WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.770 >> HELLO AND WELCOME TO INSIDE INDIANA BUSINESS. I'M GERRY DICK. A DELEGATION LED BY GOVERNOR 2 00:00:03.770 --> 00:00:08.575 ERIC HOLCOMB AND SECRETARY OF COMMERCE JIM SCHELLINGER HAS JUST RETURNED FROM AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TRIP TO THE STATE'S 3 00:00:08.575 --> 00:00:14.080 LARGEST TRADING PARTNER. THE VISIT TO CANADA KICKED OFF WITH A MEETING WITH PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU. 4 00:00:14.080 --> 00:00:21.821 MORE THAN 70 CANADIAN-OWNED BUSINESSES CALL INDIANA HOME, AND NEARLY $21 BILLION IN GOODS WERE EXCHANGED BETWEEN INDIANA 5 00:00:21.821 --> 00:00:27.360 AND CANADA LAST YEAR. THE TRIP COMES AS OFFICIALS GET WORD THAT AFTER MORE THAN A YEAR OF EFFORT, WORLD TRADE CENTER 6 00:00:27.360 --> 00:00:36.836 INDIANAPOLIS WILL BE A REALITY. FOR MORE ON INDIANA'S GROWING GLOBAL PROFILE AND THE STATE'S STRATEGY GOING FORWARD, ·LET'S 7 00:00:36.836 --> 00:00:40.840 BRING IN INDIANA SECRETARY OF COMMERCE JIM SCHELLINGER. JIM, AS ALWAYS WELCOME TO THE PROGRAM. 8 00:00:40.840 --> 00:00:46.379 >> THANK YOU, GERRY. >> SINCE YOU'RE JUST BACK FROM A TRAITD TRIP TO CANADA, LET'S TALK ABOUT THAT, I KNOW YOU HAD 9 00:00:46.379 --> 00:00:53.386 A BUSY AGENDA, OVER THREE DAYS OR SO, MET WITH A LOT OF HIGH PROFILE PEOPLE THERE. WHAT'S YOUR BIGGEST TAKE AWAY 10 00:00:53.386 --> 00:00:58.825 FROM THE TRIP? >> I THINK THE LEVEL OF PEOPLE WE MET WITH, WE WANT TO KEEP SUCH A THIN BORDER BETWEEN 11 00:00:58.825 --> 00:01:04.531 CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES. WE'RE ALL NORTH AMERICANS. SO TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THE GOVERNOR SIT DOWN WITH THE PRIME 12 00:01:04.531 --> 00:01:10.770 MINISTER AND TALK ABOUT THE CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES WE HAVE TOGETHER, FOR HIM TO BE ABLE TO SIT DOWN AND TRAVEL 13 00:01:10.770 --> 00:01:17.544 AROUND WITH AMBASSADOR KELLY CRAFT, THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO CANADA TO MEET WITH THE PREMIERES FROM QUEBEC 14 00:01:17.544 --> 00:01:26.686 AND ON TAIN YEAR WAS A REALLY EXCITING TIME FOR US, AND TO SIGN MOUs WITH BOTH ONTARIO AND QUEBEC WAS A BIG ISSUE. 15 00:01:26.686 --> 00:01:34.360 >> TALKED ABOUT SOME PRETTY WEIGHTY ISSUES AND ALSO INDUSTRIES IMPORTANT TO INDIANA, AEROSPACE AND LOGISTICS AMONG 16 00:01:34.360 --> 00:01:41.434 THEM. >> THEY HAVE AMAZING AEROSPACE NETWORK UP THERE, THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WE WANT TO PUT THE 17 00:01:41.434 --> 00:01:48.708 FULL COURT PRESS ON. THE FOUR THINGS WE FOCUSED OP WERE ARROW FACE AND DEFENSE, LIFE SCIENCES, AGRICULTURE 18 00:01:48.708 --> 00:01:52.178 BUSINESS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, BECAUSE THOSE ARE AREAS WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO GROW. 19 00:01:52.178 --> 00:01:56.816 WE'LL KEEP GOING IN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, LOGISTICS, AS WELL AS CYBERSECURITY AND ENERGY, BUT THOSE ARE AREAS OF 20 00:01:56.816 --> 00:02:04.057 FOCUS WE CAN REALLY THRIVE WITH THEM, AND WE HOPE WE CAN HELP THEM IN THOSE SAME AREAS AND THE OTHER AREAS THAT WE'RE EXPERTS 21 00:02:04.057 --> 00:02:10.830 AT BECAUSE OF COURSE WE HAVE CUMMINS, BIOMET AND SO MANY OTHERS. >> YOU'VE BEEN ON THE ROAD A LOT 22 00:02:10.830 --> 00:02:17.203 OVERSEAS, YOU WERE IN SWITZERLAND A FEW WEEKS AGO VISITING WITH BIG PLAYERS INCLUDE ROCHE. 23 00:02:17.203 --> 00:02:22.642 >> I WAS THERE FROM THE 21ST THROUGH THE 4TH AND MET THE GOVERNOR OF CANADA, AND THAT TRIP WAS GREAT. 