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Title: Illinois Office of Trade and Investment State Focused Globally Connected

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Illinois Office of Trade and Investment State
Focused Globally Connected
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic
Opportunity

Jack Lavin
Director
Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
Rod R. Blagojevich
Rajinder Bedi
Governor
Managing Director
Office of Trade and Investment

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office
Rajinder Bedi OTI Managing Director - Chicago
Chris Sala OTI Assistant Managing Director - Chic
ago Iwona Bochenska International Trade Specia
list for Europe Chicago Sharon Stead Galantin
o Managing Director Brussels Office Siobhan
Lysaght Trade and Marketing Representative Brus
sels Office Annick Bilhou Trade and Administra
tive Representative Brussels Office
State of Illinois West European Office Boulev
ard de la Cambre 28-30, Box No. 2
1000 Brussels, BELGIUM Tel No 32-2-646.5730 Fa
x No 32-2-646.55.11 Email brussels_at_illinoistr
ade.org
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WESTERN EUROPE AND THE OTI BRUSSELS OFFICE
ESTABLISHED IN 1968

Market Facts, Figures, and Trade and Investment
Activities

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

The Illinois West Europe Office covers a
territory compromised of 16 countries.
Countries include Austria, Belgium, Denmark,
France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, The Netherlands, and The United
Kingdom. (Finland is covered by the Warsaw
office.)
Exports from Illinois to West Europe totaled
10,471,431,566 billion in 2006 an increase of
19.8 over 2005s amount of 8,740,599,380
billion.
Illinois major export sectors in 2006 to West
Europe were
1) Machinery (non-electrical) - 2,514,315,959
2) Chemicals - 2,401,267,443
3) Computer and Electronic Products -
1,369,440,070
4) Transportation Equipment - 1,177,658,314
5) Electrical Equipment, Appliances, and
Components - 817,538,801
6) Miscellaneous Manufactured Commodities -
630,986,150
7) Fabricated Metal Products - 341,898,401

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

Past OTI missions to West Europe
Illinois Trade Mission to Medica 06 Trade Show
in Dusseldorf, Germany (November 2006)
Seven Illinois medical companies
accompanied the OTI
staff to Medica 06, the worlds
largest medical trade
show. Companies were given booths
and advanced
promotion of their services. The OTI
staff met with
several foreign firms and hosted an
FDI seminar about
medical investment opportunities in
Illinois.
Illinois Horizontal Trade Mission to Madrid and
Barcelona, Spain
(June 2006)
Three Illinois firms accompanied the
OTI staff to Spain in a
broad based trade mission, covering
different sectors of
industry. Companies attended
seminars, factory tours, and face-
to-face meeting with matched
companies. The OTI staff held
FDI seminars, introducing foreign
investors to the commercial
opportunities that await in
Illinois.

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

Illinois Trade Mission to Medica 05 Trade Show
in Dusseldorf, Germany (June 2005)
Ten Illinois medical companies
accompanied the OTI
staff to Medica 05, the worlds
largest medical trade
show. Companies were given booths
and advanced
promotion of their services. The OTI
staff met with
several foreign firms and hosted an
FDI seminar about
medical investment opportunities in
Illinois. All companies
reported meeting interested parties
who they have hope for
future business.
Illinois Food and Processing Trade Mission to
Dusseldorf, Germany and Bologna, Italy (May
2005)
Six Illinois small to medium sized
firms, in the food and
processing industry, accompanied the
OTI staff to Germany and
Italy for seminars and face-to-face
meeting with firms from
Europe in the same industry, All
firms who attended rated their
their experience as very satisfying
and a reported 97 leads were
obtained between the six companies.

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

OTI has organized and participated in CASE FDI
seminars and attended trade shows for FDI
activity in the following locations in Western
Europe
CALENDAR YEAR 2005
Lille (France) Ghent, Liege, Mons and Antwerp
(Belgium) Leeds and Newcastle (UK)
Madrid, Seville and Barcelona (ES)
Stuttgart, Dresden and Duisburg (D) Stockholm
(SE)
CALENDAR YEAR 2006
London, Birmingham, Manchester and Glasgow
(UK) Instanbul (TR) Valencia, Santiagio
del Compostela, Vigo Madrid and Barcelona
(ES) Paderborn, Boenen, Düsseldorf and
Hannover (D) Lyon and Oyannax (FR) Bergamo
and Naples (IT) Emballage Trade Show
(Packaging show in Paris) Hannover Fair,
(Hannover, Germany)
CALENDAR YEAR 2007
Completed to date (March 31st)
Vienna and Linz, (A) London and Cardiff (UK),
Neuss (D), CeBit Trade show in Germany
Future activities
Cosmopack Trade Show (Bologna, Italy) The
Hannover Fair (Germany) Sheffield
Newcastle and Glasgow (UK) Amsterdam (NL),
Madrid, Zaragoza and Valencia (ES)

