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Chris Shacklett, director of economic development for the city of Richardson [Composite photo; original: Careington]
Richardson Taps Interim Economic Development Director for Permanent Role
by Lance Murray | Aug 23, 2024
Chris Shacklett has served since February as interim director. Previously, he was assistant director of development services and planning for the North Texas city—one of many roles he's held there over the last 17 years.
by Lance Murray |
Aug 19, 2024
The center at Prodapt's new facility in Richardson is designed to help clients fully integrate AI capabilities into their IT, network, and business operations to improve organizational efficiency and customer experience. Prodapt serves 40-plus global companies on six continents.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 19, 2024
Alamo Drafthouse is set to reopen all of the theaters it acquired after their closure as part of a franchisee's Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing—including DFW’s Cedars, Lake Highlands, Las Colinas, Richardson, and Denton locations and the Woodbury location in Minnesota's Twin Cities. The reopenings will be rolled out throughout the month of August.
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by Lance Murray |
Jul 12, 2024
Ron Wozny has been appointed as senior vice president of marketing and business development and Jessica Zan has been named senior director of clinical implementations at Richardson-based MyDirectives, an innovator in digital advance care planning....
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Richardson’s Service Experts Announces Acquisition, Now Has 98 ‘Home Comfort’ Centers in 31 States
by Lance Murray | Apr 7, 2024
Richardson-based Service Experts has acquired 19 local HVAC and plumbing service centers from Connecticut-based HomeServe USA Corp., an acquisition that brings its total number of local service centers to 98, serving homeowners across 31 states.
With this expansion, Service Experts said it is building on its leading position of delivering “worry-free comfort” to more homes and businesses across the nation....
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 29, 2024
Eugene I. Davis has been appointed to the board of directors and will serve as a member of the board’s audit committee. Pursuant to an investor agreement with The Buxton Helmsley Group Inc., BHG nominee Pamela B. Corrie will serve as a member of the nominating and corporate governance committee.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 7, 2024
Toronto-based Celestica produces "groundbreaking, state-of-the-art equipment" based on artificial intelligence learning systems for its U.S.-based customers. Its newly announced expansion is being fueled by an economic redevelopment agreement with the city of Richardson.
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 22, 2024
Aiming for "a seismic impact" on the toy aisle, the Netherlands-based company—whose North American HQ is in Richardson— is leveraging its new worldwide license and distribution agreement with Funko Games. Throughout 2024, products will roll out in "action figure role play, construction, miniatures, impulse, interactive pets, small doll, licensed plush, and more," Goliath said.
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AdvoCare's 2023-2024 grants included this one to the North Texas Food Bank. [Photo: Business Wire]
Richardson’s AdvoCare Foundation Announces $330K in 2023-2024 Grants
by Lance Murray | Sep 20, 2023
The foundation said the grants will be used to improve the well-being of children and families living in vulnerable communities by implementing initiatives focused on access to healthy food, exercise, and nutritional education.
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Fire Meets Ice: Solo Stove Family of Brands Brings Portable Air Conditioning Into Its Outdoor Lineup
by Lance Murray |
Aug 10, 2023
Solo Brands, with its hallmark commitment to consumer passion and community engagement, is adding IcyBreeze Cooling to its outdoor lifestyle product portfolio. The deal was finalized on July 1, as announced by Generational Equity, a Richardson-based mergers and acquisitions adviser for privately held businesses....
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by Lance Murray |
Jun 2, 2023
Richardson-based Texans Credit Union announced that Ian Beirnes has joined the organization as vice president of IT systems, a post in which he will be responsible for managing the credit union’s technology infrastructure and operations department.
“We are very pleased to welcome Ian to our leadership team,” CEO David Frazier said in a statement....
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by Lance Murray |
May 24, 2023
At nearly 2.3 million-square-feet of space, the high-rise development is one of the largest corporate campuses in Dallas-Fort Worth. It last sold in 2016 for more than $800 million.
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Early rendering of TI's four planned new 300-mm semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in Sherman. [Image: Texas Instruments]
Report: Texas Instruments Is Spending $2.2B on Initial Phase of $30B Sherman Semiconductor Campus
by Dallas Innovates | Staff Report | May 15, 2023
Texas Instruments broke ground on the new 300-millimeter semiconductor wafer fabrication plants in May 2022, noting that the project could ultimately support as many as 3,000 direct jobs. The new "fabs" will manufacture tens of millions of analog and embedded processing chips daily that will go into electronics everywhere.
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by David Seeley |
Mar 23, 2023
Just north of Dallas, Plano and Richardson are nestled together—and they share at least one thing in common. Both have been named among the "2023 Best Cities to Live in America" by Niche, a leading platform that connects students and families with colleges and schools.
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by Lance Murray |
Feb 23, 2023
Aaron Lobliner has been named as the first chief client officer and a member of the executive team at Richardon-based Cataboom, a leader in gamification and incentivized engagements....
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by Lance Murray |
Jan 26, 2023
New Hampshire-based Allegro MicroSystems said Richardson's new innovation and design center will serve as a hub for Allegro's sensor and power integrated circuit R&D efforts.
"We're excited to be contributing to the growth of the community and ecosystem for innovation while tapping into local talent," says Allegro SVP Suman Narayan.
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