Since 2010, American Express has recognized outstanding small and mid-sized companies for their business success in various categories. This year, American Express was honored to award the American Express Business Excellence Awards to five business owners who demonstrated their business prowess and success in government contacting and exporting. Global4PL was awarded as the Exporter of the Year by American Express. 

Global4PL is a minority-owned leading import-export-supply chain solutions provider that specializes in helping companies gain access to new regional markets, optimize their supply chain delivery models and lower their supply chain costs. Since it was founded in 2004, Global4PL has expanded its services from two countries to over 85 countries and has a network that covers all of Europe, Asia, Latin America, North American and a few countries in Africa. Over the past two years, Global4PL has been able to hire 40% more employees to support its customers worldwide, and the expansion both in the U.S. and overseas is a direct result of the selling internationally.

The awards ceremony took place on June 26 during the seventh annual American Express Summit for Success in Washington, D.C., a free all-day event to help companies learn how to grow through government contracts, corporate procurement and exporting.