Australia's improving foreign ownership record

80 Australian companies generating more than $200m a year offshore

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A

Alumina: 40% stake in Alcoa bauxite/aluminium JV
Amcor: US, European, NZ, Asian paper
AMP: NZ operations
AGL: NZ gas assets
Ansell: global condom and glove sales
ANZ: NZ and increasing investments in Asia
Aristocrat: global poker machines sales, especially US and Japan
Ausenco: the engineering and port services company has just bought two global businesses.
Austal: the Perth-based ship builder lifted revenues by 15% to $626 million in 2007-08 with the majority coming from offshore contracts.
AWB: monopoly Australian wheat exporter
AWE: emerging oil exporter which generated $821m in 2007-08 and a profit of $264m.

B

Babcock & Brown Infrastructure: Powerco in NZ and North Western Energy corp in the US
BHP-Billiton: Escondida, Canadian diamonds, US copper etc
Billabong: global surf and street wear sales
Boart Longyear: drilling services company recently transplanted from US to Australia
Boral: US bricks, tiles, flyash, Asian plasterboard
BlueScope Steel: old BHP Steel business
Bradken: just bought US-based Americast business which has revenues of more than $300 million.
Brambles: Chep pallets and record management business.

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C

Centro: large US property assets
Challenger Infrastructure Fund: purchased big UK infrastructure assets in 2005 for $630 million.
Coogee Resources: controlled by the Martin family and formerly supported by Babcock & Brown with oil production from Monatan field in the Timor Sea.
Crown: US and Macau casino operations
Cochlear: medical implants/bionic ear
Commonwealth Bank: NZ and limited Asian operations
Computershare: global share registry businesses
CSL: international blood products
CSR: sugar and aluminium

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D

Downer EDI: growing infrastructure and engineering contracts in south-east Asia

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E

Eircom Holdings: the old Babcock & Brown Capital which controls Ireland's national telco.

F

Fairfax Media: New Zealand publishing
Felix Resources: emerging coal miner
Flight Centre: travel services
Foster's: struggling global wine business and dwindling beer operations

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G

Goodman Fielder: food group which used to have Kiwi billionaire Graeme Hart as the largest shareholder with 20%
Goodman International: large industrial property management around the world but regrets paying too much in US.
GPT Group: rapidly reducing European interests through unhappy joint venture with Babcock & Brown since divorcing Lend Lease
Graincorp: with AWB losing its export monopoly, it's export revenues are likely to rise in the years ahead and now exceed $1 billion a year. They have transformed into an international agribusiness, with operations in Australia, the US, Canada and the UK, with the acquisition of the United Malt Holdings group, the world's 4th largest commercial malt manufacturer.

Gunns: Tassie tree exports

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I

Isoft: projecting up to $400m in revenue for 2008 after big UK isoft acquisition which is struggling.
Incitec Pivot: booming chemical and fertiliser business which just bought Dyno Nobel explosives business.
Iluka Resources: mineral sands exporter
Insurance Australia Group: NZ and UK insurance operations

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L

Lend Lease: UK property and Bovis construction
Liberman family: property, banking

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M

Macquarie Airports: large interests in European airports
Macquarie Group: world's biggest infrastructure owner plus global trading and big property investments
Macquarie Infrastructure Group: world's biggest tollroad company
Macquarie Media: Taiwanese and US media operations
Michell family: Adelaide based wool and leather giant with revenues of $560m
Mincor: emerging nickel exporter now generating more than $300m a year
Mirvac: expanding US property assets
Mt Gibson: small WA iron ore miner which generated a 2007-08 net profit of $113 million on revenues of $432 million but it close to majority Chinese controlled these day.

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N

NAB: UK banking
Newcrest Mining: gold exports
Nufarm: NZ chemicals business, plus recently acquired US and UK operations

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O

Orica: worldwide explosives business
OneSteel: steel exports and operations in 10 countries after Smorgon takeover
OZ Minerals: slimmed right down after $US1.2 billion with MinMetals but Prominent Hill still makes the grade.

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P

Paperlinx: European paper operations

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Q

Qantas: airline business
QBE: various insurance operations

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R

Resmed: booming sleep disorder products company with global sales pushing $1 billion
Rip Curl: global sales now approaching $700m

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S

Sanger Australia: meat exporter with revenues of more than $500m a year
Sims Group: UK and US metal recycling although CEO is now based in New York
Sonic Healthcare: burgeoning US and European pathology business
Spotless Group: US plastics manufacturing and UK services business
Suncorp: New Zealand insurance and banking operations

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T

Telstra: New Zealand international operations
Teys Family: run a meat processing business with the Packers that turns over $1bn a year
Toll Holdings: NZ rail and Asian logistics
Transfield: US engineering services
Transpacific Industries: large investments in New Zealand waste disposal market
Transurban: US tollroad operations

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U

United Group: booming engineering, mining services and facilities management company

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V

Valad Property Group: $2 billion acquisition of European property group Scarborough in 2007 put it into the big league whilst almost sending it broke.
Visy: US paper
Village Roadshow: cinemas/film production

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W

Wesfarmers: coal exports
Westfield: US, NZ and UK shopping centres
Westpac: NZ operations
Woolworths: NZ operations
Worley Parsons: 73 offices in 33 countries for engineering project management

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