Moberly Area Continues to Look for International Partnership after Mamtek
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Moberly Area Continues to Look for International Partnership after Mamtek

Date: November 3, 2011
By: Tong Gao
State Capitol Bureau

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In spite of the failed Mamtek, the corporation that brought the project to Moberly is now looking else where.
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While Mamtek's failure has had an impact on Governor Jay Nixon's trade mission in China, Moberly Economic Development Vice President David Gaines says the corporation is still working on attracting international partners to Moberly.

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Description: "The work on the Mamtek project has been going on around the clock, but so is all the other work. We didn't stop working just because Mamtek had problems. We keep on talking to people about why it is still a good place to be to do business."

Early this week, the City Council said in a press release Moberly won't use the city funds to pay for Mamtek bonds.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Tong Gao.

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Moberly Economic Development Corporation Vice President says they are having early conversations with international partners.
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Although Moberly's partnership with a Chinese artificial sucralose failed, the city has not given up the effort in developing international businesses.

Moberly Area Economic Development Corporation is a non-profit organization that brought this project to Moberly.

Vice President David Gaines says they are working on other international projects to create jobs.

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Description: "Some of these countries were just beginning to ask for introductions and beginning to start those conversations. It's not just an easy transaction to complete, as you know."

Gaines says its international partners include the existed Danish manufacturing Vest Fiber.

Now they are looking for potential partners from Canada, Korea and Germany.

Reporting from the state Capitol, I'm Tong Gao.