{Frankfort, Kentucky}...Governor Steve Beshear is traveling to Europe for business meetings aimed at creating more jobs for Kentucky and strengthening ties with European companies already operating in Kentucky. Beshear's office said Wednesday that he has meetings planned in Germany and France. Kentucky has more than 400 foreign-owned facilities employing nearly 76,000 workers. Direct foreign investment coming into Kentucky totaled more than $28.2 billion in 2007, the most recent data available. Kentucky opened an office in Hamburg, Germany, last summer. Beshear plans to follow up on several business opportunities developed from the state's presence there.
