CEDC Blog
2019 Entrepreneur of the Year – ABECS GLOBAL
ABECS Global LLC, a Stanley-based animal health and nutrition company, was named Chippewa County Entrepreneur of the Year by the Chippewa County Economic Development Corporation at its 2019 Annual Meeting for growing its business into a national and international source for custom products. ABECS Global, located in the Stanley Industrial [...]
Drylock Technologies Celebrates New USA Operations Location
Eau Claire, WI (US) October 23, 2018 – Over a hundred and fifty community leaders, and employees of Drylock Technologies, a dynamic family owned Belgian based group celebrated Drylock’s expansion of its Eau Claire, Wisconsin office building and advanced adult incontinence production facility. In 2017, the Belgium company expanded its [...]
Chippewa Valley Exports
Chippewa Valley Exports “By receiving the exporting grant through UW-Oshkosh, CCEDC was able to utilize consultants, programs, and attend events to help local companies like [Barron County Cheese] Gene’s to get the programs and resources they need to diversify their sales portfolio.” says Charlie Walker, President and CEO of CCEDC. [...]
Gov. Walker Recommends Chippewa Falls for Opportunity Zones
Opportunity Zones are a new community development program established by Congress in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 to encourage long-term investments in areas such as Chippewa Falls. The Opportunity Zones program provides a tax incentive for investors to re-invest their unrealized capital gains into qualified Opportunity Funds [...]