BUSINESS LISTS
Major High Tech Manufacturers in Charlotte USA
Alcatel NA Cable Systems Hickory, NC Optical Cable manufacturing
Allvac Metals Co Monroe, NC High-Performance Alloys
CommScope Inc Hickory , NC Optical Cable manufacturing
Corning Cable Systems Hickory , NC Optical Cable manufacturing
Digital Optics Corp Charlotte, NC Diffractive optics, refractive micro-lenses
Lenier Health Products Fort Mill, SC Vitamins and nutritional supplements
Northrop Grumman Polyscientific Charlotte, NC Optical components, microlasers, specialty crystals
Major Back Offices in Charlotte USA
# Employees
Wachovia Corporation 1,500
Sprint PCS 1,200
Wells Fargo Home Mortgage 1,200
Microsoft Corporation 1,100
Sitel Corporation 1,000
Alltel Corporation 700
The Vanguard Group 700
Allstate Insurance Co (Customer Service) 550
Americredit 500
Allstate Insurance Co. (Claim Center) 450
Time Warner 308
TIAA - CREF 243
The Lash Group 300
Metro Telecommunications 200
Major Foreign Firms in Charlotte USA
Company Product HQ # Empl
1. Freightliner LLC Transport Equipment Germany 7,129
2. Food Lion LLC Retail Supermarkets Belgium 7,000
3. Compass Group USA Food/Vending Service Great Britain 2,031
4. Springs Global US, INC Textile Manufacturing Brazil 1,500
5. Eckerd Drugs Retail Pharmacy Chain Canada 1,455
6. Maersk Sealand Containerized Cargo Carrier Denmark 1,000
7. Royal and Sun Alliance Insurance Provider Great Britain 1,000
8. US Foodservice Inc. Food Distributor Netherlands 800
9. Siemens Power Corporation Electrical Product Manufacturer Germany 800
10. AXA Equitable Life Insurance France 725
11. Securitas Security Services Inc. Guard Services Sweden 700
12. Securitas Systems Security Installation Sweden 700
13. Blythe Construction, Inc. Road, Bridge, Utility Construction France 650
14. Areva Manufacturing and Nuclear Fuel France 600
15. Clariant Corporation Chemical Manufacturing Switzerland 600
16. Schaeffler Group USA Inc. Machinery Manufacturing Germany 570
17. Hella Lighting Corp. Auto Headlight Manufacturing Germany 550
18. ASMO North Carolina, Inc. Automotive Parts Manufacturing Japan 545
19. Pass & Seymour Legrand Fax & Barcode Ribbons Japan 500
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Fortune 1000 Companies in Charlotte USA (2007)
Company Fortune 1000 Rank Industry
Bank of America 9 Banking
Lowe’s Cos. Inc. 45 Retail
Wachovia Corp. 46 Banking
Duke Energy Corp. 143 Electricity & Natural Gas
Nucor STeel 161 Steel Products
Sonic Automotive 285 Automotive Products
Family Dollar Stores 359 Retail
Goodrich Corp. 390 Aerospace Components
SPX Corp 471 Industrial Manufacturing
Belk, Inc 591 Retail Department Store
Ruddick Corp 608 Holding Company for Harris Teeter Stores
Carlisle Cos Inc. 688 Construction & industrial materials, automotive parts
CommScope 976 Communication Networks
Major Manufacturers in Charlotte USA (2007)
Company Product # Employees
Springs Industries, Inc. Home furnishings 6,000
Freightliner LLC Transportation equipment 3,700
Philip Morris Cigarettes 2,750
Commscope Inc. Coaxial, fiber optic & telecomm cables 2,100
Solectron Technology Inc. Electronics equipment 2,100
Continental Tire North America Passenger, industrial tires 2,000
American & Efird Industrial Sewing Thread 1,744
Dana Corporation Oil, fuel, air induction system filters 1,618
KoSa Polyester fibers, resins & polymers 1,600
Sara Lee Corporation Intimate apparel 1,600
PharrYarns Carpet, upholstery, apparel & hosiery yarns 1,550
Century Furniture Industries Home furnishings 1,500
Knight Ridder Inc. Publishing, newspapers 1,500
Parkdale Mills Cotton & cotton synthetic yarn 1,500
Sherrill Furniture Household furniture 1,403
Broyhill Furniture Industries Bedroom furniture 1,400
Lance Inc. Snack food 1,400
Tyson Foods Inc. Fresh retail poultry 1,300
Corning Cable Systems Optical cable 1,200
Alcatel NA Cable Systems Inc. Fiber optics & LAN products 1,100
Bowater Inc. Coated & specialty papers 1,085
Allvac High performance alloys 1,000
Hickory Chair Co. Wooden & upholstered furniture 1,000
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