The U.S. Commercial Service, with a network of more than 100 U.S. Export Assistance Centers throughout the United States, is in daily contact with small and medium sized companies in all industry sectors seeking agents, distributors, and new business partners in the United Kingdom and Europe. Our role is to help these companies achieve their trade development goals through introductions to qualified and interested potential business partners that want to develop long-term mutually beneficial relationships.

Below is a list of U.S. companies we are currently working with, who are looking for UK business partners. If you are interested in exploring any of these opportunities further, please contact the Specialist listed who will be able to assist you.

Electronics

Contact: Andrew.Williams@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0417

AnaTek
AnaTek of Amherst, New Hampshire, fills a niche market for low end test equipment used by those in the electronic repair and maintenance industries.  Its products are small, battery operated, hand held devices that perform functions useful in diagnosing electronic failures. Today, these AnaTek products have become industry leaders. They are priced at the low end of the market, yet their performance matches or exceeds the competition. These products are already successfully distributed throughout the U.S. and in Canada, Malaysia, New Zealand and Australia. AnaTek is currently seeking a UK distributor for its Blue ESR Meter and Blue Ring Tester products. Further details of these products can be found on its website at http://www.anatekcorp.com

Films/Videos/Recordings

Contact: Stewart.Gough@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0459

CAD Professional Microphones
Based in Solon, Ohio, CAD Professional Microphones is an independently owned manufacturer of studio recording and live sound microphones as well as specialty microphones and accessories. CAD Professional Microphones are looking to appoint a UK distributor. To view their full range of products and specifications, please visit the company’s website at www.cadmics.com.

General Consumer Goods - new addition!

Contact: Sara.Jones@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0451

Delta Design Company: The Art of Storage - new!
Delta Design Company of Foxborough, Massachusetts, is seeking potential distributors for its ‘The Art of Storage™’ storage products for home interior and garage. ‘The Art of Storage™’, is a range of innovative and stylish storage solutions for sporting, clothing and general purposes.  The products have been supplied to the US housewares and sporting goods industry for the past twenty years. The range includes bicycle-related accessories; and general storage products for the home (coat hooks & racks, laundry organization, etc.). Company website: http://www.theartofstorage.com/

General Industrial Equipment

Richard.Stanbridge@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0437

Integra Enclosures
Integra Enclosures (www.integraenclosures.com) is a manufacturer of engineered thermoplastic enclosures based in Ohio. The company is seeking a UK distributor for its products.  Integra Enclosures would particularly like to hear from companies that currently sell into high tech electrical industries, including electrical construction, telecommunications, instrumentation, utilities management, machine building, and HVAC, among others. 

Integra Enclosures offers a range of products with a number of competitive advantages:
- Enclosures are made of non-corrosive, non-conductive, UV resistant polycarbonate.
- Enclosures are easy to modify and install.
- Enclosures all have the Integra Panel Suspension System, which allows the stacking of panels, as well as the placement of panels at any height.
- The impact strength of the enclosures is four times higher than fiberglass enclosures.

Information Technologies

Contact: Andrew.Williams@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0417

Groxis, Inc
Groxis, Inc. (www.groxis.com) was founded in 2001 to address the challenges associated with the emerging trends in information management and communication. They created Grokker™, a web-based enterprise search management platform that leverages the power of federated content access and visualization to maximize the value of information assets for enterprises, content publishers, libraries and other research-intensive organizations. Groxis is seeking to develop the UK market opportunity and is interested in talking to companies with commercial contacts in the library, publishing and web content management sectors.

Kanguru Solutions
Kanguru Solutions of Massachusetts is a manufacturer of portable computer storage products, specializing in data protection and security.  Products include encrypted USB Flash Drives and remote management software, DVD/HDD/USB Duplication equipment and portable hard drives. Kanguru is seeking a UK distribution partner that will hold stock of its product and would be able to deliver next day within the UK.  The distributor should sell to VAR’s and resellers focused on medium/large business, enterprise, and government markets.  The distributor should also be able to offer marketing programs that Kanguru can use to increase brand awareness, promote products and recruit new resellers. More details of Kanguru's product range can be found at http://www.kanguru.com.

