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Meat alternative food manufacturer Quorn is staking claim on the meat-free chicken category with the opening of its new culinary development center in Dallas. [Photo: Quorn]
UK’s Quorn Grows Meatless Presence in U.S. with $335M Investment and a New Culinary Development Center in the Dallas Area
by David Seeley | Aug 19, 2021
Quorn wants its meatless brand to become "the king of alternative chicken globally." Its secret: naturally sourced mycoprotein that makes its meatless option really "taste like chicken." With a new president, executive chef, and Culinary Development Center near DFW Airport—plus a $335M investment from its parent company following a $1 billion IPO—Quorn is upping its game for the $5 billion alternative meat business.
by David Seeley |
Aug 18, 2021
With $13.2 billion in 2020 revenue and 47,000 employees worldwide, AECOM is a global leader in infrastructure innovation.
Now its CEO and select corporate leaders are leaving L.A. and joining AECOM's 1,200 existing Dallas employees to plant their HQ flag here—attracted by North Texas' benefits as
"a corporate hub and talent magnet for the engineering and consulting industry."
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by Quincy Preston |
Aug 18, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 9 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AirWatch's remotely restricting client devices, Allied Bioscience's antimicrobial coatings for medical implements and devices, Anametric's system for quantum coherence preservation of qubits, Capital One's behavioral data analytics platform, Golabs' hoverboard, Lintec of America's hook and loop artificial muscles, Smurfit Kappa North America's cold chain packaging, Solar Hardscapes' landscape pavers for ground installation of photovoltaic panels, and Ventamatic's climate smart fan ventilation,
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 17, 2021
On the list of the 5,000 fastest-growing, privately held, for-profit companies in the U.S., the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro had more ranking companies than any other Texas metro at 179. Wichita Falls and Sherman companies also made a showing.
Here are region's high-growth companies on the Inc. 5000 list.
Here are region's high-growth companies on the Inc. 5000 list.
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We love this guy's hammer. Forget all that high-tech stuff—sometimes you just need to bang things, especially when you install a row of revolutionary garage doors. [Photo: Overhead Door]
Lewisville’s Overhead Door, Innovator of the Modern Garage Door and Garage Door Opener, Celebrates 100th Birthday
by David Seeley | Aug 17, 2021
This throwback look at Dallas-area innovation icon Overhead Door Brand shows two of its breakthrough products since 1921. Today, the company just keeps on innovating. Its garage doors can now be operated from the other side of the world with a smartphone—luckily for you, if you forget to close your door before your next vacation.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 16, 2021
Stelfonta received FDA approval last November to treat dogs with non-metastatic, skin-based mast cell tumors (MCTs)—the most common malignant skin tumor in dogs. The injection is now available at vet clinics across the U.S., with an 88% "satisfactory experience" rate to date.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 13, 2021
In this week's roundup of hires and promotions in North Texas, you'll also find news from Elara Caring, Ecobat, Dallas Regional Chamber, HALL Group, VERTESS, Outdoors Tomorrow Foundation, GlobalStep, and more.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 13, 2021
Get your slice ready. Dallas companies Flite Golf and Century Golf have teamed up to bring gamification tech to golf ranges and golf entertainment venues—with help from Senior Advisor Ken May, former CEO of Topgolf, Drive Shack, and FedEx Office.
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Kainos Capital and Two Family Partners Acquire Innovative Pet Food Makers Muenster Milling
by David Seeley | Aug 12, 2021
Since 1932, the Felderhoff family has made pet food in the tiny North Texas town of Muenster. With custom ingredients like dried salmon, freeze-dried elk, beef bone broth, and bacon fat, their food tastes good. How good? One of the owners ate nothing but Muenster pet food for 30 days!
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by David Seeley |
Aug 12, 2021
Oatly's new 280,000-square-foot state-of-the-art manufacturing center is expected to create more than 100 jobs once completed in 2023—and will produce 150 million liters of oat milk annually.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 11, 2021
The move will create more than 200 new jobs and more than $6.8 million in capital investment.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 11, 2021
On Wednesday, Amazon announced findings from its 2021 U.S. Economic Impact Report, sharing a by-the-numbers look at its U.S. investments.
With its recently opened fulfillment center in Forney, Amazon now has more than 30 operations facilities across Dallas-Fort Worth—making North Texas its biggest market in the state. The company now has 37,000 direct employees in DFW alone.
With its recently opened fulfillment center in Forney, Amazon now has more than 30 operations facilities across Dallas-Fort Worth—making North Texas its biggest market in the state. The company now has 37,000 direct employees in DFW alone.
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U.S. Patent No. 1,1076,460, Lighting system, was assigned to Alliance Sports Group, L.P.
Dallas Invents: 103 Patents Granted for Week of July 27
by Quincy Preston | Aug 11, 2021
Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 11 for patents out of 250 metros. Patents granted include: AiBUY's dynamic binding of content transactional items, Alliance Sports Group's lighting system, Compass Datacenters' air dam for a datacenter facility, Microsoft's distributed processing architecture, Siemens' low pin count reversible scan architecture, and TI's technique to deter theft from automated teller machines.
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by Alex Edwards |
Aug 10, 2021
Veryable takes a new approach to labor: The Dallas-based tech company "variablizes" it. By connecting businesses to independent workers for manufacturing and distribution, Veryable's operations-driven approach can put people back to work and improve productivity and growth for manufacturers and suppliers.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 10, 2021
With Dallas ranked as one of the top cities in America for tech pros, UT Dallas and Fullstack have launched four skills training bootcamps focused on coding, cybersecurity, data analytics, and DevOps.
The online bootcamps begin in November with tuition at $11,995 each.
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by David Seeley |
Aug 10, 2021
What companies are finding funding or having a big exit? From startup investments to grants and acquisitions, Dallas Innovates tracks what’s happening in North Texas money....
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