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- U.S. subsidiaries in Maine play
a vital role in supporting jobs. They now employ 24,400
Mainers.
- In fact, the relative portion of
jobs in the state supplied by U.S. subsidiaries remains
significant. They provide the livelihood for nearly 5%
of Maine's private-sector workforce.

- U.S. subsidiaries support 6,600
manufacturing jobs in Maine. 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.
- Nearly 11% of manufacturing jobs in Maine are supported
by U.S. subsidiaries.
- U.S. subsidiaries’ employment in
Maine is heavily concentrated in manufacturing. Over
25% of these jobs are in manufacturing industries.

- U.S. subsidiaries consistently support millions
of American jobs. They now employ 5.3 million Americans-or
4.5% of private sector employment.
- U.S. subsidiaries support an annual payroll of $364.2billion.
- U.S. subsidiaries provide an average compensation
per U.S. worker of $68,317; this is 32% higher than
compensation at all U.S. companies.
- U.S. subsidiaries also spent $160 billion on plant
construction and new equipment.
- U.S. subsidiaries' share of U.S. manufacturing employment
represents almost 11% of American manufacturing jobs.
Vingtech,
a U.S. subsidiary of Norwegian-based Simrad Optronics
ASA, and a manufacturer of sophisticated electro-optics,
is investing more than $3 million dollars in a new manufacturing
facility in Biddeford, Maine. The new operations will
create more than 40 quality jobs during its first two
years of production in the state. The investment in
Maine will be Vingtech's first manufacturing presence
in the United States.
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Deutsche Telekom/T-Mobile
Evonik Degussa Corporation
Hannaford Brothers Company
Huhtamaki
McCain Food USA
Nestlé USA, Inc.
Oldcastle Inc.
Siemens
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Vingtech
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