Apple Announces $500M Deal to Buy Rare Earth Magnets From MP Materials’ Fort Worth Plant

Under the deal, rare earth magnets will be developed from 100% recycled materials at MP’s flagship manufacturing plant in Hillwood’s AllianceTexas development. Magnet shipments are slated to begin in 2027 and will ramp up to support “hundreds of millions of Apple devices,” MP said. A front view of Independence, MP Materials’ state-of-the-art rare earth magnet […]

American Airlines, DFW Airport doubling the number of gates at new Terminal F

New terminal expected to be bigger, better and launched sooner than previously planned, according to airport officials. Alanna Quillen | NBCDFW | May 1, 2025 On Thursday, American Airlines and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport revealed amended plans for the new Terminal F that officials say will broaden the project’s impact on travelers. The agreement increases […]

Cargo Glider Co. Aerolane To Open Flight Ops HQ at Perot Field Fort Worth Alliance Airport

Southlake-based Aerolane aims to use the same technique that delivered U.S. troops on D-Day to deliver cargo across the country. But its towed cargo glider, the Aerocart, comes with a 21st-century autonomous edge. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="970"] Rendering of Aerolane’s towed cargo glider Aerocart [Image: Aerolane][/caption] David Seeley | Dallas Innovates | April 24, 2025 […]

Coca-Cola bottler begins nearly $75M Fort Worth plant upgrade, expansion

Arca Continental Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages’ planned $168 million North Texas expansion just became, in the parlance of the soft drink’s longtime slogan, the real thing. The third-largest bottler of Coca-Cola in the U.S. filed construction plans April 17 for a $74.9 million renovation and expansion, a part of of the $168 million update, of its […]

Flock Audio Relocates HQ From Canada to Fort Worth

Flock Audio Relocates HQ From Canada to Fort Worth Best known for its PATCH System Series—a digitally controlled, 100% analog patch bay routing solution for professional audio environments—Flock Audio’s move to North Texas has enabled it to double its production and servicing capacity. [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="970"] Flock Audio Founder and CEO Darren Nakonechny [Photo: Flock Audio][/caption] […]

CyrusOne Breaks Ground on New Fort Worth Data Center Campus

CyrusOne, a leading global data center developer and operator specializing in delivering state-of-the-art digital infrastructure solutions, celebrated the groundbreaking of its newest data center in Fort Worth, Texas. The campus, CyrusOne’s first in the city, named DFW7, will include a multi-building campus delivering an initial IT capacity of around 70 megawatts, with scalable capacity to […]

Texas Wins 2024 Governor’s Cup For Unprecedented 13th Year In A Row

Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas winning Site Selection magazine’s Governor’s Cup for an unprecedented 13th consecutive year and 21st win overall during a press conference at the Governor’s Mansion in Austin. March 6, 2025 | Austin, Texas | Press Release from the Office of the Texas Governor | Greg Abbott “Texas partners with the […]

Siemens Opens New $190M Manufacturing Hub in Fort Worth

A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held today at Siemens’ new Fort Worth manufacturing hub. Creating 800 new jobs, the facility will manufacture electrical equipment such as low-voltage switchboards for the booming data center market. [caption id="" align="alignnone" width="970"] Siemens’ newly opened $190M electrical products manufacturing hub in Fort Worth [Photo: Siemens][/caption] by Lancy Murray in Dallas […]

Texas A&M-Fort Worth’s future programs are coming into focus

Texas A&M-Fort Worth campus will house both academic programs and hubs for innovation in different industries. (Billy Banks | Fort Worth Report) by Shomial Ahmad and Bob Francis in Fort Worth Report | Mar. 2, 2025 As the windows of the Texas A&M-Fort Worth downtown campus go up, the vision for the academic programs and […]