Wednesday, February 18, 2004
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Wednesday, February 18, 2004 |
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Peachtree City’s Cooper Lighting honors African ambassadors at reception Cooper Industries, in association with Frankie Thompson Enterprises and AfriGrowth Inc.hosted a reception at Hartsfield-Jackson airport, last Wednesday to honor visiting Ambassadors from the Embassies of: Nigeria; Togo; Tanzania; Uganda; Mali; Mozambique; Kenya; Gambia, South Africa and Gabon. Also attending will be dignitaries and special guests from the City of Atlanta and the State of Georgia. Last Thursday, the Ambassadors visited the Cooper Lighting division of Cooper Industries’ in Peachtree City, Georgia. The purpose of their visit is to promote trade between the United States and Africa and to identify and discuss capital projects being planned in the various countries. The agenda will include key management presentations from each division of Cooper Industries as well as a presentation from Mr. Tom Strauss, the Sunbelt Network Director for the U.S. Department of Commerce. The agenda will also include representatives from TRANE and American Ductile Iron Pipe. AfriGrowth, Inc. is a non-profit organization committed to growth in needy communities in the USA and Africa by developing educational, medical and tourism programs. Founded on the belief that one of the greatest challenges we face in the world today is poverty, AfriGrowth focuses on eliminating poverty through Education, Health, Nutrition, and Tourism programs. Frankie Thompson Enterprises, Inc., is an industrial supplier and general contractor, distributing equipment and supplies to the industrial, utility and general contracting markets. Cooper Industries, Ltd., with 2003 revenues of approximately $4.1 billion, is a global manufacturer of electrical products and tools and hardware. Cooper has more than 28,000 employees serving more than 100 locations around the world, and sells products to customers in more than 50 countries.
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