Riser Group, LLC

Paul Riser, President and founder of Riser Group, L.L.C., was formed in 2003 with a mission to provide business development and international import/export services to companies on a global scale. Since 2003 Riser Group, LLC has developed and grown to offer a myriad of products and services to companies with the goal of receiving quality products and services from around the world, reducing costs and ensuring efficient delivery schedules. In 2004, Riser Group L.L.C. formed a partnership with Direct Trade Inc., an international import/export business that has been owned and operated for over 12 years in Springfield, Oregon. Currently the two companies are recognized as Direct Trade, Inc. and continue to forge relationships with companies in countries around the world such as India, South America, China, Philippines, Ecuador, Venezuela, Vietnam, Mexico, Europe, Sri Lanka and more. Some of the many areas of business, commodities and products that Direct Trade, Inc. focus on are as follows:

1. 100% Pure Colombian Coffee (Private Label Offered) - We are proud to supply environmentally friendly ORIGIN and ORGANIC coffees grown in shaded fields and acquired through FAIR TRADE programs, as well as from the PLANTE program developed by the Presidency of the Republic of Colombia and the National Federation of Coffee Growers from Colombia.

2. Metals (Including Precious & Semi-Precious), Jewels & Natural Gemstones. We offer gold, rubies, diamonds, deep-water pearls, platinum, tanzanite, aluminum, coal, marble, steel, iron & manganese ore, etc. via contracts that have been solidified with mining and service companies from countries around the world (i.e. Venezuela, India, Ecuador, South America and more). Note: All diamond sales adhere to the Kimberly Process .

3. Exotic Hardwoods. Alliances have been established with South American companies that have been established for over 20 years in order to face the growing necessities related to environmental problems and the lack of forestry plantation implementation in Colombia. Our most important goal is the development of commercial activities within the forestry business area. For this reason, we are carrying out activities such as cultivation, prosecution and alienation of wood products, as well as commercialization in the national and international markets. They are high quality products with excellent sale conditions, especially teak and eucalyptus trunks are marketed for corrals, posts and fences, Caribbean pine and oaks sawed timber for different uses in construction, structures, finishes and furniture. Products such as indoor and outdoor floors, boats, panels, plywood, boats, dimension cabinets, decks, etc. We offer over 35 different species of exotic hardwoods.

4. Outsourcing Tool & Dye Services. Domestic and international partnerships have been formed in order to provide very high-quality work in the area of tool and dye design, allied activities and die-castings. Our company has its work in Chakan (near Pune) with its headquarters in Mumbai. The products manufactured by our company have received very wide acceptance, which has enthused us to explore the market beyond India. With focus on domestic business as well as exports, we have detailed plans for the coming years and we are in the process of seeing our vision become a reality.

5. 100% Pure Romanian Bottled Still and Mineral (Private Label Offered) - We are proud to supply one of the worlds purest sources of fine still and mineral water. High carbon content in the North and healthy doses of Iron from the West define the Romanian aquifer that our company offers. Established in 1985 this product has derived from an altitude of 1.100 meters from the zone of Stana de Vale, Transylvania. We also offer private labeling to further distinguish and differentiate this great product.

6. Clothing Manufacturing and Services