Lafayette Company Wins U.S. Chamber of Commerce Faces of Trade? Award

WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Chamber of Commerce today honored Safe Haven Enterprises, LLC with its Faces of Trade® award in recognition of the Lafayette, LA-based company's tremendous impact on its community by increasing jobs through trade.

"Safe Haven is a prime example of an American business successfully navigating the international marketplace," said Kelly Smith, manager of TradeRoots for the U.S. Chamber. "Our award honors small and medium size companies in this country that are actively engaged in the global marketplace and creating jobs here in America."

Faces of Trade® awards are presented to small and medium size companies that have demonstrated outstanding international success through exports. Whether they have just entered the international market or have maintained considerable presence over time, the awardees are epitomize how good trade policy can lead to the success of small companies. These companies make a tremendous impact on their community by increasing jobs through trade. Faces of Trade® companies have fewer than 500 employees, are American owned and operated, and are driving the success of their business by expanding to new markets abroad.

Safe Haven Enterprises, LLC, is the world's leading woman-owned provider of disaster-resistant buildings and secure portable modules. Safe Haven also manufactures forced-entry and ballistic-resistant doors, windows, and louvers. All these products are Department of State certified. The applications for these products are endless. Due to the modular nature of their blast- and ballistic-resistant buildings, multiple modules can be configured and joined to provide an entire multistory facility as large and secure as your program requires.

"Trade agreements and increased exports are vital to U.S. businesses, workers, and farmers, as 96 percent of the world's consumers live outside the United States," Smith stated. "Through expanded trade, the United States will create new opportunities to sell products and services abroad, and consumers will benefit from lower prices and greater choices here at home."

More information about trade in Louisiana is available at: http://www.traderoots.org/resources/traderoots/pdf/states/LA_trade.pdf

A company profile is available at: http://www.traderoots.org/profile.jsf?profileId=6529

The U.S. Chamber is the world's largest business federation representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations of every size, sector, and region.

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