3 Auburn companies to join Seattle tradeshow

Three Auburn businesses – WPX Delivery Solutions, 3 Phase Energy Systems, Inc. and Emerald Downs – will participate in the seventh annual Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce Tradeshow on Wednesday.

Three Auburn businesses – WPX Delivery Solutions, 3 Phase Energy Systems, Inc. and Emerald Downs – will participate in the seventh annual Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce Tradeshow on Wednesday.

The show, one of the region’s largest business-to-business networking events, will run from 3-7 p.m. at the Qwest Field West Plaza, 800 Occidental Ave. S, Seattle.

More than 150 local businesses will feature their products and services to more than 1,000 attendees. Displays will include everything from magic tricks for corporate events to creative Web design to alluring resort destinations and decadent cherries to chocolate gift boxes.

The tradeshow provides companies of all types and sizes with prime marketing opportunities, new contacts and business leads. The show has grown from small-scale beginnings at the Harbor Steps Conference Center to a hub of networking and commerce at Qwest Field.

About the Auburn firms:

• WPX Delivery Solutions provides delivery solutions to financial, medical and other industries in the Western States. The company engages in the daily pickup and delivery of products and/or documents to and from retail outlets, business offices, service locations, distribution and processing centers. Its air and ground transportation network offers outsourcing transportation services for various business requirements, such as inter-branch mail, photo processing, letter/data paks, light retail, small packages, and legal documents.

The company, founded in 1975, is headquartered in Auburn, with offices throughout the region.

For more information, visit www.wpx.com.

• 3 Phase Energy Systems develops, manufactures and markets innovative solutions that capture potential energy from overlooked, undiscovered, underutilized or wasteful processes in businesses and factories.

The Auburn-based 3 Phase Energy Systems, a green manufacturing company founded in 2007, creates innovative solutions to address the needs of industrial and commercial energy users. By harnessing the sources of waste energy; specifically exhaust, 3 Phase Energy Systems offers the Exhaust Regenerator, a cost-effective retrofit device that captures and then uses the exhaust from filtration equipment to create electricity.

To learn more, visit www.3pesi.com.

• Emerald Downs is the home of thoroughbred racing in the Northwest. The one-mile oval, which opened in 1996, offers year-round simulcast racing and live seasonal racing, featuring the region’s prized jewel – the $250,000 (Grade III) Longacres Mile in August.

Washington’s only Class One thoroughbred racetrack is a 167-acre facility, complete with barns, offices and a six-level stadium that is focused on the finish line.

Open year round, Emerald Downs also assists groups and organizations in hosting a variety of events, including corporate meetings, family reunions, auctions, birthday and retirement parties and weddings.

To learn more, visit www.emeralddowns.com

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Admission is $10 per person to attend the tradeshow. Click “online registration” at www.seattlechamber.com/tradeshow.

Sponsors: BizXchange, Qwest Field & Event Center, Levy Restaurants, Microsoft, Puget Systems, Triumph Expo & Events, Wells Fargo Insurance Services, Puget Sound Business Journal, ZippyDogs.com, Minuteman Press.

About the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Founded in 1882, the Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce is one of the largest and most diverse network of influential business leaders in the Puget Sound region. Its primary objective is foster a globally competitive, job-growing economy. For more information, visit seattlechamber.com.