Austin's business year in review: Tesla, Samsung and a rebounding job market
Even by Austin's often unusual standards, 2021 wasn't a typical year for the region's economy.
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Even by Austin's often unusual standards, 2021 wasn't a typical year for the region's economy.
Borderlands is a weekly rundown of developments in the world of United States-Mexico cross-border trucking and trade. This week: manufacturing sector in Austin, Texas, is booming; GDP from transport in Mexico averaged fell sharply last year; reverse logistics firm opening Fort Worth facility; and CBP finds massive load of drugs in auto parts load.
Local government entities offered incentives packages that could be worth $650 million to the tech giant to help lure the facility to Williamson County.
Local government entities offered incentives packages that could be worth $650 million to the tech giant to help lure the facility to Williamson County.
NXP could lose $100 million due to weather shutdown of Austin plants Kara Carlson, Austin American-Statesman © Mark Matson/for American-Statesman NXP Semiconductors operates two chip fabrication facilities in Austin NXP Semiconductors could lose $100 million in revenue from the shutdown of its Austin chip-making operations due to last month's winter storms, the technology company says. NXP said its two Austin fabrication plants are back up and running nearly a month after they lost power during statewide outages when sub-freezing temperatures swept across the state. Milli...