Translate the text from English to Welsh.



 
The Wales Export Conference 2018, which is being held at Cardiff City Stadium next month, will seek to provide new and existing exporting companies with the information, advice, guidance and support they need to increase their overseas trade.

As part of the conference, successful exporting companies such as Zip Clip will share their experiences of developing overseas trade, and talk about the support they accessed from the from Welsh Government that has helped  drive up their profit margins.

In Zip\-Clip’s case, the company, which employs 18 full time staff from its base in Powys, took the decision to fight the recession by targeting the high specification suspension systems that they produce for the electrical, mechanical, heating and ventilation industries, at overseas export markets.

  


Before 2008, Zip\-Clip’s business was solely reliant on the UK market, but the economic downturn resulted in a 30% reduction in its annual turnover.

  


The company responded to this dip by seeking to expand its client\-base into new overseas markets, including Germany, South Africa and Australia.

  


Its drive was assisted by the Welsh Government’s export support programmes,  including the International Trade Opportunities programme which assisted Zip Clip in  identifying potential business partners, and the Overseas Business Development Visits programme, which  enabled the company to visit their target markets and attend key trade shows.

  


Indeed an important trip to Qatar which was supported by the  Welsh Government,  opened the door to a whole new range of opportunities for Zip\-Clip.

  


Overall the company’s export drive resulted in a 40% increase in its overseas trade in no fewer than 23 countries.

  


Steve Goldsworthy, managing director of Zip\-Clip said:

  



> “Like many companies across the UK, the recession had a detrimental impact on our business as many of our clients were forced to cut back.
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> Thankfully, the Welsh Government’s support programmes were available. Their support has changed the dynamic of our business, providing assistance for our expansion overseas. It has been invaluable."

  


Economy Secretary Ken Skates said:


> “Companies such as Zip\-Clip are proof that exporting really does have the potential to transform a business and take it to the next level, and increasing Welsh exports is more important than ever as the UK prepares to leave the EU.
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> The Welsh Government is keen to work with companies looking to build up the exports arm of their operations and offer them the right support for wherever they may be in their business development.
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> As part of this work we will be holding a major exporting conference in Cardiff next month.  I would encourage companies from all sectors and from across Wales to come along to find out more about how the Welsh Government can help them to develop this element of their business, and to speak to companies like Zip\-Clip who have experienced the benefits first hand.”







Translation:


 
Bydd cwmni gweithgynhyrchu Zip Clip o Bowys yn un o'r busnesau a fydd yn chwarae rhan flaenllaw mewn cynhadledd a gynhelir gan Lywodraeth Cymru. Nod y gynhadledd hon fydd cynyddu allforion o Gymru. 

Bydd Cynhadledd Allforio Cymru 2018 a fydd yn cael ei chynnal yn Stadiwm Dinas Caerdydd fis nesaf yn rhoi gwybodaeth, cyngor, canllawiau a chymorth i gwmnïau allforio newydd a rhai sydd eisoes yn bod er mwyn iddynt fasnachu mwy dramor. 

Fel rhan o'r gynhadledd, bydd cwmnïau allforio llwyddiannus megis Zip Clip yn rhannu eu profiadau o ddatblygu masnach dramor, ac yn siarad am y cymorth a gawsant gan Lywodraeth Cymru a wnaeth eu helpu i greu mwy o elw. 

Yn achos Zip Clip, roeddent wedi ymladd y dirwasgiad drwy dargedu'r systemau crogiant safon uchel  y maent yn eu cynhyrchu ar gyfer y diwydiannau trydanol, mecanyddol, gwresogi ac awyru, mewn marchnadoedd allforio tramor. 

Cyn 2008, roedd busnes Zip Clip yn dibynnu ar farchnad y DU yn unig, ond arweiniodd y dirywiad economaidd at 30% o ostyngiad yn ei drosiant blynyddol. 

Ymatebodd y cwmni i'r dirywiad hwn drwy ehangu ei gwsmeriaid drwy dargedu marchnadoedd tramor newydd, gan gynnwys yr Almaen, De Affrica ac Awstralia. 

Roedd rhaglenni cymorth i allforio'r Llywodraeth wedi ei helpu yn hynny o beth. Roeddent yn cynnwys y Rhaglen Cyfleoedd Masnach Rhyngwladol a helpodd Zip Clip i nodi partneriaid busnes posibl, a'r Rhaglen Ymweliadau Datblygu Busnesau a alluogodd y cwmni i ymweld â'i farchnadoedd targed ac i fynd i sioeau masnach rhyngwladol.

Yn wir, arweiniodd taith bwysig i Qatar yn 2013, a gynorthwywyd gan y Llywodraeth, at amrywiaeth hollol newydd o gyfleoedd i Zip Clip. 

Yn gyffredinol, arweiniodd yr holl waith a wnaed gan y cwmni i gynyddu allforion at 40% o gynnydd mewn masnach dramor mewn 23 o wledydd.

Dywedodd Steve Goldsworthy, rheolwr gyfarwyddwr Zip Clip: 


> "Fel sawl cwmni ar draws y DU, mae'r dirwasgiad wedi cael effaith negyddol ar ein busnes oherwydd bu rhaid i lawer o’n cleientiaid wneud toriadau. 
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> "Diolch byth, roedd rhaglenni cymorth y Llywodraeth ar gael. Mae'r cymorth hwn wedi newid dynamig ein busnes, gan ein helpu i ehangu dramor. Mae'r cymorth hwn wedi bod yn hollol werthfawr”.

Dywedodd Ysgrifennydd yr Economi, Ken Skates: 


> "Mae cwmnïau fel Zip Clip yn dangos bod allforio yn gallu trawsnewid busnes a'i alluogi i gyrraedd y lefel nesaf. Mae cynyddu allforion Cymru yn bwysicach yn awr nag erioed wrth i'r DU baratoi i ymadael â’r UE.
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> "Mae Llywodraeth Cymru'n awyddus i weithio gyda chwmnïau sydd am gynyddu eu hallforion a chynnig yr help sydd ei angen arnyn nhw, beth bynnag yw eu sefyllfa o ran eu datblygiad.  
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> "Fel rhan o'r gwaith hwn, byddwn yn cynnal cynhadledd allforio fawr yng Nghaerdydd fis nesaf. Byddwn yn annog cwmnïau o bob sector ledled Cymru i alw heibio i wybod mwy am sut gall y Llywodraeth eu helpu i ddatblygu'r elfen hon o'i busnes, ac i siarad â chwmnïau fel Zip Clip sydd wedi elwa ar y cymorth hwn yn uniongyrchol".