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The Midwest chapter of the Australian New Zealand American Chamber of Commerce “ANZACC Midwest” is a nonprofit organization devoted to serving corporations, organizations and individuals interested in enhancing their relations and understanding of these three countries.
A common heritage and language, a shared spirit of independence and democracy, and linkages forged in major conflicts have long fostered understanding and affection between the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Mutual interest in trade, investment, tourism, education and culture in the Australian region and in global political and economic developments reinforce the importance of America's relations with these countries.

Objective


The primary objective of ANZACC Midwest is to create closer ties between Midwestern United States companies, organizations and individuals with their counterparts in Australia and New Zealand, specifically those interested in developing new markets, products and technologies. The exchange of information and assistance is expected to flow both east and west across the Pacific.

Activities of the Chamber support the objective by:


  • Providing a systematic exchange of information
  • Facilitating interactions through seminars, speaker forums and conferences
  • Assisting visitors in setting agendas and meetings with public and private contacts throughout the Midwest
  • Facilitating events with Australian and New Zealand performing and other artists
  • Developing and supporting educational exchange programs for both academics and students
  • Maintaining a web-site for access to relevant information

About the Midwest – feature city Chicago

  • The city of Chicago has a population of close to 3 million people making it the third-most populous city in the United States.
  • The Chicago metropolitan area (commonly referred to as Chicagoland) has a population of over 9.7 million people in Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana, making it also the third largest metropolitan area in the United States.
  • Chicago has a large and diversified economy with the third largest gross metropolitan product in the nation - approximately US$442 billion according to 2007 estimates.
  • Chicago is home to one of the largest business and financial service sectors in the United States.
  • 21 of the Fortune 500 companies have their headquarters in metropolitan Chicago including Boeing, Sears, Walgreens, Motorola, Sara Lee, Kraft and Abbott Laboratories.
  • The Chicago region is one of the major transport hubs in the world.
    • O’Hare and Midway airports handle one of the largest volumes of air passenger traffic in the world – Over 86 million per annum.
    • It is the busiest rail hub in the US and the world’s third largest inter-modal container port behind Hong Kong and Singapore.
    • It has more than 200 truck terminals with at least 41,700 outbound truckloads a day.
    • Over 50 per cent of the North American industrial economy is within one day’s truck delivery.
  • Chicago is the major telecommunications hub in North America with the world's largest Internet exchange point (more than 7 terabytes per day) and the world's only interconnection point for international advanced networks.
  • Chicago is home to over 200 green roofs, covering 2.5 million square feet, more than any other city in the United States.
  • The Chicago region is home to an increasing number of Australian and New Zealand companies, including Macquarie Group, Nufarm, Orica, Computershare, Bovis Lend Lease, CSL Behring, Westfield and Fisher and Paykel.