TEXpansion — September/October 2009
Businesses and industries are expanding their facilities throughout Texas. Here is a sampling of recently announced expansions, tracked by the Office of the Governor, Economic Development and Tourism Division.
| City | Business Name | Type of Business | Type of Project | New Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston | Farouk Systems | Professional hair care and spa products manufacturer and exporter | Is expanding its Texas operations by relocating its research and development, design, manufacturing, assembling, packaging, marketing and shipping operations from Korea and China. | 1,200 assembly line workers with an average wage of $10/hour. |
| Commerce | Premium Cocoa Corporation | Cocoa processer | Will build a new cocoa processing plant, which will import cocoa beans from the Ivory Coast. | 125 in the first year, growing to 1,000 by 2013. |
| Lubbock | Tyler Technologies | Software developer | Will construct its 75,000-square-foot headquarters. | 100 |
| Fort Worth | DriveTime | Used automobile sales company headquartered in Phoenix, Ariz. | Will open a 31,000 square-foot call center. | 100 |
| Allen | Cisco Systems | Information technology network developer | The California-based technology company is building a $184 million, 160,000-square-foot data facility. | 90-128 with annual wages of $50,000-$110,000. |
| Pflugerville | Directed Manufacturing Inc. | Manufactures aircraft parts using a high-powered laser technology | The Carlsbad, Calif.-based company moved its manufacturing headquarters to a 10,000-square-foot facility, with plans to expand to 25,000 square feet. | 10-40 |
| Arlington | University of Texas at Arlington | Higher education | A $116 million Engineering Research Complex that will include a new 230,000-square-foot Engineering Research Building and labs and offices for the Department of Biomedical Engineering, is scheduled for completion in 2011. | N/A |
Sources: Office of the Governor, Economic Development and Tourism Division; Texas A&M University’s Real Estate Center.