AIAC in Trade and Economic Development Mission to Uzbekistan
Peoples’ Friendship Palace in Tashkent, Uzbekistan
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 5, 2024 - Tashkent, Uzbekistan — American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC) Managing Director Siobhan Sweeney-Córdova took part in a week-long trade and economic development mission to Uzbekistan, organized by His Excellency Gonzalo Fournier Conde, Ambassador of Spain. The mission was designed to promote economic ties and foster foreign direct investment in Uzbekistan.
The delegation journeyed through Uzbekistan’s historic cities of Tashkent, Samarkand, Bukhara, and Khiva and featured meetings with key business and political leaders and visits to heritage sites. "The opportunity to connect with the Uzbek people and their traditions was invaluable and deeply enriching," commented Ms. Sweeney-Córdova.
A significant highlight of the visit was the concluding dinner event at the Spanish Embassy in Tashkent, attended by notable figures including the Hon. Jonathan Henick, U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan, with his wife, Dominique Laura Freire. This event celebrated the strong diplomatic and economic bonds between the US and Uzbekistan.
"AIAC is dedicated to enhancing global partnerships through such diplomatic missions," said Ms. Sweeney-Córdova. "Participating in this delegation allowed us to highlight our commitment to these values and to explore new avenues for collaboration and mutual understanding."
The delegation also included prominent local statesmen, entrepreneurs, and executives, including the following individuals:
Marta Coll Darnaude – Joint Advisor to President of Dentsu Japan
Max Schmid – General Director of INMO, SL
Veronica Fisas, CEO of Natura Bissé International Group
Jordi Cabarrocas, Partner of ECTUS
Susana López Ribera, Founder of Silencio Barcelona
Montserrat Trapé, Independent Director of CriteriaCaixa and Melia Hotels International
Fernando Varela Carid, Member of the Galician Fair Trade Comission
Marta Fournier - Executive Assistant To The President of INTELCORP & Press Relations at Dazia Capital
Over the prior two years, AIAC Managing Directors and Senior Executives have actively led or participated in trade and economic development missions to Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, India, Bahrain, the UAE, and Mexico. These international trade and economic development delegations are part of AIAC’s strategy to develop and strengthen its economic and cultural ties worldwide.
ABOUT AMERICAN INDUSTRIAL ACQUISITION CORPORATION
American Industrial Acquisition Corporation (AIAC) is a diversified industrial group with manufacturing and distribution sites in 24 countries and 3 territories in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia. AIAC has acquired and grown subsidiaries, divisions, and affiliates of Boeing, Siemens, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon Technologies, Moog, Johnson Controls, Merck, Pfizer, Astellas, Visteon, Carlyle, Blackstone, Riverside, Ahlstrom, Groupe Suez, Groupe Rexel, and many other leading multinational corporations.
AIAC manufacturing companies serve companies and governmental entities worldwide in all major sectors, including aviation, space, defense, automotive, truck, rail, marine, petrochemical, solar, nuclear, food, confectionary, beverage, civil engineering, and infrastructure, commercial construction, mining, dredging, disaster relief, education, medical devices, and pharmaceuticals. AIAC companies manufacture materials, components, assemblies, packaging, equipment, and finished products. In addition, AIAC companies are exclusive, authorized distributors of leading branded industrial and consumer products throughout Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand and electrical equipment throughout France.
Of note, AIAC purchased Boeing Canada in 2005, and has produced over 10,000 components for every Boeing jet plane ever since, reliably serving Boeing from manufacturing facilities in North America. A leader in ultra-high precision jet engine component manufacturing, AIAC companies also produce 2,200 fan blades and blisks for jet engines produced by GE, Pratt & Whitney, Rolls Royce, and Honeywell.
AIAC companies actively support exploration into outer space, manufacturing critical components for launching and propelling spacecraft and satellites. AIAC customers in this sector include NASA, the European Space Agency, SpaceX, Blue Origin, and Boeing. AIAC companies also produce critical wire and cable for Tesla, GM, Ford, Chrysler-Fiat, Toyota, Nissan, Navistar, and Caterpillar. In connection with its paper manufacturing interests, AIAC controls and sustainably manages 22 million acres of Manitoba, Canada forestland, an area equivalent in size to the nation of Hungary.
ABOUT AIAC PHILANTHROPY
AIAC and the AIAC Foundation support a wide range of nonprofit, nonsectarian, bipartisan organizations which promote international conflict resolution, disaster relief, economic development, environmental sustainability, and exploration.
AIAC’s beneficiaries include the Appeal of the Nobel Peace Laureates Foundation Inc., the Asia Society, the Atlantic Council, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Gates Philanthropy Partners, the Bretton Woods Committee, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, the Carter Center, the Council on Foreign Relations, the Economic Club of New York, the Foreign Policy Association, the Institut Française des Relations Internationales, the International Committee of the Red Cross, the International Crisis Group, the International Rescue Committee, the Japan Society, the JFK School of Government of Harvard University, the Peterson Institute for International Economics, the Richardson Center for Global Engagement, the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House), the Sierra Club, and the Trilateral Commission.
In the realm of science and exploration, AIAC actively supports the Explorers Club, the National Geographic Society, the Royal Geographical Society, the American Museum of Natural History and the Hayden Planetarium, the Victoria & Albert Museum, the National Air and Space Museum, the National Space Society, and the United States Space Foundation.
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