汉堡王(Burger King)与加拿大快餐连锁店提姆霍顿(Tim Hortons)的合并是近几天热门的经济新闻,消息公开后,Tim Hortons的股价溢价接近40%,为了避税,合并后的公司总部会迁往加拿大,奥克维尔因此会成为全球第三大快餐集团的核心所在地。
Oakville以宜居著称,同时奥克维尔对总部的吸引力也不小,福特加拿大总部(FORD)一直安家在Oakville;西门子加拿大总部(SIEMENS)也于两年前定居于此,现在汉堡王(Burger King)也要来了。
以下清单是在Oakville地盘上的主要企业和雇员人数
Ford Motor Company of Canada Ltd.
Canadian head office and automotive assembly plant
3,500 employees
UTC Aerospace Systems
Aerospace landing gear and flight controls
830 employees
Siemens Canada
Canadian head office, engineering services
800 employees
Tim Hortons Inc.(全加拿大人引以为骄傲的品牌,目前的总部就在奥克维尔中部Dorval和QEW交界的东南角, 有雇员近800人)
International head office for restaurants
789 employees
AMEC
Engineering services
600 employees
GE Water & Process Technologies
Water filtration systems
550 employees
Dufferin Construction
Commercial construction
500 employees
SNC Lavalin Nuclear Inc.
Consulting engineering services
450 employees
Mattamy Homes Ltd.
Residential construction contractors
450 employees
Automodular Corporation
Components for automotive industry
350 employees
Dominion of Canada General Insurance
Property and casualty insurance services
350 employees
PwC
Business advisory and consulting services
350 employees
First Canadian Title
Title insurance and mortgage services
300 employees
Wellspring Pharmaceutical Canada
Pharmaceutical contract manufacturing
255 employees
Takeda Canada Inc.
Medical device development and promotion
220 employees
Iovate Health Sciences Group Inc.
Health products manufacturing and distribution
200 employees
Pelmorex Media Inc.
Television weather forecasters
175 employees
Benlan Inc.
Medical device manufacturing
150 employees