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Riding a Wave of Deals, Taiwan Expo USA Returns to Dallas Next Month

by | Aug 27, 2026
As Taiwanese companies expand operations in North Texas, the three-day event aims to pair U.S. buyers with more than 100 suppliers.
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Mansfield’s Trinity Forge Celebrates Two 50-Year Employees
by | Aug 27, 2026
As the U.S. grapples with a shortage of skilled trade workers, Richard Hughes and Don Moody represent “a combined century of experience, dedication and institutional knowledge,” the manufacturer said.
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Irving-Based Celanese Partners With Hong Kong’s VIGOR to Develop Lightweight Plastic Joints for Humanoid Robots
by | Aug 18, 2026
The companies aim to reduce the weight of joint modules by more than 30% by replacing traditional metals with high-performance plastics while delivering precision and long-term reliability.
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Taiwan’s Foxlink Building Its First U.S. ‘AI Factory’ at AllianceTexas in Fort Worth
by | Jul 16, 2026
The facility at 4600 Alliance Gateway Freeway, which will build electronic components, is expected to create some 900 jobs at full capacity. Production is set to begin next month.
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Irving-based Caterpillar Commits $5M to Texas Workforce Training

by | Jul 6, 2026
Gov. Greg Abbott joined company executives to announce the investment, which is part of Caterpillar’s 5-year, $100M effort to support manufacturing’s digital transformation.
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Semiconductors, Robotics, Solar, & More: Suffolk Names New Dallas-Based GM of Advanced Technologies
by | Jun 18, 2026
Chris Guice will help lead Boston-based builder Suffolk’s continued expansion into advanced manufacturing sectors—including semiconductors, electric vehicle and battery production, robotics, solar, and precision manufacturing across the U.S. He will also support Suffolk’s continued growth across Texas.
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AllianceTexas Is Building America’s First Autonomous Logistics Ecosystem and Redefining North Texas as the Future of Freight
Hillwood’s 27,000-acre AllianceTexas development has long served as a proving ground for what’s next in logistics. Now, through decades of public-private partnership, the creation of a Smart Port, and the integration of forward-thinking policy, AllianceTexas is helping define the future of freight by positioning North Texas to lead in the algorithmic age of supply chain infrastructure.
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Dallas’ Continental Electronics Opens New Richardson Facility for Its Next‑Gen RF Systems
by | Dec 4, 2025
The new facility greatly increases production capacity, enhances operational efficiency, and positions the company for long-term innovation in critical RF systems, high-reliability components, and next-generation technologies, the company said.
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Plano Siemens HQ Expands Hiring as it Widens Applications for Digital Twin Tech

by | Aug 21, 2021
Siemens Digital Industries Software headquarters is hiring like gangbusters. Siemens CFO Timo Nentwich, who moved to Dallas from Berlin last October, says the company has moved far beyond enabling the designs of airplanes and cars, into analyzing entire manufacturing processes.

“Few people know that we’re running a large operation like this out of the Plano office,” the CFO said.
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Toyota Launches Free Immersive Educational Hub Dedicated to Advanced Manufacturing
by | Sep 14, 2020
Visitors to the e-learning hub can explore careers in advanced manufacturing and STEM while taking virtual tours of some of Toyota's most important facilities.
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Raytheon Secures its Future in McKinney With New 200,000 SF Advanced Manufacturing Facility
by | Aug 22, 2019
Planned for completion in late 2020, the new facility will bring 500 new high-tech jobs with it.
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How North Texas Meets the Needs of Advanced Manufacturing Companies
by | Jun 6, 2019
From high-tech fighter jets and the most-advanced helicopters in the world, to long-lasting lipsticks and packaged pasta, Dallas-Fort Worth is home to a hotbed of advanced manufacturing facilities.
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Workshop to Look at Advanced Manufacturing in Aerospace

by | Jul 11, 2017
The workshop was made possible by a $75,000 grant from the National Science Foundation and $25,000 from the University of Texas at Arlington.
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