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International companies in Texas employ 622,700 U.S. workers. Approximately 174,000 of those jobs are in the manufacturing sector. With 1,656 international companies in the Lone Star State, global investment grows Texas's economy. Discover how global investment is growing Texas's economy and providing high-quality jobs in local communities.

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Globally Connected

622,700 Workers

in Texas are employed as a result of global investment - an increase of 26.5 percent since 2011.

174,000 Mfg Workers

in Texas - 27.9 percent of all FDI jobs in the state - are in the manufacturing sector.

United Kingdom, France, and Japan

support the largest number of jobs in Texas among all international employers.

1,656 Global Employers

have operations in Texas.

In the past five years, Texas's FDI employment
26.5%
While the state's overall private-sector employment
13.1%

FDI Employment Gains in Neighboring States

LA
Louisiana
13.5%
AR
Arkansas
9.4%
OK
Oklahoma
8.3%

GBA Members in Texas

ABB Inc.

Air Liquide USA

Airbus Group, Inc.

AkzoNobel Inc.

Alfa Laval, Inc. (USA)

Anheuser-Busch

Arca Continental 

AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals

B. Braun Medical, Inc.

BAE Systems

Balfour Beatty

BASF Corporation

BBVA

BHP Billiton

BNP Paribas

Boehringer Ingelheim Corp.

Bombardier Inc.

BOSCH

BP

Bridgestone Americas Holding

Brookfield Asset Management

BT

Bunge Ltd.

CEMEX USA

CGI Group

Chubb

Continental Corporation

Cosentino Group

CRH Americas, Inc.

Daimler

DENSO

Deutsche Telekom

DHL

Diageo, Inc.

Direct Energy

DSM North America

EMD Holding 

Enel Green Power North America

Ericsson

Essilor USA

Experian

FUJIFILM Holdings America

G4S

GE Appliances, a Haier Company

Global Atlantic Financial Company

Grifols

H&M Hennes & Mauritz, L.P

HEINEKEN USA

Hitachi, Ltd.

Honda North America

Huhtamaki

Hyundai Motor America

IKEA North America Services, LLC.

InterContinental Hotels Group

John Hancock Life Insurance Co

Johnson Controls

Johnson Matthey

Kering

Kerry

Kudelski Group

LANXESS

Lehigh Hanson

L'Oreal USA, Inc.

LyondellBasell

Mallinckrodt

Medtronic, Inc

MUFG Bank, Ltd.

NEC Corporation of America

Nestlé USA, Inc.

Nissan

Novartis Corporation

Panasonic Corp. of North America

Pearson Education

Philips North America LLC

QBE the Americas

Randstad North America

RELX

Roche Holdings, Inc.

Safran USA

Samsung

Sanofi US

SAP America

Sasol Chemicals (USA) LLC

Schindler

Schneider Electric USA

Shell Oil Company

Sibelco Group

Siemens Corporation

Signify

SK Group

Smith & Nephew, Inc.

Smiths Group

Sodexo

Solvay America

Sony Corporation of America

Sumitomo Corp. of America

Swiss Re

TE Connectivity

The Tata Group

Thomson Reuters

Toyota Motor North America

Trafigura

Transamerica

UBS

Unilever

Voith US Inc.

Volkswagen of America, Inc.

Volvo Group North America

Westfield LLC

White Mountains, Inc.

Wipro Inc.

Zurich Insurance Group

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