Globe Express Services
3801-F1 Beam Road
P.O. Box 19407
Charlotte, NC 28219
(704) 357-3223
www.globeexpress.com
Globe Express Services is a third party logistics provider specializing in U.S. trade with the Far East. Founded in 1974, they have grown to become a premier freight forwarder with employees, offices, and strategic partners around the world. A leader in IT-based cargo management, Globe offers a flexible suite of logistics products backed by outstanding customer service. iRADAR, their Web-enabled global logistics visibility and supply chain events management platform, was developed in-house to meet their clients' extensive information needs. By combining innovative logistics technology and world-class operational execution, Globe improves supply chain performance and provides greater shipment control.

Katten Muchin Zavis Rosenman
525 West Monroe Street, Suite 1600
Chicago, IL 60661
(202) 625-3556
www.kmzr.com
With more than 600 attorneys in more than 60 practice areas, KMZ Rosenman offers full-service capabilities through offices in the nation's largest centers of business, government, and technology-New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., Charlotte, Palo Alto, and Newark. An important part of their full-service firm is the Customs and International Trade practice, which is one of the largest in the United States. This practice, including their multi-disciplinary Global Trade Advisory Group, is at the vanguard in understanding the global marketplace. Their attorneys, trade specialists, and auditors have extensive experience concerning customs and international trade issues, both in government and private practice.

NCWTA-Triad Chapter
Greensboro, NC 27409
(336) 424-1186
www.ncwta-triad.org
NCWTA State Office
3904 Oleander Drive, Suite 101
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 452-0426
www.ncwta.org

NCWTA-Triangle Chapter
118 South Person Street
Raleigh, NC 27601
(919) 743-0178
NCWTA State Office
3904 Oleander Drive, Suite 101
Wilmington, NC 28403
(910) 452-0426
www.ncwta.org

Sara Lee Hosiery
5660 University Parkway
Winston-Salem, NC 27105
(336) 519-2815
Sara Lee Corporation's roots in North Carolina date back to the creation of Hanes Hosiery in 1901. Today, local divisions of the company's Branded Apparel line of business employ nearly 9,000 North Carolinians. The Branded Apparel management team, Bali, Champion Athleticwear, Hanes Printables, Sara Lee Activewear, Sara Lee Direct, Legwear & Mexico, Sara Lee Hosiery, Sara Lee Intimate Apparel, and Sara Lee Underwear are headquartered in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and Sara Lee Sock Company is headquartered in High Point. The company has a long history of being actively involved in community life. Its many generous gifts including being the largest single donor to Forsyth County's United Way and Arts Council.

VF Playwear, Inc.
7800 Airport Center Drive
Greensboro, NC 27409
(800) 554-7637
www.healthtex.com
VF Playwear, a division of VF Corporation, is a leading manufacturer of children's apparel. Their brands include Healthtex®, Baby Healthtex®, Girls Club by Healthtex®, and Lee Kids™. Healthtex proudly celebrates their 81st year as a leading brand in everyday children's playwear designed for durability, ease of care, and easy dressing. Healthtex is available in sizes newborn through 12 for girls and 7x for boys. Lee Kids offers great looks for toddlers in denim, chambray, corduroy, and khaki with tops to match. VF Playwear is also an authorized licensee of Nike infant, toddler, and 4-7 activewear.

Golf Tournament Sponsors

Crown Transportation
Red Level Sponsor
430 Grange Road
Savannah, GA 31407
(912) 964-6204
Crown Transportation Inc., in Savannah, Georgia, with terminals in Savannah and Charlotte, North Carolina, has more than 20 years of experience in the transportation industry. It is a 48-state, full-service container carrier, specializing in import/export container movements in the southeastern U.S. In addition to container drayage, Crown Transportation, offers cross-docking services in Savannah with a 26-door facility and a 21-door facility in Charlotte. For quality, dependable, on-time service at competitive rates, call one of Crowns locations today. E-mail Crown Transportation at cs@crowntransportation.com or crowncharlotte@aol.com.

