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2012 McAllen Year-End Market Report

January 1, 2013
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2012 McAllen Year-End Market Report

Throughout 2012, many publications spotlighted our region as a superb place to live, work, invest, and play. Likewise, the industrial market continued to display positive activity, welcoming new operations and helping existing companies expand.

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The League of Manufacturing Women

October 27, 2012
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The League of Manufacturing Women

As the McAllen Economic Development Corporation comes up on 25 years of dedicated service to the McAllen/Reynosa region, over 600 companies have been recruited, and over 135,000 jobs have been created. Over time, companies have discovered the true value that our region offers their operations: A skilled and abundant multi-cultural labor force that can adapt…

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Real Estate Featured Transactions

October 27, 2012
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Real Estate Featured Transactions

Cinch Connectors, Inc., a multi-national manufacturer of a broad range of electrical interconnect products, and a division of Bel Fuse Inc. (NASDAQ: BELFA and NASDAQ: BELFB), finalized negotiations to lease over 38,000 square feet from Ridge Property Trust in Sharyland Business Park. By relocating its Vinita, OK operation to McAllen, TX, Cinch will create approximately…

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McAllen EDC Education Partners – UTPA

October 27, 2012
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McAllen EDC Education Partners – UTPA

This May, UTPA Career Services & McAllen Economic Development Corp hosted the first Alumni / Employer Mixer at UTPA Career Services Center. Employers like Halff & Associates, C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Regency Nursing and Rehabilitation, Bert Ogden RGV, Attorney General's Office, South Texas Health System, FibeRio Technologies, Fastenal, Lone Star National Bank, RBC Bearings, Santana Textiles,…

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McAllen EDC Education Partners – STC

October 27, 2012
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McAllen EDC Education Partners – STC

In August, South Texas College graduated the first generation of students who enrolled in the General Manufacturing Production Technician Program. This program’s focus is to equip students with the basic skills needed to pursue a career in manufacturing. The 12 week course includes classes in safety, Industrial math, measurements, quality control, production, maintenance, principles of…

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Reynosa Activity

October 27, 2012
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Reynosa Activity

In August, Cequent Performance Products, an OEM and aftermarket automotive hitch and hitch accessories manufacturer, inaugurated their latest expansion project of 225,000 square feet with developer Garza Ponce, in Villa Florida Industrial Park in Reynosa, Mexico. Already occupying approximately 140,000 square feet in the Prologis Pharr Bridge Industrial Park in Reynosa, Cequent made this recent…

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