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North Texas’ Micropac Industries Acquired by California Tech Company in $57M+ Deal

by | Jan 2, 2025

In an all-cash deal valued at more than $57 million, Garland’s Micropac Industries Inc. and California-based Teledyne Technologies Inc. have completed a previously announced merger of Micropac with a wholly owned subsidiary of Teledyne. 

Under the terms of the agreement, which was announced in early November, Micropac becomes a wholly owned Teledyne subsidiary....

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Massimo Is Launching a New Vehicle Assembly Robot Line at Its Garland Factory
by | Jul 17, 2024
Garland-based Massimo Group—which went public on Nasdaq in April and announced a 90,000-SF expansion of its Garland factory in May—said the automated line "will increase assembly efficiency by 50% by minimizing manual handling, decreasing labor, and enhancing safety for assembly line workers."
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Amberton University Names New System President
by | Jun 7, 2024
Dr. Carol A. Palmer succeeds Melinda H. Reagan, who retires after 18 years as the Garland-based university system's second president.
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Massimo Group To Expand Its Manufacturing Plant Near Dallas
by | May 21, 2024
A month after hitting the Nasdaq in a $5.85M IPO, Garland-based Massimo Group is expanding its manufacturing facility by 90,000 square feet to support both its pontoon boat production and its powersports vehicle operations.
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The lobby at the Walmart Health Center in Sugar Land, Texas. [Photo: Business Wire]

10 New Walmart Health Centers Coming to Dallas-Fort Worth in 2024

by | Apr 11, 2024
The services may vary by location, Walmart said, but include same-day primary care, dental, behavioral health, labs, X-ray, community health, and telehealth.
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The Draper: A ’60s Vibe Is Coming to an Iconic ’60s Building in Downtown Garland
by | Dec 15, 2023
The historic 1966 Garland Bank and Trust building will have an even more '60s look when it becomes The Draper—part of a $30 million revitalization-redevelopment underway in a partnership between the city of Garland and Dallas-based GroundFloor Development.
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WalletHub: Fort Worth Leads Texas Among Best Places to Start a Business
by | May 19, 2023

According to the latest WalletHub list, Fort Worth ranks as the No. 1 city to start a business in the state of Texas, leading a strong showing of five Dallas-Fort Worth cities among the top 100 best places to start a business in the nation....

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Report: ‘Rich Renter’ Households in DFW Up as Much as 198% in Five Years
by | Feb 3, 2023
RentCafe said that while the number of high-income renters in Dallas rose by 74% and sits at 6% of the city's total renters between 2015 and 2020—peaking at 17,257— he number of high-income renters rose even more dramatically in other North Texas cities. Garland saw a rise of 198%, McKinney 186%, Plano 103%, and Frisco 93%. High-income renters in Frisco may look into places like the luxury Remy apartments (above), coming to Frisco Square in 2024.
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Kandi electric vehicle "most affordable"

Kandi Brings the ‘Most Affordable’ Electric Cars in the U.S. to Dallas-Fort Worth

by | Jul 30, 2020
A virtual event will kick off the launch of two models—the K23 and K27. The price tag for its new compact EV starts at about $13,000 after incentives, Garland-based Kandi America says.
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‘Best Minds’: North Texas Smart City Consortium Launches with 21 Founding Members
by | May 26, 2020
The nonprofit North Texas Innovation Alliance—the largest of its kind in the U.S.—brings together cities, counties, municipalities, and agencies to tackle pressing challenges with innovative solutions. First up, the group will look at the effects of COVID-19. With the launch, NTXIA joins Mastercard's City Possible network that advances inclusive and sustainable development
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North Texas Cities Among Nation’s Fastest-Growing
by | Dec 12, 2019
Frisco and McKinney were the highest ranking North Texas cities in the WalletHub report, which based its rankings on job growth, increase of full-time and part-time jobs, and median household income growth, among other factors.
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Dallas Startup Citadel is Lowering the Entry Barrier to AI
by | Jun 25, 2019
"There’s this big myth that AI is a $30 million investment," Citadel Analytic's CEO says. The startup is out to prove that wrong. Now it's setting up shop in RagingWire’s Dallas TX1 Data Center to help national and global companies unleash the power of their data.
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RagingWire found everything it was looking for in planning the Garland data center. [Image: Courtesy RagingWire]

RagingWire Finds ‘Magic Ingredients’ for Its Dallas TX1 Data Center in Garland

by | Oct 11, 2018
The area 'hit the bullseye' in attributes RagingWire was looking for when planning its Dallas Data Center campus in Garland.
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North Texas Rises to Become One of Top U.S. Data Center Markets
by | Oct 10, 2018
Because of their unique value on the tax rolls, the stringent requirements to build them, and the technology needed to equip them, data centers have created a class of their own in real estate.
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Kandi's K22 all-electric two-seat subcompact. [Courtesy: SCAutosports]
Electric Kandi: Garland’s SC Autosports Unveils Two EV Prototypes
by | Aug 29, 2018
Along with bringing Kandi electric vehicles to the U.S. market, SC Autosports is also planning to open an R&D center for EVs in Dallas.
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Report: 3 DFW Cities Among the 20 Best for Hispanic Entrepreneurs
by | Apr 27, 2018
WalletHub compared more than 180 U.S. cities across 23 metrics to create its list.
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