Gala Industries, Inc. 181 Pauley Street Eagle Rock, Virginia 24085 Phone: (540) 884-2589 www.gala-industries.com Trade Events: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Years in business: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Number of employees in Virginia: . . . .116 Number of export countries: . . . . . . . .50+
✓VALET Program Graduate Recent International Success Story: At Interplas 2007
Plastics Show in Bangkok, Gala Industries sold their underwater pelletizing system on exhibit to one of their good customers, Long Thanh Plastics (Lothaco) from Vietnam. Vietnam is one of the hot new markets in Southeast Asia.
Intelligenx Gala® Industries, Inc., founded in 1959, has remained focused on simple and practical pellet production technology for today's plastics industry. Gala sold its first centrifugal pellet dryer in 1969 and its first underwater pelletizer in 1977. Today, Gala is a leading manufacturer of dryers and pelletizing systems worldwide, and offers custom designed turn-key pellet production systems for thermoplastics, engineered resins, TPU, HMA, and compounding applications. One of Gala’s greatest strengths is its dedicated, knowledgeable and experienced workers. Gala is an employee-owned corporation. Employee ownership is important to Gala’s customers because the customer receives better products and customer service. Customer satisfaction is the key to Gala’s success and each worker has a vested interest in the satisfaction and success of each customer. With its commitment to customer satisfaction and service, 24-hour technical support backed by years of acquired experience and technical knowledge, Gala has earned its reputation as the dependable source for pellet production systems the world over.
Dulles Corporate Center 13755 Sunrise Valley Drive, Suite 325 Herndon, Virginia 20171-4636 Phone: (703) 793-3270 www.intelligenx.com Trade Events: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Global Network Projects: . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 In-house Research Projects: . . . . . . . . . . 1 Years in business: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Number of employees in Virginia: . . . . 13 Number of export countries: . . . . . . . . . 8
✓VALET Program Graduate Recent International Success Story: In 2006, Intelligenx
entered into a joint venture with the Canadian domain hosting company, Wideport, Inc. Intelligenx provided an exclusive license for Discovery Engine and helped to develop the business plan. In a little over 18 months— 411.ca grew from 6 people to over 130 employees with annualized revenue of $8M.
Intelligenx (formerly i411) is a next-generation search technology company based in Northern Virginia. Founded in 1996 with the mission of changing the way the world looks for and discovers information, Intelligenx is a leading provider of search software and related services that enable organizations to maximize the value of information assets. By providing a front-end search and browse solution that can "bolt-on" to existing single or disbursed and disparate databases, Intelligenx provides a highly effective, interactive search experience for end-users no matter where and how the enterprise data is located. Intelligenx is particularly focused in the area of local search, where the objective is to help yellow page publishers exploit the full value of print-related assets. The solution helps publishers provide a world-class experience for consumers online, while increasing the ROI to advertisers through better, faster search and by enabling every advertiser to achieve visibility and differentiation.
Zubair Talib, Chief Technology Officer, (right) and Iqbal Talib, Chief Executive Officer
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“Most ‘government help’ never quite comes up to expectations, but the Commonwealth of Virginia, through VEDP, is very dedicated to helping Virginia companies increase their export business.” Donald W. Smith, Managing Director, Gala Industries Asia LTD.
HOW DID VEDP ?HELP?
“Had it not been for VEDP, we would have never found the opportunity to increase international revenues, which today account for more than 80% of our total revenues.” Iqbal Talib, Chief Executive Officer, Intelligenx 7