24 00:02:22.642 --> 00:02:34.487 WHILE OVER THERE, WE STOPPED IN FIVE DIFFERENT CITIES, ZURICH -- WE GOT TO VISIT ROCHE, THEIR GLOBAL HEADQUARTERS. 25 00:02:34.487 --> 00:02:41.160 THEIR BIGGEST INVESTMENT IN AMERICA IS RIGHT HERE IN THE OUTER SKIRTS OF INDIANAPOLIS IN FISHERS, AND WE ALSO GOT TO 26 00:02:41.160 --> 00:02:47.166 VISIT WITH NESTLES. WE ARE THEIR BIGGEST INVESTMENT IN AMERICA. THEY HAVE FOUR LOCATIONS HERE, 27 00:02:47.166 --> 00:02:54.307 THEIR NUMBER ONE SELLING PRODUCT, THEIR FRENCH VANILLA CREAM FOR THEIR COFFEE IS MADE OUT OF INDIANA, NUMBER ONE 28 00:02:54.307 --> 00:02:58.111 SELLER. THEY'RE GOING TO DO A THIRD EXPANSION HERE. >> INDIANA'S GLOBAL FOOTPRINT 29 00:02:58.111 --> 00:03:04.584 AND PRESENCE IS GROWING IN A BIG WAY. THIS WEEK WE BROKE NEWS ON THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE WORLD TRADE 30 00:03:04.584 --> 00:03:14.928 CENTER, IT'S BEEN A YEAR IN THE MAKING. INDIANAPOLIS PUTTING IN A LICENSE FOR WORLD TRADE CENTER 31 00:03:14.928 --> 00:03:18.197 PRESIDENT DORIS ANN SADLER. TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL GOING FORWARD. >> WE ARE IN THE VERY, VERY 32 00:03:18.197 --> 00:03:24.971 EARLY STAGES OF DOING SOME MARKET RESEARCH AND STUDIES. WE'D LIKE IT TO BE IN DOWNTOWN INDIANAPOLIS BUT WE'RE OPEN TO 33 00:03:24.971 --> 00:03:32.745 OTHER IDEAS. BUT WE'RE THINKING IN TERMS OF A MIXED USE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT WHERE COMPANIES THAT HAVE 34 00:03:32.745 --> 00:03:38.418 CONNECTION TO TRADE, ORGANIZATION THAT HAS GLOBAL CONNECTIONS WILL WANT TO COME AND USE IT AS A HUB. 35 00:03:38.418 --> 00:03:44.290 >> WANT TO TALK ABOUT A WORLD TRADE CENTER, A BUILDING, BUT BEYOND THAT, THE PROGRAMMING. WHAT DOES THE WORLD TRADE CENTER 36 00:03:44.290 --> 00:03:50.897 OFFER FROM A STATE PERSPECTIVE IN TERMS OF AS YOU GO OUT TO TRY TO SELL INDIANA TO THE WORLD? >> WELL, I CONGRATULATE GREG 37 00:03:50.897 --> 00:03:56.569 ZELLER AND DORIS ANN SADLER FOR WORKING SO HARD ON THIS AND THIS IS EXACTLY SUPPORTING THE GOVERNOR'S VISION OF TAKING 38 00:03:56.569 --> 00:04:03.610 INDIANA TO THE NEXT LEVEL, TAKING INDIANA TO THE WORLD, BRINGING THE WORLD TO INDIANA. THE WORLD TRADE CENTER WILL GIVE 39 00:04:03.610 --> 00:04:09.015 US ANOTHER VENUE AND OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT WITH THEIR ADVISING ON GLOBAL TRADING FOR COMPANIES IN INDIANA AS WELL AS FOREIGN 40 00:04:09.015 --> 00:04:16.122 DIRECT INVESTMENT. >> AND A LOT OF TALK ABOUT THE BIG INCREASE IN NONSTOP FLIGHTS IN INDIANAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL 41 00:04:16.122 --> 00:04:22.328 AIRPORT INCLUDING NONSTOP TO PARIS THAT STARTS IN MAY. CAN ALL OF THIS GROWING GLOBAL PRESENCE FOR INDIANA MEAN MORE 42 00:04:22.328 --> 00:04:29.869 NONSTOP FLIGHTS INTERNATIONALLY? >> ABC LIGHT. WE'RE WORKING ON ONE RIGHT NOR FOR ASIA WE EXPECT TO BE DONE BY 43 00:04:29.869 --> 00:04:36.075 THE END OF THE YEAR, AFTER THAT, AFTER 2020, WE'LL GO BACK AND LOOK AT EUROPE AGAIN, BUT WE HAVE PLANS TO CONTINUE TO WORK 44 00:04:36.075 --> 00:04:40.747 ON THAT. WE GOT THE NUMBER ONE AIRPORT IN NORTH AMERICA AND IT'S INTERESTINGLY ENOUGH, I'M GOING 45 00:04:40.747 --> 00:04:47.020 TO BE COMING BACK A DAY EARLY FROM THE FIRST FLIGHT THAT THE GOVERNOR WILL COME BACK ON IN PARIS BECAUSE I'M SPEAKING AT A 46 00:04:47.020 --> 00:04:51.824 COMMENCEMENT AT THE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL THAT I'M EXCITED ABOUT BECAUSE THAT'S THE FUTURE LEADERS FOR US GLOBALLY. 47 00:04:51.824 --> 00:04:56.162 >> JIM SCHELLINGER, SECRETARY OF COMMERCE FOR THE STATE. BEEN AROUND THE GLOBE A LOT.