Business Digest.Byline: The Register-Guard CITY/REGION Bike maker earns export award Eugene-based Burley Design Burley Design Coorperative is a cooperative company based in Eugene, Oregon, United States that produces a variety of outdoor family products. Burley is known for their bicycles, recumbent bicycles, and child and cargo trailers. Cooperative has been named Oregon Exporter of the Year by a group of state agencies and business associations. The award, part of the Governor's International Business Achievement Awards, recognizes an Oregon exporter that shows innovation in product development and in opening new markets. Burley bur·ley n. pl. bur·leys A light-colored tobacco grown chiefly in Kentucky and used especially in making cigarettes. [Probably from the name Burley.] makes bicycle trailers A bicycle trailer is a motorless wheeled frame with a hitch system designed for transporting cargo by bicycle. A bicycle trailer expands the cargo-carrying capacity of a bicycle greatly, allowing point-to-point transport of objects up to 4 cubic yards (3 cubic meters) in volume and , tandem and recumbent bicycles and other bike products. The company, a cooperative, was founded in 1978 with four members and now has 85 member employees. Burley recently has increased its international marketing by developing foreign-language Web sites and ad campaigns. The awards event took place Wednesday at the Valley River Inn in Eugene. Award sponsors include the Eugene Area Chamber of Commerce, the Oregon Economic & Community Development Department, and the U.S. Small Business Administration. Other award recipients were: Loose Ends, Salem, Oregon Salem (IPA: [ˈseɪ ləm̩]) is the capital of the U.S. state of Oregon, and the county seat of Marion County. The district of West Salem lies in Polk County. Global Trader of the Year; Northwest Container Services, Portland, Oregon International Service Award; Clarity Visual Systems, Portland, and Merchants Exchange of Portland, tied for Outstanding Achievement in International Business; Daily Shipping News, Camas, Wash., Special Recognition. Film will shoot in Portland area SALEM - Gov. John Kitzhaber John Albert Kitzhaber (born March 5 1947 in Colfax, Washington) is a physician, member of the Democratic Party and former two term Governor of Oregon. He graduated from South Eugene High School in 1965, Dartmouth College in 1969, and then Oregon Health & Science University with a has lured a new feature film production to the Portland area, officials said. ``The Dust Factory,'' written and directed by Eric Small, will be the third movie filmed in Oregon this year after Paramount's ``The Hunted'' and an independent film, ``Don't You Cry For Me,'' said Pat Egan Pat Egan (born April 26, 1918) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Born in Blackie, Alberta, Canada, Egan started his National Hockey League career with the New York Americans in 1939. He would also play for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers. , spokesman for Kitzhaber. The governor approved the use of incentives offered through the Oregon Economic and Community Development Department The Oregon Economic and Community Development Department (ECDD) is an agency of the government of the U.S. state of Oregon, providing support of economic and community development and cultural enhancement through administration of a variety of programs of incentives, financial . - From Register-Guard and news service reports |
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