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BUSINESS REPORT: Texas – Innovation Moves Front And Center In Austin

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Technology shares the spotlight with music and film at the annual South by Southwest festival in Austin, TX. Technology innovation is happening across the country, but there is no better place to witness the revolution other than Austin, TX, home to a rapidly expanding technology industry. By Jenny Vickers. TEXAS FAST FACTS.

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Top 10 Companies for Environmental Engineers to Work For

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“ Most people really don’t know what environmental engineers do ,” says Dan Wittliff, managing director of environmental services with GDS Associates in Austin , Texas. Paramount also provides consultancy services in Air Quality Monitoring, Environmental Impact Assessments and Treatability & Feasibility Studies.

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FEATURE STORY: Talking The Talk And Backing It Up With Results

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Rick Perry of Texas for the September/October 2013 issue of Business Facilities , we assumed our encounter would be similar to the informal yet highly informative session we had with him in May at the State Capital in Austin. He expressed confidence that the Lone Star State can expand fracking while protecting its environment.

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LOCATION FOCUS: Texas: Big Heart, Country, Business

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Pauken is the chairman of the Texas Workforce Commission. In August 2012, TEF award recipient Samsung committed to an additional investment of up to $4 billion dollars to upgrade its Austin chip manufacturing plant, bringing the company’s total investment in the Lone Star State to more than $13 billion. billion, up 20.7 billion.

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COVER STORY: Global Biotech Report

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Currently, there are more than 160 Austin-area companies with over 8,200 employees operating in the areas of Biotech, Diagnostics, Medical Device, CRO/IRB, Pharma, Biosecurity and Agribio, among others. However, industrial biotechnology (“white” biotechnology) is on the rise.

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