Nashville Area International Business

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Nashville Area International Business

• International Trade
• International Headquarters
• Foreign Direct Investment
• International Business Council

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Nashville Area Exports
Source U.S. Department of Commerce
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Nashville Area Exports
Source U.S. Department of Commerce
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Nashville Area Exports
Source Harris Infosource Selectory
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International Headquarters

• worldwide worldwide
• revenue (m) jobs (000s)
• Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc 4,662m 133.7
• Dollar General Corporation 4,655m 69.5
• Nissan North America Inc 3,839m 162.2
• Vanderbilt University 2,733m 12.6
• Tractor Supply Co 2,703m 11.6
• CBRL Group Inc 2,352m 64.0
• Louisiana-Pacific Corp 1,705m 5.1
• Genesco Inc 1,502m 13.9
• Corrections Corporation of America 1,479m
  16.6
• Clarcor Inc 921m 5.5
• Sitel Worldwide Corp 781m 237.0
• Keystone Automotive Industries 700m 9.1
• National HealthCare Corp 698m 11.0

Source Harris Infosource Selectory
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Foreign Direct Investment

• Local Jobs
• Nissan North America Inc 8,750
• Randstad Work Solutions 3,606
• Electrolux Home Products 3,300
• Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc 3,075
• Cinram 1,000
• T-Mobile 900
• Willis North America 900
• General Mills/Pillsbury 750
• Johnson Controls 630
• Unipres USA 600
• Fiberweb Old Hickory 592
• Mahle Filter Systems North America 583
• MI Windows Doors 500
• Nemak USA Inc 500

Source State of Tennessee Nashville Business
Journal
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Foreign Direct Investment
Source State of Tennessee
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Foreign Direct Investment
Source State of Tennessee
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International Business Council

• Recruitment, retention expansion
• Recruiting Trips Canada
• Support for area international companies
• Regular lunch breakfast briefing programs
• Trade Mission partnerships
• Health Care Council

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International Business Council
Board of Directors

• Nissan
• Thomas Nelson
• SSOE
• Regions Financial Corp
• Willis of Tennessee
• V. Alexander
• Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
• Baker Donelson
• FedEx
• Lipscomb University
• Freeborders Inc
• Performance Paper (Shanghai)
• Tennessee China Office (Beijing)

• Tractor Supply
• The Pasta Shoppe
• Gibson Guitar
• American Airlines
• Kraft CPAs
• Clarcor
• Qualcast
• Bridgestone
• Nashville Wire
• Gresham Smith Partners
• Wyatt Tarrant Combs
• Nashville Airport Authority
• Mayor Deans Office

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Nashville International Business

• Key Metrics
• Nashville Metro Area Exports
• 5.4 billion
• 38th out of 350 metro areas
• Corporate Headquarters
• 49 locations
• 18,603 jobs
• 35.5 billion revenue
• Foreign Direct Investment
• 205 locations
• 34,591 jobs
• All Companies
• 488 locations
• 45,117 jobs

Source State of Tennessee, Harris Infosource,
U.S. department of Commerce
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