International companies discuss what it’s like to move here to expand the semiconductor ecosystem By Justin Sayers – Senior Staff Writer, Austin Business Journal Jul 3, 2024 At a May conference in Tampa, Florida, executives of Korea-based LS Electric Co. Ltd. detailed plans to develop what the company is calling a technical center campus in Bastrop. The presentation was […]
It’s part of a wave of semiconductor-related companies migrating to the region By Justin Sayers – Senior Staff Writer, Austin Business Journal May 2, 2024 Another key supplier to Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. is building out a facility in the region. South Korea-based Fine Semitech Corp., or FST, has been working out of a nearly 16,000-square-foot manufacturing […]
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By Justin Sayers – Senior Staff Writer, Austin Business Journal Mar 27, 2024 Updated Jun 21, 2024 11:29am CDT From the Samsung factory rising in Taylor to Elon Musk’s SpaceX and Boring Co. operations in Bastrop — plus Tesla‘s growing presence in Kyle and data centers planned in Caldwell County — and every direction in between, the Austin suburbs are booming. Communities outside of Austin’s core have emerged as […]
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A recap of the 2023 Williamson County Growth Summit By 2040, the county just north of Austin is expected to surpass the population of the county that holds Austin. In this special report that complements ABJ’s 2023 Williamson County Growth Summit, we look at some of the incoming companies and real estate developments that will […]
Florida and Texas dominate, but Vermont breaks into top 10 thanks to post-COVID migration (Moscow, ID) – December 7, 2023 – The ongoing impact of post-COVID worker migration has vaulted Vermont into the top 10 states for attracting and retaining workforces in the latest edition of Lightcast’s annual Talent Attraction Scorecard. Florida and Texas remain the top […]
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Williamson County Precinct 4 Commissioner Russ Boles and Williamson County Economic Development Partnership (WilCo EDP) Executive Director Dave Porter led a delegation of 16 representatives from six Williamson County cities to South Korea from September 10 to 16. The primary purpose of the trip was a half-day seminar on Doing Business in Williamson County, […]
July 25, 2023 (Williamson County, Texas) – The Williamson County Economic Development Partnership (WilCo EDP) has gone international! In an update to the Williamson County Commissioners Court, Dave Porter, economic development director for WilCo EDP, announced that the partnership opened an office in Seoul, South Korea, on July 1, 2023. The primary function of the office […]
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