Ultimus, Inc. 
Ultimus of North Carolina is a leading global supplier of business process management software, focused on human-centric and adaptive workflow automation.  It has automated more business processes than any other vendor worldwide.  Ultimus products are designed to work in a Microsoft operating environment.  U.S.  Clients include DHL, Microsoft, Daimler, Perdue Farms, Chevron, Sony, Pfizer, Citigroup and Charles Schwab.  Distributors of interest to Ultimus in the UK might currently be involved with companies supplying document management software, enterprise content management software, Microsoft products such as Biztalk and Sharepoint, or other companies with vertical solutions that require BPM software. Company website:  http://www.ultimus.com/

Laboratory Scientific Instruments - new addition!

Contact: Cheryl.Withers@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0471

Ahura Scientific
Ahura Scientific (www.ahurascientific.com) is a manufacturer of handheld optical systems for liquid and solid chemical identification within the security, public safety, pharmaceutical, industrial, and medical markets.  The company is seeking a UK partner to market and distribute its TruScan system, a handheld Raman spectrometer used for rapid, accurate raw material identity verification in the pharmaceutical quality control and inspection market.

For the following company, please contact:

Richard.Stanbridge@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0437

American Laboratory Products Company (ALPCO) - new!
ALPCO (www.alpco.com) is a developer and manufacturer of a wide range of innovative ELISA kits.  ALPCO is an active participant in the ADA’s ongoing insulin standardisation program.  ALPCO would like to find a distributor that is interested in establishing a long-term partnership selling ALPCO’s products specifically into the diabetes and obesity basic science and pre-clinical trial research markets. 

ALPCO offers a wide range of immunoassay solutions to researchers, including:
- Insulin ELISAs: a flexible panel of assays for human, mouse, rat and other animal models used in diabetes and obesity research.
- Multimeric Adiponectin ELISA: measures all forms of adiponectin, including total and high molecular weights in one convenient assay.
- Glucagon ELISA: a sensitive and specific assay without the need for a radioimmunoassay.

ALPCO is committed to maintaining its innovative range and plans to launch new products in 2009, including an ELISA sensitive enough to detect fasting basal levels of GLP-1, and a test for mouse HMW adiponectin.

Lawn & Garden Equipment

Contact: Sara.Jones@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0451

Patriot Products, Inc.
Patriot Products of Pewaukee, Wisconsin, is seeking representation of its lawn and garden products.  Patriot Products, Inc. is a manufacture of wood chippers, lawn vacs and mini tillers.  Its wood chippers have fewer moving parts and are very light weight and easy to maneuver, and have no emissions.  Its tiller features the reliable, easy starting Honda GX engine, requiring no messy mixing of gas and oil, and has up to 70% less emissions.

Medical Equipment

Contact: Cheryl.Withers@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0471

Luminetx Corporation
Luminetx Corporation (www.luminetx.com) seeking a UK partner to market and distribute its medical imaging product, VeinViewer, a vascular imaging system that allows health care professionals to clearly see accessible vasculature veins, or lack of, in real time.  The VeinViewer system uses a combination of near-infrared light and patented technologies to image vascular structures and projects their location directly on the surface of the skin.  This provides clinicians with a safe, non-invasive, hands-free adjunct technology for clinical treatments and procedures including, but not limited to: IV insertions, PICC line insertions, routine venipuncture (blood sampling), blood and plasma donations and treatment for varicose and spider veins. 

Tiba Medical
Tiba Medical (www.tibamedical.com), a medical device company based in Portland, Oregon, is searching for a partner to market and distribute its 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure monitoring system, the Ambulo™ 2400. The ideal candidate should have an established market presence and offer existing complimentary products such as ECG, 24-hour Holter, stress test, spirometry, patient monitoring and home or professional blood pressure monitoring solutions.

Pleasure Boats and Accessories

Contact: Richard.Stanbridge@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0437

Northern Marine Co. LLC
Northern Marine Co. LLC (www.northernmarine.com) is a designer and builder of luxury motor yachts and long-range cruisers.  Northern Marine would like to find a broker in the UK that would be interested in establishing a long-term partnership selling Northern Marine’s vessels, and would particularly like to hear from companies that specialize in the brokerage of luxury yachts. The company maintains a full range of specialty departments including lamination, paint and fairing, systems, cabinetry, metal fabrication and design/engineering. As an industry expert, Northern Marine has been twice nominated for Superyacht Society awards.

