Posted on 05/30/2013 9:41:03 PM PDT by Brad from Tennessee
AUSTIN, Texas — Cellphone pioneer Motorola announced Wednesday that it’s opening a Texas manufacturing facility that will create 2,000 jobs and produce its new flagship device, Moto X, the first smartphone ever assembled in the U.S.
The company has already begun hiring for the Fort Worth plant. The site was most recently unoccupied but was once used by fellow phone manufacturer Nokia, meaning it was designed to produce mobile devices, said Will Moss, a spokesman for Motorola Mobility, which is owned by Google.
“It was a great facility in an ideal location,” said Moss, who said it will be an easy trip for Motorola engineering teams based in Chicago and Silicon Valley, and is also close to the company’s service and repair operations in Mexico.
The formal announcement came at AllThingsD’s D11 Conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., from Motorola CEO Dennis Woodside.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s office administers a pair of special state incentive funds meant to help attract job-creating businesses to the state, but Moss said the Republican governor did not distribute any money to close this deal.
“Motorola Mobility’s decision to manufacture its new smartphone and create thousands of new jobs in Texas is great news for our growing state,” Perry said through a spokeswoman. “Our strong, healthy economy, built on a foundation of low taxes, smart regulation, fair legal system and a skilled workforce is attracting companies from across the country and around the world that want to be a part of the rising Texas success story.”
The factory will be owned and run by Flextronics International Ltd., a Singapore-based contract electronics manufacturer that has had a long relationship with Motorola. . .
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I think this is GREAT!
Even if I am not a smartphone addicted guy.
I want one that says MADE IN TX!
Not California.
Not New York.
Not Michigan.
Not Washington.
Not Maryland.
Not Colorado.
Not Illinois.
It's...the Great State Of Texas!
(FYI, this is written by a Californian.)
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I couldn’t possible care less where it’s made.
I know Perry did not make this happen himself, but I get sick of the Perry bashers.
Well we do.
It is 2K more jobs and a point of pride.
How could those Cowboys do that?!!
http://www.kera.org/tv/productions/the-chip-that-jack-built-2009/
Whoopy ding.
Do youy work for this company? Did you have anything to do with this development?
If not what gives you the right to be “proud”? Just because you draw air in Texas?
Pathetic.
So you think this just sucks ***?
Lord, you are uninspired.
I work to hone things everyday.
The Chinese are good at copying when all the secrets are public and the patents expire.
They are lousy at innovation.
I consider this a wonderful thing.
They cant even beat us at economy.
2K more jobs for Tx Woo Woo!
What is your problem?
Pride. I have a problem with it.
Duse, what is your problem? Are you always this ugly and disrespectful? You are acting like a liberal!!
He is obviously proud that this product is being made in his state. Texas should make people proud, it does thing right like job creation. I am not from Texas and I am happy for Texas that they got this employer.
Get a life!
You will never know my toils, because you spit at them.
Pride is a double edged sword.
> ...the first smartphone ever assembled in the U.S.<
I live in Ohio and I’m PROUD and THRILLED something that wasn’t made in the U.S. is now being made in the U.S.
Do youy work for this company? Did you have anything to do with this development?
If not what gives you the right to be “proud”? Just because you draw air in Texas?
Pathetic.
Why are you being a jerk?
No. It is pure evil.
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