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Company openings and expansions

Texas
investment watch

See which companies are investing, where projects stand and what regional teams should follow next.

Sources reviewed
Selected public reports · Editorially maintained

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Company projects
09
Industries
07
Texas regions
07

A selected view of Texas investment.
Counts describe this edition, not the whole state. Read the coverage notes ↗

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Projects by industry

9 matching projects · One project counted once in each chart

From plan to operations

Reported project stages

A reported milestone, as of its source date.

An opening does not confirm that planned hiring is complete.

Charts count company projects, not dollars or jobs. This selected set cannot establish a statewide trend or rank regional investment performance.

Behind the charts

Project records (9)

Newest cited report first.
Investment and employment retain their source qualifiers.

Industrial equipment

Carrier

Fort Worth · North Texas

Announced

Latest cited report

Manufacturing and engineering center for commercial chillers

Operations expected to begin in 2027. Products will serve data centers, healthcare, education and industrial markets.

Investment or funding
More than $600 million planned over three years
Employment reported
1,500 planned jobs

What to watch · Editorial analysisWatch for occupation-specific hiring schedules and preparation requirements before the expected opening.

Aerospace services

International Aerospace Coatings

Amarillo · Panhandle

Opened

Latest cited report

New widebody aircraft painting hangar

Company reports the hangar is fully operational. This is an expansion of its existing Amarillo operations.

Investment or funding
Not disclosed in opening announcement
Employment reported
65 new jobs projected in the April 2025 plan; delivered hiring not reported

What to watch · Editorial analysisWatch for actual staffing and training needs as the new hangar operates.

Logistics and distribution

Cutter & Buck

Grand Prairie · North Texas

Opened

Latest cited report

Automated distribution center

Kardex reports an October 9 opening. The facility integrates automated storage, fulfillment and downstream shipping processes.

Investment or funding
Not disclosed in cited source
Employment reported
Not disclosed in cited source

What to watch · Editorial analysisWatch how the employer defines work around automated fulfillment and the preparation those roles require.

Maritime manufacturing

Saronic Technologies

Brownsville · Rio Grande Valley

Under construction

Latest cited report

Port Alpha autonomous vessel shipyard

City reports a groundbreaking. Initial shipyard operations expected in 2028; full buildout is a longer-term plan.

Investment or funding
$3.2 billion project reported by the city
Employment reported
10,000 direct jobs planned over ten years, according to company remarks

What to watch · Editorial analysisWatch the sequence of welding, fabrication, engineering and technical hiring as construction progresses.

Life sciences

Eli Lilly and Company

Houston · Gulf Coast

Under construction

Latest cited report

Active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing facility

Groundbreaking announced September 21. Lilly also announced $12.5 million for San Jacinto College training support and a separate $2.5 million foundation scholarship donation.

Investment or funding
$6.5 billion planned site investment
Employment reported
More than 600 planned operating jobs; 4,000 construction jobs separately

What to watch · Editorial analysisWatch the launch of pathways requiring no prior experience and how training connects to hiring.

Computing hardware

Wiwynn

Socorro · West Texas

Opened

Latest cited report

Server manufacturing and rack integration campus

September 14 grand opening. First building shipped in late 2025 and is entering mass production; second building production expected in Q2 2027.

Investment or funding
More than $1.6 billion invested, according to the company
Employment reported
Nearly 1,000 additional jobs expected by end of 2027 in the expansion plan

What to watch · Editorial analysisWatch the second-building milestone separately from the operating first building. Expansion jobs are future plans.

Semiconductors

Silicon Labs

Austin · Central Texas

Opened

Latest cited report

Innovation Center for wireless semiconductor research and development

Company announced the opening of an expanded chip design and testing lab at its Austin headquarters.

Investment or funding
$23 million state grant supports the project; total project cost not disclosed
Employment reported
Not disclosed in cited source

What to watch · Editorial analysisWatch engineering and technical research needs. Grant funding is not the total private investment.

Industrial equipment

Industrial Electric Mfg.

San Antonio · South Central Texas

Announced

Latest cited report

Power distribution equipment manufacturing facility at Brooks

Company announced a phased, one-million-square-foot facility. Construction and hiring timelines were to follow.

Investment or funding
$200 million planned investment
Employment reported
Up to 3,000 planned jobs by 2030

What to watch · Editorial analysisWatch phase-specific construction and hiring announcements before treating the full job target as near-term demand.

Life sciences

Bristol Myers Squibb

Houston · Gulf Coast

Announced

Latest cited report

Multi-modal manufacturing campus at Generation Park

Company selected Houston for a new manufacturing campus supporting several medicine production technologies.

Investment or funding
Approximately $2.3 billion planned investment
Employment reported
Nearly 500 skilled jobs expected in the initial phase

What to watch · Editorial analysisWatch construction milestones and the initial hiring mix across production, maintenance, engineering and quality.

Sources and scope

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Company releases, investor announcements and public economic development records establish each reported milestone. Project partners are identified where they provide the opening report. “What to watch” is zScale Intellect editorial analysis.

One multi-phase campus counts as one project. Grants, spending plans and reported investment are different measures. Construction jobs and permanent jobs can also have different timelines, so we do not combine these amounts into totals.

Regions are editorial groupings, not official statistical geographies. Coverage is selected, with further research needed in East Texas and additional rural communities. This edition is maintained through editorial review and does not update automatically.