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The Last Word: Anna Mayor Nate Pike on the Region’s Northward Growth

by | Aug 18, 2023
Dallas-Fort Worth has been growing northward for generations. But momentum kicked up a notch when two big semiconductor wafer fabrication plant projects were slated for Sherman: a $30 billion plan by Texas Instruments to build four "fab" plants, and GlobiTech's planned $5 billion silicon wafer facility. Together, the projects are expected to bring 4,500 jobs to the area.
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Report: Texas Instruments Is Spending $2.2B on Initial Phase of $30B Sherman Semiconductor Campus
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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Finisar Considers $3 Billion Semiconductor Expansion Project in Sherman
by | Dec 7, 2022
A new plant, an expansion to its current 76-acre site, would produce wafers for semiconductor chips and create 700 jobs.
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TI Breaks Ground on New Semiconductor Wafer Plants in Sherman with Potential $30B Investment
by | May 18, 2022
Texas Instruments' 300-mm semiconductor wafer fabrication plants to be built in Sherman mark the largest private sector economic development project in Texas history. The potential investment of $30 billion could create up to 3,000 jobs over time, the company says.
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Apple Invests $410M in II-VI Inc., Supporting 700+ Jobs in Sherman and Other U.S. Cities

by | May 5, 2021
The optical tech firm produces iPhone laser technology that powers Face ID, Memoji, Animoji, and Portrait Mode selfies.
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Celebrating Earth Day Around Dallas-Fort Worth
by | Apr 19, 2018
Browse our selection of events to plan your Earth Day festivities this weekend and beyond.
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Apple Investment Will Help Finisar Open Sherman Plant, Create 500 Jobs
by | Dec 14, 2017
The Sherman facility will be transformed into a high-tech center developing VCSEL chips and is expected to open in the second half of 2018.
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