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Generator manufacturer wins funding to encourage more exports

By Paul Dvorak | May 7, 2012

Danotek manufacturers permanent magnet generators, such as the one above, and power controls for them. The company was recently granted state funds to encourage more exporting to foreign countieries.

Danotek, a Michigan-based manufacture of efficient and reliable permanent magnet generators, has been approved for funding from that state’s new State Trade Export Promotion (STEP) program.

The program, funded by the U.S. Small Business Administration and administered by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), is intended to increase the number of Michigan companies that export and to introduce current exporters to foreign markets and buyers.

This three-year pilot trade and export initiative was authorized by the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, offering matching-fund grants for states to assist eligible businesses to expand their global exports. The STEP program aligns with President Obama’s National Export Initiative, which calls for doubling U.S. exports in five years, supporting two million new jobs as well as giving America a stronger competitive edge in the global market. The program provides federal government funding for 65 to 75% of program costs, with states supplying the remainder.

Danotek President and CEO Don Naab said, “The company is thankful for all the help and assistance of the SBA and MEDC, with special thanks to Jeanne Broad of the US Commercial Services Department, MEDC. With 80% of the world’s wind energy business in overseas markets, we appreciate the importance of exports in Danotek’s growth. Although we are already supplying our advanced generation systems to wind turbine producers in Europe, there are many more opportunities that this program will help us to develop.”

As a qualified Tier 2 company, Danotek’s approval is for one year, although the program can be extended for up to three years. The company will use the funds to support its exhibit at the AWEA WINDPOWER Expo (www.windpowerexpo.org) in Atlanta, GA in June. For more information on the STEP program:  http://www.michiganadvantage.org/STEP.

Danotek
www.danotek.com


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