New Commerce Secretary seeks to tap Colorado's export potential.

AuthorBuchsbaum, Lee
PositionBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT

NEWLY APPOINTED U.S. SECRETARY Commerce Penny Pritzker kicked off her nationwide listening tour with business leaders and Department of Commerce employees with a series of stops in Colorado. Over a two-clay period in July, she met with employees of Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Boulder.

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In Denver, Pritzker met with Mayor Michael Hancock to discuss his vision to concentrate aviation-intensive businesses around DIA. She also spoke with Gov. John Hickenlooper and hosted a roundtable with U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and several local business leaders to discuss ways to build on the momentum of Colorado's improving economy.

Bennet then joined the Secretary for a tour of Denver's Intertech Plastics Inc., a supplier to the medical and specialty plastics markets. Intertech has recently benefitted from the trend "reshoring"--moving production back to the U.S. from overseas and was able to invest $2...

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