Billions of dollars of investment, hundreds of jobs are possible at the logistics park For more than a half-decade, what’s been called a “unicorn” in the Central Texas industrial ecosystem has been poised to boom. Now, the 750-acre RCR Taylor Logistics Park is living up to that potential. Over the last several months, three companies tied to […]
Tally of construction workers yields a head-turning number South Korean chipmaker Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has put out new numbers to show how big of a deal it is to the local economy. Samsung claims it pumped roughly $26.8 billion into the economy in the past year when accounting for its longtime Austin site and […]
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — A recent visit to South Korea by Williamson County and City of Taylor leaders highlighted ongoing efforts to bring in a variety of businesses including support industries to Samsung’s Semiconductor plant in Taylor. “While we were there we called on 27 companies in total and we came back with a […]
Real estate still needed; size and scope of project undetermined Hironic Co. Ltd., a South Korean manufacturer of medical devices for the beauty industry, has signed a memorandum of understanding to open a new production and sales facility in Taylor, northeast of Austin. While the size, scope and precise location of the project are yet […]
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Hironic, a specialist in beauty medical devices, announced the signing of a four-party memorandum of understanding (MOU) on Jan. 31 at the JW Marriott Hotel Seoul with the City of Taylor, Texas in the U.S.; Mastern America LLC; and The Economic Development Corporation (EDC) of Taylor, Texas. This MOU outlines the project review and advancement […]
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A network of factories is popping up to serve a megafactory With construction humming along at a new campus in Taylor, and work remaining steady at its longtime home in North Austin, Samsung Austin Semiconductor says its economic impact on Central Texas more than doubled last year. It was already huge. The chipmaker – part […]
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For more than a decade, Ben White has been involved in Williamson County economic development efforts, first in Round Rock and for the last five years in Cedar Park. He’ll make his way to a third city north of Austin, as the city of Taylor announced on Oct. 18 that White will take over as the head […]
Samsung Austin Semiconductor, a company that has already committed to building a $17 billion semiconductor facility in Taylor, could increase its investment there by tens of billions of dollars and add several thousand new jobs. According to several new Chapter 313 applications released July 20 through the Texas comptroller’s website, Taylor ISD has approved nine separate […]
The first inkling for Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell that a multibillion-dollar economic development project was interested in his patch of Central Texas came as he was celebrating his 37th wedding anniversary. Gravell and his wife were eating dinner on Jan. 4 at Paw-Paw’s Catfish House in Bastrop, he recalled, when his phone rang. On […]
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After two start-and-stop years of planning, Taylor will get a new hotel. “It’s been a long process but we’re very excited we can make this announcement,” said Nimesh Patel with SAYDA, Inc. late Tuesday afternoon. His announcement was that his company will build a Holiday Inn Express and Suites, with at least 65 rooms, on […]