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Knoxville-Area Foreign-Owned Employers Ranked by Number of Employees

Rank '12	'11	Company	Phone Website County	Total employees FT/PT/seasonal FT equivalent	Sector Description	Parent company '11 companywide rev.	Top local executive Locally established
1	1	DENSO Manufacturing Tennessee 1720 Robert C. Jackson Drive Maryville, TN 37801	865-982-7000 densocorp-na.com Blount	3,000 NA / NA / NA NA	Manufacturing Automotive parts	DENSO Corp. Kariya, Japan $38.4 billion	Yoshihiro "Van" Saka President 1988
2	2	DTR Tennessee 199 Pottertown Road1 Midway, TN 37809	423-422-4454 dtrtn.com Greene, Claiborne	1,1572 NA / NA / NA NA	Manufacturing Anti-vibration devices, rubber and plastic hoses	Tokai Rubber Industries Komaki City, Japan $3.14 billion	Tetsu Matsui President, CEO 1996
3	3	Mahle Engine Components USA One Mahle Drive Morristown, TN 37815	423-581-6603 us.mahle.com Hamblen	1,040 NA / NA / NA NA	Manufacturing Pistons, engine components for power cell assemblies	Mahle GmbH Stuttgart, Germany $7.8 billion	Martyn Hempston President, MAHLE Engine Components USA 1976
4	4	DENSO Manufacturing Athens Tennessee 2400 Denso Drive Athens, TN 37303	423-746-0000 densocorp-na.com McMinn	9803 NA / NA / NA NA	Manufacturing Oxygen sensors, fuel injectors, monolithic carriers, spark plugs, ignition coils	DENSO Corp. Kariya, Japan $38.4 billion	Youichi Yamashita President 2003
5	5	Exedy America Corp. 2121 Holston Bend Drive Mascot, TN 37806	865-932-3700 exedyusa.com Knox	725 500 / 0 / 0 225	Manufacturing Torque converters, transmission clutches	Exedy Corp. Osaka, Japan $2.5 billion	Jim Snodgrass Senior director 1994

1 Also Tazewell, TN; 2 733 in Midway, 424 in Tazewell; 3 820 associates, 160 temporary
Source: Individual company representatives, company Web sites. This information was compiled from July-Dec. 2012, and was valid at the time of submission. NA=not available or not applicable. Area includes Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Cocke, Grainger, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, McMinn, Meigs, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier and Union counties. If you notice an error or omission, please contact Angela Akers at 865-342-6424 or lists@knoxvillebiz.com.