Excel Foundry

 

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Excel Foundry

 

Excel Foundry specializes in the manufacture and supply of premium crusher parts and mining equipment parts. As a 1999 recipient of the Illinois Governor’s Export Award – and with 3,000 customers in over 30 countries – the company has a long tradition of exporting success. Its leaders know the international marketplace can present both opportunities and challenges.

Since laws and regulations change over time, sometimes even a business as well-established and successful as Excel needs help. And that’s when Excel’s leaders seek the assistance of the NAFTA Opportunity Center at Bradley University. Recently, Excel launched a new product line into Mexico, and sought advice in attaining NAFTA compliance.

“To be price-competitive, we knew we needed to have our products enter Mexico duty-free,” said Excel Foundry CEO Doug Parsons. “Our analysis of the NAFTA agreement indicated the new products would qualify, but we wanted to double check our research. So we turned to Bradley’s NAFTA Opportunity Center.”

The NAFTA Center routinely reviews NAFTA Certificates of Origin to confirm product classifications, origination rules, and accurate completion of documents.  Using its superior knowledge of NAFTA regulations, the center not only confirmed Excel’s prior work, but also provided additional details the company could use for other products.

Excel has since shipped significant volume of the new product line duty-free into Mexico.

“Bradley’s assistance was terrific,” Parsons said. “Without their help, we would not have attained the same levels of sales. The NAFTA Opportunity Center at Bradley University has been an invaluable resource to help us push through barriers, use marketing information to expand internationally, and be more competitive.