Foreign-owned companies

San Diego Business Journal, Dec 25, 2006 by Liz Wiedemann

FOREIGN-OWNED COMPANIES

Company
Web site                           San Diego County operations

Allianz                             Variable Annuity Division
www.allianzlife.com

Bank of the West                        Bank of the West
www.bankofthewest.com

Eset LLC                                  Eset Software
www.eset.com

I-mate                                    I-mate U.S.A.
www.imate.com

Kontron                                  Kontron America
www.kontron.com

Kyocera                    Kyocera International Inc., Kyocera America
www.kyocera.com                   Inc., Kyocera Wireless Corp.

Nokia                                  Nokia Scripps Ranch
www.nokia.com

Samsung                       Samsung Electronics America Inc.--ADC
www.samsung.com

Sanyo                                  Sanyo Energy Corp.
www.sanyo.com

Sierra Wireless America                        na
www.sierrawireless.com

Sony                           Sony Electronics Inc., Sony Online
www.sony.com                              Entertainment
www.sonyonline.com

Taiyo Yuden                          Taiyo Yuden U.S.A. Inc.
www.t-yuden.com

Toyota                               Toyo de Baja California
www.toyota.com

Union Bank of California            Union Bank of California
www.uboc.com

Company
Web site                              Business description

Allianz                     Business and personal insurance, bond and
www.allianzlife.com                   investment management

Bank of the West                             Banking
www.bankofthewest.com

Eset LLC                      Proactive anti-virus and anti-spyware
www.eset.com                                software

I-mate                         Developer and supplier of wireless
www.imate.com                 integrated pocket PCs and Smartphones

Kontron                      Global embedded computer technology and
www.kontron.com                 mobile rugged solutions provider

Kyocera                         Manufacturer of wireless phones,
www.kyocera.com            telecommunications equipment, solar energy
                                             systems

Nokia                           Mobile communications corporation
www.nokia.com

Samsung                             Electronics manufacturing
www.samsung.com

Sanyo                         Manufacturer and seller of electrical
www.sanyo.com                               products

Sierra Wireless America      Develops and markets wide area wireless
www.sierrawireless.com         communications products for mobile
                                            computers

Sony                              Manufacturer of audio, video,
www.sony.com                communications and information technology
www.sonyonline.com                          products

Taiyo Yuden                 Manufacturer of surface-mount and leaded
www.t-yuden.com                        passive components

Toyota                              Automobile manufacturers
www.toyota.com

Union Bank of California                     Banking
www.uboc.com

Company                                 * Parent company
Web site                                 * Headquarters

Allianz                                    Allianz AG
www.allianzlife.com                      Munich, Germany

Bank of the West                           BNP Paribas
www.bankofthewest.com                         Paris

Eset LLC                                    Eset LLC
www.eset.com                          Bratislava, Slovakia

I-mate                                       I-mate
www.imate.com                      Dubai, United Arab Emirates

Kontron                                      Kontron
www.kontron.com                          Munich, Germany

Kyocera                                   Kyocera Inc.
www.kyocera.com                               Tokyo

Nokia                                      Nokia Corp.
www.nokia.com                        Keilalahdentie, Finland

Samsung                                   Samsung Group
www.samsung.com                           Seoul, Korea

Sanyo                                Sanyo Electric Co. Ltd.
www.sanyo.com                             Osaka, Japan

Sierra Wireless America               Sierra Wireless Inc.
www.sierrawireless.com         Richmond, British Columbia, Canada

Sony                                       Sony Corp.
www.sony.com                                  Tokyo
www.sonyonline.com

Taiyo Yuden                           Taiyo Yuden Co. Ltd.
www.t-yuden.com                               Tokyo

Toyota                                 Toyota Motor Corp.
www.toyota.com                                Tokyo

Union Bank of California        Mitsubishi Tokyo Financial Group
www.uboc.com

This is alphabetical listing.

Source: The companies and their Web sites.

It is not the intent of this List to endorse the companies.

RESEARCHED BY Liz Wiedemann
Originally published Aug. 28, 2008