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North Dakota/NW Minnesota Success Stories
North Dakota and northwest Minnesota companies across all industries have found success around the globe with the help of the U.S. Commercial Service. Read their stories below.

North Dakota and NW Minnesota Success Stories

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Global Success in the Plains

The U.S. Commercial Service in Fargo, North Dakota is dedicated to helping local North Dakota and NW Minnesota companies succeed in global markets! View our client success stories featuring local businesses and learn practical tips on how they found success. Contact us today to see how we can help your firm succeed internationally!

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Door Stud Gets a Foot in the Door
Door Stud is a Fargo, North Dakota-based manufacturer of door installation equipment. The Door Stud team worked with the U.S. Commercial Service North Dakota and the Rural Export Center on multiple projects including REC Research to help refine their strategy for expanding into global markets. These projects assisted Door Stud as they have made important new connections in Australia.
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The Health of Nations - Swanson Health Products Requests Due Diligence Assistance in Kazakhstan
Swanson Health Products is a Fargo, North Dakota-based company providing vitamins, supplements, and other health products across the globe. Swanson needed assistance in completing due diligence on a potential partner in Kazakhstan. Their request, along with other similar requests for due diligence, led to the U.S. Commercial Service creating a new due diligence tool called the Rural Export Center (REC) Check.
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Leonardite Products Checks Out Brazilian Partner and Lands Sales
Leonardite Products is a Williston, North Dakota-based company that mines and processes leonardite, a natural form of humates used as a soil amendment. The company used the U.S. Commercial Service to conduct due diligence on potential Brazilian partners.
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Palmer Bit Co. Drills Down and Finds Export Gold
Palmer Bit Co. in Williston, North Dakota, manufactures drill bits for geothermal, geo-technical, water well, seismic, and mining drilling purposes. The company has made a few international sales over the years, but owner Kevin Christensen decided to get more proactive about exporting and enrolled in ExporTech.
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RDO Equipment Finds Fertile Ground in Chile
RDO Equipment Company is a dealer of John Deere agricultural machinery, based in Fargo, North Dakota. When RDO Equipment staff Mark Kreps, Olga Hall, and Spencer Nelson met with the U.S. Commercial Service North Dakota Office to discuss opportunities for RDO in Latin America, the meeting led to a confirmation of sales to Chilean buyers.
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Crary Industries Reels in Brazilian Business Partner
Crary Industries, based in West Fargo, North Dakota is a manufacturer of agricultural harvesting attachments including the Air Reel® and Wind System® that attach to soybean combine headers to minimize grain losses during harvesting. Crary was looking to identify an international distributor in Brazil and reached out to the U.S. Commercial Service ND Office which facilitated a connection with Commercial Service Belo Horizonte’s Agribusiness specialist.
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Spectrum Aeromed Takes Off in Brazil
Spectrum Aeromed is an air ambulance company based in Fargo, North Dakota. The company used the services of the Rural Export Center to increase their exports.
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Rocket Scientists at Ideal Aerosmith Take Aim, Fire, and Hit the Export Mark
Ideal Aerosmith, Inc. manufactures precision inertial guidance test systems, rotational rate tables and centrifuges, and high dynamic flight test tables. Based in Grand Forks, their systems are used in missiles, aircraft, launch vehicles, UAVs, and automobiles. The company has utilized the U.S. Commercial Service in every facet of its international business.