"Chesapeake, Virginia: Globally
connected, locally invested."
| The
City of Chesapeake, Virginia Your International Business Connection  (English, .PDF, 1.56MB) |
Today’s business starts at home, but ends on the other
side of the world. Nowhere else in the Commonwealth
of Virginia is that reality understood more clearly
than in Chesapeake, the international business center
for Virginia’s Hampton Roads.
Home to nearly one-half of the region’s total collection
of foreign-based firms, Chesapeake has over 19 countries
represented among its business community. But, being
“globally connected” is more than just having companies
from other countries in the City. It also means having,
and supporting, local companies who send product, people
and knowledge around the world from right here at home.
It means having a telecommunications infrastructure
that ensures a business in Cavalier Industrial Park
can confirm an order from a customer in Munich. It means
having a talented workforce that allows a company in
South Norfolk to exchange CAD designs with a supplier
in Shanghai instantaneously to meet a short deadline.
It means having an innovative business climate that
enables a small, local computer programming company
in Greenbrier to respond to a competitive bid request
in just hours and win, instead of in days and lose.
It means having a dynamic port facility just minutes
away, so a distributor in Western Branch can beat its
competitors in meeting the delivery demands of its customers
in Kansas City.
Sister City Partnership
In 2002, the City of Chesapeake formalized its first
Sister City relationship, with the City of Joinville,
Santa Catarina State, Brazil. With more than 13 Brazilian
companies located in Chesapeake, the partnership was
logical, and continues to create benefits for each community.
In addition to the more traditional Sister City cultural,
educational, and tourism programs, Chesapeake, Joinville
and the government of the State of Santa Catarina work
closely together to identify and create new opportunities
for businesses in each community.
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For More Information
For more information on how your company can join Chesapeake’s
dynamic global business community, follow the links
below, or contact the Chesapeake Economic Development
Department at 757-382-8040.
- International
Business Brochure (pdf, 740kb)
- Regional
Summary of International Businesses (pdf, 107kb)
- International
Employers (pdf, 63kb)
- Tourism
in Chesapeake
- Tourism
in Joinville and Santa Catarina
- Chesapeake
Business Directory (.pdf, 411kb)
- Virginia
Port Authority
- Consular Offices in Hampton
Roads:
Belgium-Mimi Lanese (757) 422-5571
Brazil-James E. Thompson (757) 340-5820
Denmark-W.E. Rachels, Jr. (757) 628-5568
Finland-David F. Host, Jr. (757) 627-6286
France-Nicole Yancey (757) 596-2544
Germany-Manfred Schwartz (757) 486-8444
Great Britain-vacant
Iceland-Gerald L. Parks (757) 625-3658
Italy-Vito Piraino (757) 622-4898
Mexico-Roberto Rodriguez Iturralde (757) 461-553/4933
Walter W. Regirer (804) 747-1961
Netherlands-Gerald L. Parks (757) 625-3658 or (757)
431-1180
Norway-Rolf A. Williams (757) 446-7300
Panama-vacant
Sweden-Rolf A. Williams (757) 446-7300
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