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State Focused-Globally Connected
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

SAMPLES OF FOREIGN SMES IN ILLINOIS ASSISTED AND
ENTICED BY THIS OFFICE TO SET UP THEIR US
OPERATION AND CHOOSE ILLINOIS AS THEIR PREFERED
LOCATION AUSTRIA
BELGIUM
WITHOUT DIRECT ASSISTANCE BUT PARENT COMPANY HAS
MEANWHILE BEEN MET AND AND OFFERED ASSISTANCE IF
NEEDED.
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DENMARK
FRANCE
GERMANY
GREAT BRTAIN
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ITALY
SPAIN
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
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SAMPLES OF CONCRETE INVESTMENTS ASSISTED BY THIS
OFFICE
Coster USA Inc, Elgin, IL 24,000 sq f
t
Liftting Gear USA Inc, Bridgeview, IL
20,000 sq ft
Mecalux USA Inc, Melrose Park, IL
400,000 sq ft,
Dynaco USA Inc, Nothbrook, IL 20,
000 sq ft
Raven Antenna Systems Inc, Batavia, IL
60,000 sq ft
FKW USA Inc, Frankfort, IL 50,000 sq
ft
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office
LARGE FOREIGN COMPANIES
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office
CITIES IN ILLINOIS WITH SISTER CITY RELATIONSHIPS
IN WESTERN EUROPE Addison Triggiona, Italy.
Belleville Paderborn, Germany. Belvidere
Schwieberdingen, Germany and Vaux-le-Penil, Fran
ce. Bloomington/Normal Canterbury, England.
Carol Stream Capri, Italy. Chicago Heights Sa
n Benedetto del Tronto, Italy. Columbia
Gedern, Germany. Crystal Lake Holzerlingen, G
ermany. Decatur Seevetal, Germany. Deerfield
- Ludinghausen, Germany. De Kalb Tamworth, Enga
lnd. Des Plaines Cremona, Italy. Dixon
Herzberg, Germany. Elk Grove Village Termine I
mmerse, Italy. Elmwood Park Frosinone, Italy.
Frankfort Weidhausen, Germany. Galva Galva,
Sweden. Glenview County Down, Northern
Ireland. Highland Sursee, Switzerland. Highla
nd Park Ferrar, Italy. Hoffman Estates
Angouleme, France. Lake County Ferrara Provin
ace, Italy. Lake Park High School Hamburg,
Germany. Lake Zurich Nittenau, Germany and Mi
dlothian, Scotland. Millstadt Gross-Bieberau,
Germany. Mt. Prospect Sevres, France. Niles
Leixlip, Ireland, Friedrichshafen, Germany,
Naphion, Greece, Pisa, Italy. Northbrook Dieg
em, Belgium. Oak Park Pamplona, Spain.
Palatine Fontenay-le-Comte, France. Park Ridge
Kinver, England. Peoria Clonmel, Ireland
Freidrichshafen, Germany. Quincy Herford,
Germany. Schiller Park Capurso, Italy.
Schaumburg Schaumburg, Germany. Tinley park
Budigen, Germany. Waterloo Porta Westfalica.
West Chicago Taufkirchen, Germany. Western
Springs Rueley, Engalnd. Wheaton Wheaton-As
ton, England, Karlskoqa, Sweden.

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office
CHICAGO SISTER CITIES WITHIN WESTERN EUROPE
Athens, Greece Birmingham, England Gothe
nburg, Sweden Hamburg, Germany Luncerne, S
witzerland Milan, Italy Paris, France F
OR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT
Chicago Sister Cities International Program Chi
cago Cultural Center 78 E Washington Street, 4th
Floor Tel No Fax No Natalie Campbell, Co
mmunications Manager Email natalie.campbell _at_ci
tyofchicago.org

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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office

The following Illinois-based organizations
promote commercial activities with West Europe
Austrian Trade Commission
Basque Trade Commission
Belgian Business Club of Chicago
British-American Business Council-Chicago
British Midlands
Dutch Chicago Business Exchange
Chicago/Ireland Business Development
Association
Embassy for France Economic Mission
French-American Chamber of Commerce
IDA Ireland
Invest in France Agency North America
Invest in Germany
Invest in Northern France
Italian American Chamber of Commerce Midwest
Italian Trade Commission
IVEX (Spain Trade Affairs)

Midwest Danish American Chamber of Commerce
The North of England Normandie Developmen
t Norwegian American Chamber of Commerce
Scottish Development International
Swedish American Chamber of Commerce
Swedish Trade Council Swiss Business Hub
USA Swiss American Business Council Trad
e Commission of Spain
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ILLINOIS OFFICE OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT
State of Illinois West European Office