Area Description

Phoenix is currently home to three major Fortune 1000 companies: electronics corporation Avnet, Apollo Group (which operates the University of Phoenix), and mining company Phelps Dodge Corporation.

Honeywell hosts many factories for the building of military grade engines, as well as their company network gateway in Phoenix.  Intel has one of their largest sites in Arizona, employing about 11,000 employees and 3 chip manufacturing fabs, including the $3 billion dollar state of the art 300mm, 45nm Fab 32.  American Express hosts their financial transactions, customer information, and their entire website in Phoenix.

The area is also home to US Airways Group, a Fortune 500 company located in Tempe.  Nearby Scottsdale is also home to Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (also listed on the Fortune 500), the second largest non-hazardous solid waste management company in the United States.  Phoenix is also home to the headquarters of U-HAUL International, a rental company and moving supply store.