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Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses alumna receives White House invite, booth at international trade show
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atalie Kaddas, an alumna of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program at Salt Lake Community College, attended a dinner in Germany at the request of the White House and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She also exhibited her plastics manufacturing company, Kaddas Enterprises, at Hannover Messe, the world’s largest industrial trade fair. Kaddas Enterprises was the only small business represented at the dinner, where attendees included executives from Microsoft Corp., Honeywell International and Lockheed Martin, along with top German business leaders, government officials and dignitaries. Kaddas Enterprises is a secondgeneration, family-owned business specializing in plastic manufacturing for the medical and transportation industries. It also produces plastic products for the electric power industry to safeguard against wildlife-caused power outages, as well as custom products. The company has tripled international sales since 2013.
“Kaddas Enterprises is a true trade-mission success story.”
— Franz Kolb, regional director, Governor’s Office of Economic Development
Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses alumna Natalie Kaddas with President Barack Obama.
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