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AR ENTRY STRATEGIES& NORTHWEST AR COMPANIES
BY JENNIFER BROWN
PEOPLE EMPLOYED BY FOREIGN-OWNED COMPANIES• Approximately 34,500 workers are employed by foreign-owned firms.
The chart below highlights some countries that contribute to this total but not all, UK is not on this charthowever it included in various FDI data
• FDI in Arkansas was responsible for 3.5% of the states total private industry employment
A VISUAL SNAPSHOT OF THREE COUNTRIESHAVING FDI IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
15 MAJOR EMPLOYERS
38 FDI &BUSINESSEXPANSIONSSINCE 2011.
ARKANSAS FOREIGN-OWNED INDUSTRIES & GROWTH POTENTIAL
• More 50% of the jobs created by foreign-owned entities are in manufacturing including:
- industrial machinery- food and kindred products- primary and fabricated metals- transportation equipment- forest products
• In a recent interview (May 2017) Arkansas Economic Development Commission (AEDC) stated that in the past five years, Arkansas’ FDI employment growth was 41.5%, double the national average. *
• The commission also highlighted a large foreign investment a Chinese company, Shandong Ruyi Technology Group that is investing $410 million in a textile mill in Forrest City, AR. It will employ 800 people and use 200,000 tons of Arkansas-grown cotton annually – the state’s entire crop.
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS FOREIGN OWNED
• Regus Business Center
• Diageo North America
• Bunzl Processor Division/Koch Supplies
• 4media Group
• Hatsan USA
• SGS North America
• Nestle USA & Nestle Purina
• INEOS BIO
• Securitas Security Services
• Elkhart Products Corporation (EPC)
• GCC of America, Inc
• LG Electronics U.S.A
• Yusen Logistics
• Mitchell Communications Group
• AAF Flanders D Daikin Industries
• Pedross America LLC
• Delta Systems & Automation
• APAC
• Wipro Technologies
• Tata Consultancy Services
• Infosys Technologies Limited
• Otto International
• Karcher North America
• ImmunoVision, Inc
• Henkel Corporation
• ALDI
• Pacific Vet Group
• Nilfisk-Advance
• Tung Yung International
• Glanz (NorthAmerica)
• LasondePappas & Co
• Cott Beverages
• Bekarert Corporation
• Aquartrubo Systems
• Pipelife Jet Stream
• IFCO/CHEP
I live in Northwest Arkansas, in this region 37 foreign owned countries from19 different countries are doing business in this community. These companies include:
LOCAL COMPANIES INVESTING ABROAD
• Walmart Headquarters is located in Northwest Arkansas (Bentonville)
• Walmart is the world’s largest retailer. Its operations span 27 countries—including the US.
• The retailer has more stores overseas than it does in the US.
• The company reported 6,189 stores in its International segment—compared to 4,987 in the US in 3Q15.
• The United Kingdom, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and China are the five largest markets for the retailer.
LOCAL COMPANIES INVESTING ABROAD
• Tyson Headquarters is located in Northwest Arkansas (Springdale)
• The company is the world's second largest processor and marketer of chicken, beef, and pork and annually exports the largest percentage of beef out of the United States.
• Tyson has subsidiary poultry production operations in China, India, Mexico & Brazil
LOCAL COMPANIES INVESTING ABROAD
• J.B. Hunt Headquarters is located in Northwest Arkansas (Lowell)
• J.B. Hunt Transport Services, Inc., one of the largest transportation logistics companies in North America, provides safe and reliable transportation services to a diverse group of customers throughout the continental United States, Canada and Mexico
• While most of its operation are based in the U.S. it does have a subsidiary in Mexico known as Hunt Mexicana
SOURCES
• http://www.arkansasedc.com/sites/default/files/content/users/lcogbill/2016_international_business_report-final.pdf
• http://www.arkansasedc.com/sites/default/files/content/file-nodes/2016_foreign_investment_list_final_10262016.pdf
• http://marketrealist.com/2015/02/walmart-looking-growth-international-markets/
• http://www.tysonfoods.com/our-story/around-the-world/international-operations/tyson-godrej-india
• http://www.wikinvest.com/stock/J.B._Hunt_Transport_Services_(JBHT)/Subsidiaries
• http://www.jbhunt.com/company/about/
• * https://talkbusiness.net/2017/05/governor-state-tops-in-country-in-foreign-investment-job-growth