Since he returned to the Austin area six months ago, Dave Porter said solo-running the revamped Williamson County Economic Development Partnership has been a lot like running a startup. So for him, he’s attempted to escape the bustle of work on the…Read More
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Williamson County Judge Bill Gravell signed the county’s first-ever international economic mutual cooperation agreement with the Korea-Trade Investment Promotion Agency on Thursday. The history-making deal was signed at the South Korea trade agency’s new Global Partnering Center in downtown Austin….Read More
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AUSTIN, Texas – South Korea officially opened a new business incubator in downtown Austin to help attract more companies in the semiconductor industry. Formal agreements were signed Thursday afternoon. The deals were made by the state of Texas, as well as Williamson County, with a group…Read More
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On the top floor of Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.’s new Pyeongtaek campus in South Korea, Bill Gravell — a Texas-drawl kind of politician from just north of Austin — had the biggest “pinch me” moment of a recent trip to Asia. Framed…Read More
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Williamson County will continue to collaborate with Korean companies as Samsung makes progress on the construction of $17 billion semiconductor plant in Taylor. Williamson County Commissioners Court approved an agreement April 25 with the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency, which acts on behalf…Read More
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WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Texas — Williamson County and Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KORTA) will be joining a mutual cooperation agreement this week. This agreement, which was approved by the Williamson County Commissioners Court on Tuesday, will help support Korean companies in the U.S….Read More
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