Publishing

Contact: Stewart.Gough@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0459

Benetech
Benetech (http://www.benetech.org/index.shtml ) runs Bookshare, an online digital library for the print-disabled.  Bookshare is the only digital library for the print disabled that is available online, presenting a unique opportunity to assist the blind. Due to the online nature of the library, members can download books whenever and wherever they want and the service is available in countries across the globe for content-sharing.  Benetech would like to form strategic partnerships with international publishers, in order to build a global library for the blind and print-disabled.  Representatives of the company will attend the London Book Fair in April, and would like to meet with interested publishers during the event.

Yorwerth Associates LLC
Yorwerth Associates, a literary agent based in Bozeman, Montana, is searching for UK publishers that are interested in buying the international rights on behalf of its U.S. clients, who specialize in titles covering self-help, spirituality, personal growth and recovery. In the United States, Yorwerth’s clients include Power Press of Malibu, California, whose titles can be found at retailers such as Barnes and Noble and Amazon.com. Find out more about Yorwerth Associates at www.publishingcoaches.com.

Renewable Energy Equipment - new addition!

Contact: Richard.Stanbridge@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0437

Central Boiler, Inc.
Central Boiler, Inc. (www.centralboiler.com) is a manufacturer of outdoor, high efficiency wood or wood pellet burning boilers that can provide heat and hot water to a number of buildings from single unit.  Central Boiler would like to find a distributor and/or dealers that would be interested in establishing a long-term partnership selling Central Boiler’s products into the domestic, agricultural and business markets.

Manufactured in Minnesota, Central Boiler’s products are ideally suited to all weather conditions.  The boilers are unpressurized and are easy to install and connect to existing heating and hot water systems.  Central Boiler’s products are CE marked/comply with EN-303-5.  Outdoor, wood-fuelled boilers have a number of advantages over indoor models:

- They do not take up valuable indoor space.
- There is no internal mess from clearing ash, etc.
- It is healthier, as there is no internal ash, smoke or soot build-up.
- The threat of indoor fires and carbon monoxide build-up is eliminated.
- Outdoor boilers can be used to heat additional buildings such as garages, greenhouses, workshops, even hot tubs or pools, as well as the main home or business premises.

Safety & Security - new addition!

Contact: Andrew.Williams@N0SPAM.mail.doc.gov
Tel: 020 7894 0417

Data Management, Inc. - new!Data Management,  a Connecticut based company that specializes in security and medical forms printing, is currently seeking an exclusive UK distribuitor for its MediTape product. MediTape pre-printed label forms allow healthcare organizations to manually record patient test results. What makes MediTape unique is the One-Write technology which provides a label and log all in one writing. Currently, Meditape is sold throughout the U.S. to hospitals, healthcare facilities and physician offices. The benefits of MediTape Reports include:
- The two-part label/form cuts paperwork and record-keeping time in half while eliminating transcription errors.
- Its logical format standardizes procedures, prompting staff to record information properly.
- The compact, self-adhesive reports stick to existing charts, reducing clutter.
- Its colour-coded borders and orderly designs make information easy to find and review.
- Data Management has the ability to offer base stock of the product which will allow a UK company to completely customize the product based on their customer's specifications.
Company website: www.datamange.com

Life Safety Services
Life Safety Services of Lousiville, Kentucky, is currently seeking joint venture and licensing opportunities in the UK with companies active in the fire safety sector. Life Safety Services is a leading provider of Fire and Smoke Damper Inspection and Repair in commercial facilities such as hospitals, hotels and large buildings.  By being the specialist in the testing of dampers and having such a wide service footprint, Life Safety Services has developed into the leader in its industry. It provides its clients with the benefit of having project managers that have managed projects in virtually all types of commercial buildings: hospitals, high-rise buildings, casinos, manufacturing plants, hotels, vessels, laboratories, and schools. For more information about Life Safety Services, see their website at http://www.lifesafetyservices.com