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• U.S. subsidiaries in Illinois play a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 226,400 Illinoisans.
• Illinois has proven to be an attractive location for international employers, ranking 5th in the United States in the number of employees supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• In fact, the relative portion of jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries remains significant. They provide the livelihood for 4.4% of Illinois's private-sector workforce.

• U.S. subsidiaries support 61,200 manufacturing jobs in Illinois. 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.
• Almost 9% of manufacturing jobs in Illinois are supported by U.S. subsidiaries.
• U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in Illinois is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Nearly 30% of these jobs are in manufacturing industries.

• U.S. subsidiaries consistently support millions of American jobs. They now employ 5.1 million Americans-or 4.4% of private sector employment.
• U.S. subsidiaries support an annual payroll of $335.9 billion.
• U.S. subsidiaries provide an average compensation per U.S. worker of $66,042; this is 32% higher than compensation at all U.S. companies.
• U.S. subsidiaries also spent $121 billion on plant construction and new equipment.
• U.S. subsidiaries' share of U.S. manufacturing employment represents almost 11% of American manufacturing jobs.

In August 2006, UPM Raflatac, a U.S. subsidiary of a Finnish company and one of the world's leading forest products companies, invested $109 million to open a new manufacturing facility in Dixon. The company's rapid growth in the United States and increase in market share prompted UPM Raflatac to build its second U.S. production factory, the other one is located in Fletcher, NC. Heikki Pikkarainen, president of UPM Raflatac said, "Our Fletcher operation has been a great success… The Dixon factory will enable us to grow further in North America." Construction on the Dixon facility will begin in 2008, creating about 115 new jobs in the first two years and increase to a total of 160 jobs within five years of operation.