Editing Multinational corporation (section)

===Manufacturing===
Down through the 1930s, about 80% of the international investments by multinational corporations were concentrated in the primary sector, especially mining (especially oil) and agriculture (rubber, tobacco, sugar, [[palm oil]], coffee, cocoa, and tropical fruits). Most went to the Third World colonies. That changed dramatically after 1945 as investors turned to industrialized countries and invested in manufacturing (especially high-tech electronics, chemicals, drugs, and vehicles) as well as trade.<ref>John H. Dunning and Sarianna M. Lundan, ''Multinational Enterprises and the Global Economy'' (2nd ed. 2008) pp 37–39.</ref>

Sweden's leading manufacturing concern was [[SKF]], a leading maker of bearings for machinery. In order to expand its international business, it decided in 1966 it needed to use the English language. Senior officials, although mostly still Swedish, all learned English and all major internal documents were in English, the lingua franca of multinational corporations.<ref>Christopher Tugendhat, ''The Multinationals'' (1973) p 147.</ref>