Ernst & Young LLP
Golf Achievement Award Sponsor
101 North Tryon Street
Suite 1100
Charlotte, NC 28246
(704) 331-1832
www.ey.com
Ernst & Young LLP, a global leader in professional services, understands the business issues that are important to international companies. With extensive business knowledge and hands-on industry experience, the global Ernst & Young organization can implement a broad array of solutions to help companies capture growth, improve financial performance, and manage risk—anywhere in the world. Its 84,000 people serve as trusted business advisers in more than 130 countries, offering audit, tax, corporate finance, and transaction services across all industries to many of today’s leading global corporations as well as emerging growth companies. In addition, legal services are available in various parts of the world, where permitted.

FedEx
Beverage Cart Sponsor
4020 Westchase Boulevard
Suite 520
Raleigh, NC 27607
(800) 448-9961
www.fedex.com
With annual revenues of $21 billion, FedEx Corp. is the premier global provider of transportation, e-commerce, and supply-chain management services. The company offers integrated business solutions through a network of subsidiaries operating independently including FedEx Express, the world's largest express transportation company; FedEx Ground, North America's second largest provider of small-package ground delivery service; FedEx Freight, the largest U.S. provider of regional less-than-truckload freight services; FedEx Custom Critical, North America's largest provider of expedited time-critical shipments; and FedEx Trade Networks, a provider of customs clearance, international freight forwarding, and trade facilitation.



"K" Line America
Beverage Cart Sponsor
111 Commerce Center Drive, Suite 302
Huntersville, NC 28070
(800) 609-3221
www.kline.com
Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha, Ltd., ("K" Line) has a long-standing tradition of excellence in transportation service and reliability. From their beginning 80 years ago to their state-of-the-industry technological advancements of today, "K" Line has been dedicated to serving the shipping community. "K" Line is a worldwide, integrated transportation enterprise prepared to address the challenges of an ever-changing environment. The "K" Line of today occupies a significant place in the transpacific and North American cargo trade. They operate 26 liner routes between the Far East and Europe, Central and South America, Australia, Africa, and North America. As a global enterprise of major proportions, "K" Line has earned their reputation as one of the world's premier shipping lines.

OOCL (USA) Inc.
Lunch Bag Sponsor
6407 Idlewild Road, Suite 210
Charlotte, NC 2821
(704) 531-6590
www.oocl.com
Orient Overseas Container Line (OOCL) is an international container transport and logistics service provider, providing customers with fully integrated, containerized transportation services. OOCL offers complete coverage of east-west shipping corridors linking North America, Europe, the Mediterranean, the Indian subcontinent, the Middle East, Asia, intra-Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. OOCL has a reputation for providing customer-focused solutions, a quality-through-excellence approach, and continual innovation. OOCL owns and operates container vessels, container terminals, containers, and container chassis. They have a modern fleet of complementary operations such as container service management, road haulage, agency, supply chain management, freight forwarding and cargo consolidation.

United Parcel Service, Inc.
White Level Sponsor
1627 Navaho Drive
Raleigh, NC 27609
(800) 742-5877
www.ups.com
UPS is a leading global provider of specialized transportation and logistics services and the world’s largest small package and express carrier. Through its UPS Supply Chain Solutions subsidiaries, UPS delivers logistics, freight, customs brokerage, financial, mail services, and consulting solutions to enhance customers’ business performance. UPS Freight Services specializes in global transportation solutions, customs brokerage, and international trade management. UPS celebrated its 95th anniversary in 2002, operating in more than 200 countries and employing more than 370,000 people worldwide. UPS is a member of the S&P 500 Index, is a nonfinancial triple-A rated credit company, is recognized by the IRS for its guaranteed international express services, and has one of the world’s top 10 most frequented Web sites.




Yang Ming Line
Commemorative Ball Marker Sponsor
1201 Wood Ridge Center
Suite 108
Charlotte, NC 28217
(800) 357-3817
www.yml.com.tw
Since its inception in 1972, Taiwanese ocean freight carrier Yang Ming Line has evolved into one of the world's top carriers. With multiple services offered on the major trade lanes to and from Asia, Europe, and the Mediterranean, they have established themselves as a force in the international ocean transportation market. Yang Ming Line continues to be one of the largest carriers to include the Port of Wilmington in its rotation, allowing them to better serve North Carolina's international business. Yang Ming Line offices have been established in most major U.S. cities for customer convenience.

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