Investing in America
  Oklahoma
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JOB FACTS*

U.S. subsidiaries in Oklahoma have consistently supported a significant number of jobs in the state. They now employ 36,500 Oklahoma workers-an increase of over 25% over five years.

PROMINENT U.S. SUBSIDIARIES IN THE STATE

Anchor Glass Container

Dayton Tire

Farmers Insurance Group

Labinal Aero & Defense Systems

Michelin North America

Nestlé USA, Inc.

Saint-Gobain Corporation

Siemens Applied Automation, Inc.

Sodexho Inc.

Tomkins Industries

Yamanouchi Pharma Technologies, Inc.

MANUFACTURING JOB FACTS

U.S. subsidiaries support 14,700 manufacturing jobs in Oklahoma. 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 40.3% of jobs at U.S. subsidiaries in Oklahoma are in manufacturing industries.

ONE COMPANY'S STORY

Farmers Insurance Group, a U.S. subsidiary of Swiss-based Zurich Financial Services, recently announced an expansion in its Oklahoma City Claims Center that will create 450 new jobs. This will bring the total number of employees at this location to approximately 1,600 workers. The claims center recently underwent a renovation to handle the job growth. Farmers Insurance is a property and casualty insurer.
*Beginning August 2004, the Commerce Department changed the focus of its reported data on jobs supported by foreign direct investment (FDI). From this point on, all FDI statistics will refer only to companies having a majority of foreign ownership. Prior to this change, the Commerce Department followed international standards of including companies that had 10% or more foreign ownership.