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Gov. Manchin Honors West Virginian Export Businesses
Backbone Security Receives Governor's Commendation for International Market Entry
PRESS RELEASE
October 29, 2008
CHARLESTON, WV - Gov. Joe Manchin joined the West Virginia Export Council and the
U.S. Department of Commerce to commend 42 West Virginia companies that export their
products to more than 50 countries across the globe.
“Our exporters are a source of pride for West Virginians,” said Gov. Manchin said.
“For the first half of 2008, West Virginia’s exports have grown 43 percent, outpacing
the national rate of 18 percent. We are on track to surpass $5 billion in exports
this year. I thank our exporting companies for their efforts and congratulate them
on their success in proving West Virginia can compete in the global marketplace.”
In 2007, West Virginia companies exports amounted to almost $4 billion in plastics,
chemicals, coal, automotive components, machinery and other industrial consumer
goods. This was an increase of nearly 23 percent over 2006. Exporting companies
contribute about 12,000 jobs to the state’s economy, according to the United States
Department of Commerce.
Manchin presented company officials the Governor's Commendation for International
Market Entry, an award plaque that, in the tradition of displaying the first dollar
a business earns, instead includes currency from each of the countries to which
the companies export.
This recognition is extended to companies that enter a new international market.
Companies that today received the Governor’s Commendation for International Market
Entry and the new markets entered include:
Backbone Security of Fairmont, WV; Romania, Singapore, Turkey, Canada, Italy, France.
About the SARC - The SARC is a Center of Excellence in digital steganography research and development within Backbone Security. The SARC has established the worlds largest commercially available repository of digital steganography applications, fingerprints, and signatures and has developed industry leading computer forensics and network security steganalysis tools for detecting and extracting information hidden with digital steganography applications.
About Backbone Security - In addition to the world class digital steganography research and development conducted in the SARC, Backbone is an Approved Scanning Vender (ASV) certified by the Payment Card Industry-(PCI) Security Standards Council to conduct automated PCI Data Security Standard compliance assessments with a One-Stop Scanning Solution.