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Insourcing (in-sôrs-ing) v. When companies based abroad invest in the United States and create jobs for Americans.

  • U.S. subsidiaries of global companies play a vital role in Ohio’s economy, insourcing 206,500 jobs.
  • Ohio ranks 8th in the nation in the number of jobs at U.S. subsidiaries.
  • U.S. subsidiaries write paychecks to nearly 5 percent of Ohio’s private-sector workforce.
Manufacturing Jobs
  • Ohio ranks 3rd in the nation in the number of manufacturing industry jobs at U.S. subsidiaries.
  • More than 55 percent of jobs at U.S. subsidiaries in Ohio are in the manufacturing industry—accounting for 115,300 jobs.
Greenfield Jobs
  • U.S. subsidiaries announced 48 Greenfield projects* in Ohio in 2010, creating an estimated 3,328 new jobs.
  • U.S. subsidiaries invested an estimated $2 billion in Ohio Greenfield projects in 2010.


    • *GREENFIELD PROJECTS: a capital investment to build a new plant, factory or other business.
    Greenfield statistics were prepared by Content First, LLC using fDi Markets.

Unless noted otherwise, statistics are the latest publicly available government data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, http://www.bea.gov/

Insourcing Company Stories

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.

Akron 
Bridgestone Americas, Inc., is the U.S. operations of Japan-based Bridgestone Corporation, the world's largest tire and rubber company. In March 2010 celebrating over 100 years in Akron, Ohio, Bridgestone Americas broke ground on a $100 million state-of-the-art Technical Center. Bridgestone’s investment will immediately bring in much needed construction jobs into the community as well as allow Bridgestone to raise their employment total to over 1,000 workers once the Technical Center is complete.
 

BASF Corporation

Elyria 
BASF Corporation, the U.S. operations of Germany-based BASF, is the world’s leading chemical company. In October 2010, the company broke ground on a $50+ million facility in Elyria, Ohio, to produce advanced cathode materials for lithium-ion batteries that will power hybrid and full-electric vehicles of the near future. When it is fully operational in 2012, the BASF plant is expected to be the most advanced cathode materials production plant in North America. BASF has been manufacturing in America for more than 50 years and employs 15,000 Americas.
   

OFII Members in OH

ABB Inc.
ACE Group
Air Liquide USA
Akzo Nobel Inc.
Alcatel-Lucent
ALSTOM
Anheuser-Busch
BAE Systems
Balfour Beatty
BASF Corporation
Bimbo Foods, Inc.
bioMérieux, Inc.
BMW of North America
Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.
BOSCH
BP
Bridgestone Americas Holding
BT
Bunge Ltd.
Bunzl USA
Covidien
Credit Suisse Securities (USA)
Daimler
Ericsson
Experian
Food Lion, LLC
France Telecom North America
FUJIFILM Holdings America
GDF SUEZ Energy North America, Inc.
GKN America Corp.
GlaxoSmithKline
Hanson North America
Henkel Corporation
Honda North America
Huhtamaki
Hyundai Motor America
Iberdrola Renewables
InterContinental Hotels Group
John Hancock Life Insurance Co.
LaFarge North America
L'Oréal USA, Inc.
Maersk Inc.
Magna International
Nestlé USA, Inc.
Nissan
Novartis Corporation
Oldcastle, Inc.
Panasonic Corp. of North America
Pearson Inc.
Philips Electronics North America
QBE the Americas
Randstad North America
Reed Elsevier Inc.
Rexam Inc.
Rolls-Royce North America Inc.
Samsung
Sanofi US
SAP America
Schneider Electric USA
Siemens Corporation
Solvay America
Sumitomo Corp. of America
Swiss Re America Holding Corp.
Tate & Lyle North America, Inc.
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA
The Tata Group
Thomson Reuters
ThyssenKrupp USA, Inc.
Tim Hortons
T-Mobile USA
Tomkins Industries, Inc.
TOTAL Holdings USA, Inc.
Toyota Motor North America
Transamerica
Tyco
UBS
Voith Holding Inc.
Volkswagen of America, Inc.
Westfield LLC
Wipro Inc.
WPP Group USA, Inc.
XL Global Services
Zurich Insurance Group

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