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Fed up with big-city ills, multinational corporation moves HQ from Seattle to Edmonds Posted: February 12, 2021 1788
TRInternational CEO Megan Gluth-Bohan stands at the reception desk of the company’s new Edmonds home. (Photo by Larry Vogel)
“I really loved our downtown Seattle location,” said TRInternational CEO Megan Gluth-Bohan, who recently relocated her business to Edmonds. “But with street crime on the rise, our employees and out-of-town customers were feeling increasingly unsafe and the political will to change things just isn’t there.”
A world-class distributor of raw materials since 1994, TRInternational maintains branch offices in Shanghai and Seoul, and conducts business on every continent. The company is focused on connecting its wide array of clients with suppliers of the industrial products they need.
TRInternational, Inc. Awarded WBENC Women Owned Small Business Certification
Seattle-Metro Business Gains National Women-Owned Certification; Expanding Female Ownership in the Chemical Industry Edmonds, WA, January 14, 2021 (PR.com) TRInternational, Inc. (TRI), a leading distributor of chemicals and raw materials, is proud to announce they have been awarded the WBENC Certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC).
TRI’s CEO, Megan Gluth-Bohan, acquired the majority ownership in the company in February 2020 after serving as the company’s CEO since 2018 and previously as the general counsel and president. Her role is particularly striking in the Chemical Industry, where female CEOs are rare, though efforts are being made to close the gender gap. Gluth-Bohan’s ownership allows TRI to qualify as a women-owned business for the first time in its 26-year history.