JOB FACTS*

U.S. subsidiaries in New Hampshire have consistently supported a significant number of jobs in the state. They now employ 38,400 New Hampshire workers-an increase of nearly 43% over five years.

In fact, the relative portion of jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries has also risen over time. They provide the livelihood for more than 7% of New Hampshire's private-sector workforce. The state ranks 4th in the country in the share of its workforce supported by U.S. subsidiaries.

PROMINENT U.S. SUBSIDIARIES IN THE STATE

Citizen's Bank New Hampshire

Freudenberg-NOK

Heinemann, Inc.

Osram Sylvania

Polyclad Laboratories

Saint-Gobain Corporation

Sodexho Inc.

MANUFACTURING JOB FACTS

U.S. subsidiaries support 16,300 manufacturing jobs in New Hampshire, an increase in 17% over five years. Manufacturing companies tend to have a strong "multiplier" effect on the economy-stimulating a substantial amount of activity and jobs in other sectors through their demand for inputs from other suppliers.

Overall, approximately 42.4% of jobs at U.S. subsidiaries in New Hampshire are in manufacturing industries.

ONE COMPANY'S STORY

Pike Industries, a U.S. subsidiary of the Irish building materials firm CRH plc, employs around 1,000 people in 25 locations around New Hampshire. Pike's operations in the state include asphalt and aggregate production, paving, grinding and heavy highway production. Pike industries has been operating in the state since the 1880s.