Food Safety & Knowledge Sharing Across Industries: An Interview with George Walker
Food is one of our basic needs. In 2015, the U.S. food retail industry was valued at $5.75 trillion (Statista) and just two years prior the USDA estimated that the average American family spends about 10% of their income on food. Since 2012, FB International has been working with George Walker, a seasoned food-industry consultant,[…]
Hungarian Wines Proving Popular in Florida
FB International LLC has been working with New Wines of Hungary, a consortium of wines from the Tokaj region of Hungary, to help them augment their presence in the American market. Our Florida-based partner, Rick Perry, has been organizing wine tasting events in the community. Click here to read about the Crawfish Boil where Rick[…]
E.U.-Funded Trade Mission Closes as Whirlwind Success
During the week of June 18 – June 22, ten French and Spanish companies descended on the Windy City to learn more about the American market and to explore local business-to-business collaborations based on partnerships and trade. These companies are part of the RYME+ program, a European Union-funded consortium for the internationalization of innovative small[…]
Insights into BioScience in Lake County, IL with Expert Michael Rosen
Last month we had an extensive conversation with Michael Rosen on biotechnology, innovation clusters, the state of Illinois, and bioscience inernalization. Michael Rosen is a healthcare expert with decades of experience in international business, bioscence, and technology and research parks. Michael is Chairman of the Center for Healthcare Innovation and President of Rosen Biosciences Strategies[…]
Delicious Hungarian Wine Review from Florida
We’ve been working with New Wines of Hungary, a consortium of wineries in Hungary’s Tokaj region, for over a year. Recently, one of our partners, Rick Perry, in Florida received samples of several wines and brought them to a local event. Rick’s feedback below shows the quality of Furmint wines – and it is a[…]
E.U.-Funded Business Exchange Program Off to Strong Start
RYME+ is a European Union funded program to organize business meetings and exchanges between American companies and companies from France, Spain, and Portugal. As the partner of RYME+ in Chicago, FB International LLC spent the month of January speaking to 25 European companies to gain a better understanding of their plans for the U.S. market.[…]
Hungarian “Tokaji” Wines Soon to be Available in Illinois and Chicago
We are pleased to announce that consumers will soon be able to purchase premium wines from the Tokaji region of Hungary in the state of Illinois. Terra Selections Inc. is now the official Illinois distributor of wines from New Wines of Hungary, a consortium of high-quality wineries from the Tokaji region. Since 2016 we have[…]
I had the chance to speak with Bernie Pacyniak, the Editor-in-Chief of Candy Industry, a publication focused on the B2B candy and confectionery market. I asked Bernie about some of the opportunities and challenges companies in the candy industry would face, with a focus on Chicago and manufacturers from Europe coming to the U.S. Is[…]
3 Trends We See in Western Europe’s ICT Market
The European Union is Not Happy With “GAFA” – Google, Amazon, Facebook, Apple Municipal governments in the United States are submitting proposals offering billions of dollars of incentives to bring Amazon’s headquarters to their city, but the E.U. is less enthusiastic about “GAFA” companies. According to EU Observer, finance ministers from France, Germany, Italy, and[…]
Dissecting Digital Manufacturing at UI Labs
The Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute has been on our radar for quite some time. And it’s no accident – DMDII (a public-private partnership) is working to answer questions that the manufacturing industry is struggling with. We visited DMDII at UI Labs for their “Digital Disruption Workshop” event. This event and workshop focused on how changes and[…]
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