100+ Swiss companies with more than 250 locations throughout greater Chicago
More than 40 Chicago-area companies in Switzerland including Kraft, McDonald’s, UL International, Motorola
2010 Imports to the Chicago Customs District
- Total: US $2.5 billion
Top Import Categories:
- Pharmaceutical Products
- Industrial Machinery, Including Computers
- Optic, Photo, Medical, Surgical Instruments
2010 Exports from the Chicago Customs District
- Total: US $711 million
Top Export Categories:
- Pharmaceutical Products
- Optic, Photo, Medical, Surgical Instruments
- Industrial Machinery, Including Computers
Swiss business activity, Chicago
- Barry Callebaut USA HQ, Chicago, 2007 and first US Chocolate Academy, 2008
- Nestle, expansion, Itasca, 2002
- UBS Tower, Loop, 2002
- Swiss Consulate General; Swiss Business Hub USA; Swiss-American Business Council
- Les Roches/Kendall College partnership, 2004
- Lucerne, Switzerland Sister City relationship, 10th anniversary 2008
- 18,000 Swiss-Americans in Chicago, 2000 Census; Swiss immigrants established Chicago’s first brewery in 1833.
- Mayor Daley visited Lucerne for the Chicago Symphony’s commemorative performance there in 2008, and addressed the American Chamber of Commerce while passing through Zurich
