FDI in Wisconsin Introduction

FDI stands for Foreign Direct Investment which is when a company directly invests in a foreign area to start producing a product to compete with a native product. FDI can be seen as a boost to the state as a result of new jobs and more money being put through the economy. Some examples of companies that are involved with FDI in Wisconsin include Sprint, Shell gas, and Volkswagen of America just to name a few. According to invest.inwisconsin.com, there are now 1,537 foreign-based companies that are succeeding in Wisconsin and with those companies, they have made 86,440 jobs from those foreign-owned establishments. Throughout the rest of the blog we will be discussing new and interesting topics about FDI in our home state of Wisconsin.

Reference: http://invest.inwisconsin.com/de/