Sherman Economic Development Corporation

Kent Sharp, president of the Sherman Economic Development Corporation. [Photo: LinkedIn]

The Last Word: SEDC’s Kent Sharp on Winning the Battle for a $5B Sherman Silicon Wafer Plant

by | Jun 29, 2022
“It was a dog fight.”

Kent Sharp President Sherman Economic Development Corporation .…on battling with rivals in South Korea and Ohio to bring GlobiTech’s $5 billion new silicon wafer plant to Sherman, via the Dallas Business Journal.

On Monday, we wrote about the city of Sherman landing a new $5 billion, 3.2 million-square-foot silicon wafer plant....

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Sherman Picked for New $5B Silicon Wafer Plant, Bringing 1,500 New Jobs to North Texas
by | Jun 27, 2022
Beating out potential sites in Ohio and South Korea, the city of Sherman was selected today by GlobiTech for a new $5 billion, 3.2 million-square-foot silicon wafer facility. The plant could eventually produce more than 1 million silicon wafers monthly when production begins by 2025. It's Sherman's second big manufacturing win in a month. Just weeks ago, Texas Instruments broke ground in the city on new semiconductor wafer fabrication plants with a potential $30 billion investment.
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Follow the Money: Sherman Lands $5B Silicon Wafer Plant; Dallas Investment Firm Raising $35M Fund, Robotics Startup Raises $14.6M from Local VCs, and More
by | Jun 24, 2022
Plus, Primoris Services acquires PLH Group for $470M; Keurig Dr Pepper acquires rights to non-alcoholic cocktail brand; Harvest Returns raises $4M for new fund; and more North Texas deals.
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