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Industrial Communications and Control Solutions • networking • connectivity • control • security • power supplies and protection • support and supplies • supply chain solutions ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT Kunkel says. "We do a lot of research here and we hope to expand that further. All of our students will benefit from the medical students being here." The Medical College is also seeking to condense its usual three years of study into a two-year program at the St. Norbert campus so students can graduate with less debt and get into the workforce more quickly. Besides St. Norbert, the college is seeking to partner with Bellin Health to provide clinical space as well as attract physicians from Aurora BayCare Medical Center, Bellin, St. Vincent and St. Mary's hospitals to help teach students. Opening borders APPLETON 800-622-3353 www.anixter.com Vintage Valley in the 2013 is wwtiht! at Saturday, February 23, 2013 ••• Fox Cities Performing Arts Center Purchase tickets at www.bgclubfoxvalley.org For more information or sponsorship opportunities please contact Debbie Hass at 920.750.5810 or dhass@bgclubfoxvalley.org All proceeds will benefit the programs and services of the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Fox Valley. 46 | Insight • F e b r u a r y 2 013 Just as St. Norbert is expanding its reach, the same can be said for Austin Straubel International Airport. After General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, Austin Straubel in Ashwaubenon is the state's only other international airport. Last fall, the airport, along with U.S. Rep. Reid Ribble, R-Sherwood, announced a campaign to open a full-service U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Inspection Station with full-time staffing for commercial operations at the airport. Airport Director Tom Miller says the federal inspection station, also known as an FIS, will open more doors for the airport and create more opportunities. "We would be able to do commercial charter flights from Green Bay to Cancun, for example," he says. "There is a lot of interest in seeing this happen." If Austin Straubel would offer such flights, area hotels and restaurants would also benefit, since travelers from northern Wisconsin and Upper Michigan would travel to Green Bay rather than Milwaukee or the Twin Cities. "People will come the night before a flight to Mexico, for example, and stay in a hotel and eat out, or they may stay in a hotel once they get back before heading home," Miller says. The FIS proposal includes building a $7.5 million, 20,000-square-foot facility with full-time staffing to clear international flights. Right now, the airport's customs staff can only handle processing international passengers for the airport's two fixed-based operators as well as about 100 marine vessels that come to ports in Green Bay, Marinette, Manitowoc and Sturgeon Bay. The airport's addition of an autoclave, which sanitizes and disposes international trash, has attracted charters, which are looking for a place of entry into the United States. "The autoclave has opened up a whole new avenue to us regarding international travel," says Miller, adding that the airport currently processes more than 330 foreign aircraft and 48,000 international passengers annually. To make the FIS a go, the airport has gained backing from local businesses, as well as Ribble, and has had MetJet, a public tour operator, pledging to make Austin Straubel International Airport announced plans to open a full-service U.S. Customs and Border Protection Federal Inspection Station. The FIS proposal, which will enable commercial charter flights from Green Bay to destinations such as Cancun, includes building a $7.5 million, 20,000-square-foot facility. w w w. i n s i g h t o n b u s i n e s s . c o m