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== Economy == {{More citations needed section|date=January 2009}} Melville and [[Hauppauge, New York|Hauppauge]] are the two primary business centers of Suffolk County, which is home to almost approximately 1.5 million people. Melville is home to the U.S. headquarters for several national and international corporations, including [[Canon USA]],<ref name="canon-usa">{{cite news|last=Madore|first=James T.|date=February 18, 2013|page=A4|work=[[Newsday]] |title=Canon makes big move to new Melville headquarters |url=https://www.newsday.com/business/canon-makes-big-move-to-new-melville-headquarters-f95005 |access-date=2024-02-25 |language=en}}</ref><ref name="canon-usa-pictures">{{cite news|date=February 20, 2013|title=A picture-perfect move|page=A31|work=[[Newsday]]}}</ref> [[Chyron Corporation]], [[Leviton]], [[MSC Industrial Direct]], [[Nikon]] USA, the medical and dental supply distributor [[Henry Schein]], [[Bouchard Transportation]], and [[Verint Systems]]. Significant operations of [[Manhattan]]-based [[The Estée Lauder Companies]] are also based in Melville. In early 2013, Canon Inc. moved into its new regional headquarters for North and South America to Melville, building a $500-million {{convert|668296|ft2|m2|adj=on}} glass structure near Exit 49 of the [[Interstate 495 (New York)|Long Island Expressway]] on the {{convert|52|acre|m2|adj=on}} site of a former [[pumpkin]] farm.<ref name="canon-usa" /> About 1,500 workers were expected to move from Canon's [[Lake Success, New York|Lake Success]] offices.<ref name="canon-usa" /> The company chose Melville over other [[New York metropolitan area|tri-state area]] locations because the employees "didn't want to leave the area".<ref name="canon-usa" /> Companies once headquartered in Melville that subsequently relocated include [[OSI Pharmaceuticals]], which was bought by [[Astellas Pharma]] of Japan, [[Allion Healthcare]], which was acquired by a private equity firm, [[Hain Celestial Group|Hain Celestial]], which moved to [[Lake Success, New York|Lake Success]] in Nassau County, [[Arrow Electronics]], which relocated to [[Centennial, Colorado]] in 2011, global staffing giant [[Adecco Staffing, USA]], which in 2014 moved their U.S. headquarters to [[Jacksonville, Florida]], and [[Gentiva Health Services]], a [[Fortune 1000]] provider of health services, which relocated to [[Atlanta]] in 2006. Other firms to leave include [[First Data]], Olympus America Inc., the U.S. subsidiary of [[Olympus Corporation]], who moved in 2006 to [[Center Valley, Pennsylvania]], and the national pizza chain [[Sbarro]], which declared bankruptcy and reemerged in 2014, relocating to [[Columbus, Ohio]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newsday.com/business/companies-that-left-long-island-1.11831600 |title=Companies that left Long Island or downsized over the years |work=Newsday |date=February 21, 2017 |access-date=March 29, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170302172627/https://www.newsday.com/business/companies-that-left-long-island-1.11831600 |archive-date=March 2, 2017}}</ref> Around 2002, [[Swiss International Air Lines]]'s North American headquarters moved from Melville to [[Uniondale, New York|Uniondale]]. The facility, the former [[Swissair]] North American headquarter site, was completed in 1995. Swissair intended to own, instead of lease, its headquarters site. It enlisted architect [[Richard Meier]] to design its Melville facility.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swiss.com/countries/US/local_content/contacts/Pages/Contacts.aspx|title=Contact Us SWISS USA|website= [[Swiss International Air Lines]]|accessdate= 2009-01-20}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Anastasi|first= Nick|url=http://www.allbusiness.com/operations/facilities/1079029-1.html |title=SwissAir USA HQ heads to market.(Swiss International Airlines moves to Uniondale)|publisher=[[Long Island Business News]]|date=June 7, 2002|accessdate=2009-01-25}}</ref> The building is now owned by Damianos Realty Group, LLC, a Long Island-based real estate company.
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