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Taiwan-Based Electronics Co. Announces Expansion to Plano’s Research/Technology District

by | Feb 13, 2024
Sysgration America Corporation—which manufactures everything from industrial-grade AR/VR glasses to industrial PCs, lithium green energy battery packs, and more—is moving into a facility in the 800-acre technology/light industrial park in southeast Plano.
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The Last Word: DFW Airport’s Milton De La Paz on How Qartar Cargo Flies In 12 Tons of Fresh-Cut Flowers Each Week
by | Feb 13, 2024
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport worked with Qatar Cargo to launch a special cargo operation last spring to make sure Texans got fresh-cut flowers "that are hours old instead of days." The special cargo flight flies in around 12 tons of fresh-cut flowers from Bogota, Colombia, each week. Once they land, they're raced across the state to florists, distribution centers, and supermarkets.
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Dallas-Based Valesco Industries Sells Its Interests in Drug Free Sport International
by | Feb 12, 2024
DFSI is an international third-party administrator of drug prevention/education and drug-testing programs for professional, collegiate, and amateur sports organizations. It's also a third-party service provider for clinical and mobile health services.
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The Last Word: III Forks President on Evolving His Steakhouse Brand with a ‘Next-Level’ Addison Location
by | Feb 12, 2024
When popular steakhouse brand III Forks, founded in North Dallas in 1998, decided to return to its roots with a new location in Addison's Village on the Parkway, executives said they recognized a need to create a dining aesthetic that retains the brand's core "while reinterpreting it for today's diners."
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Gen Z Is Flooding Into Texas: Young Demo Moving Here in Nation-Leading Numbers

by | Feb 12, 2024
Texas is America's No. 1 state by far in attracting Gen Z out-of-state movers, according to a new analysis of 2022 census data by real estate marketplace Zillow. It may be time to catch up on slang and watch out how you put emoticons in your texts.
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Plano’s Aimbridge Hospitality Creates 2 Operating Divisions, Announces Leadership
by | Feb 9, 2024
Aly El-Bassuni, divisional president of owner relations, will lead the new dedicated owner relations team for AImbridge, which is the world's largest third-party hotel operator.
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Industry Veteran to Lead Skidabrader’s New Aviation Division
by | Feb 9, 2024
John Hunter will lead the new division for Fort Worth-based Skidabrader, which serves dozens of military and civilian airports. The company's solutions help ensure "the safest possible runway conditions" in the face of challenges posed by constant tire scuffing and rubber buildup.
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Women’s Foodservice Forum Appoints New Leaders to its Board
by | Feb 9, 2024

Dallas-based Women’s Foodservice Forum (WFF) has announced the appointment of two industry leaders who will join its 2024 board of directors and named the senior leaders who will serve on the board executive committee....

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Dallas’ Data Axle Announces Former Epsilon CEO as New Chief Executive

by | Feb 9, 2024
Data Axle said that Andrew Frawley will play a key role in advancing its position as a leading provider of B2B and B2C data and real-time business intelligence solutions for enterprise, small business, and nonprofit organizations.
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HilltopSecurities Names Head of Fixed Income Capital Markets
by | Feb 9, 2024
Jason Lisec joined HilltopSecurities in 2009 and has served as co-head of fixed income capital markets since 2020. He has more than 30 years of experience in fixed income capital markets, as well as risk management.
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Bush Center’s Kenneth A. Hersh To Receive 2024 Horatio Alger Award for Lifetime Achievements and Philanthropy
by | Feb 9, 2024

Kenneth A. Hersh, president and CEO of the George W. Bush Presidential Center in Dallas has been selected for membership in the prestigious Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans Inc.,...

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Southlake’s Sabre Corp. Adds Former Lyft CFO to Its Board
by | Feb 9, 2024
Elaine Paul, the former CFO of Lyft, Amazon Studios, and Hulu, has been elected to Sabre's board, effective Feb. 16. On that same day, Zane Rowe and Rachel Gonzalez will retire from the board.
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‘Architects’ Engineer’ Joins DeSimone Consulting Engineering Dallas as Principal/Director

by | Feb 9, 2024

Industry leader Thomas W. Taylor, PE, has joined DeSimone Consulting Engineering as principal and director, helping to lead its structural engineering practice in Dallas.

DeSimone is a leading engineering and construction services consulting firm based in New York City. Taylor brings decades of structural engineering experience to DeSimone.

Taylor comes to DeSimone from Datum Engineers, a company he incorporated from Frank Chappell & Associates, which he built into one of the most respected firms in Texas....

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The Last Word: Dezman Lehman on Seeing His Grandfather’s Soul Food Restaurant on a Deep Ellum Streetlight Banner
by | Feb 9, 2024
That was then. This is now. New streetlight pole banners are hitting the streets in Dallas' Deep Ellum neighborhood, offering looks at the past and present of the historic area east of downtown.
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DFW-Based RobotLAB Expands Distribution Agreement with LG Business Solutions
by | Feb 9, 2024
Last March, RobotLAB inked a deal with LG Business Solutions USA to expand deployment of LG's hospitality robots—including a restaurant servebot named ClOi. The new collaboration will make the entirety of LG’s robotics portfolio more widely available and tailored via RobotLAB’s network and expertise.
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AllianceTexas at 35: How a Pioneering Vision Led to a $120 Billion Game Changer
by | Feb 8, 2024
When Ross Perot Jr. and Mike Berry were in their mid-20s, they set out to defy skeptics and fast-track a first-of-its-kind industrial airport in North Fort Worth. Today, AllianceTexas stands as a 27,000-acre global nexus fueled by that same trailblazing spirit—and public-private collaboration on a grand scale.
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