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Old 09-29-2016, 02:22 PM
 
Location: Austin
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Swiss biotech giant to more than double footprint in Houston suburb

International biotechnology giant Lonza (VTX: LONN) plans to add an additional 150,000 square feet at its 100,000-square-foot Pearland facility after it inked a long-term commercial agreement with a Boston-area biotech firm.

Lonza Houston Inc., which is the local branch of Switzerland-based Lonza Group Ltd., began construction on its facility in the Lower Kirby district in March. The initial phase of the clinical manufacturing and R&D facility is expected to open in late 2017, according to a statement from the Pearland Economic Development Corp. However, Lonza plans to begin construction immediately on the second phase: a 150,000-square-foot building that includes offices, laboratories and manufacturing space.

http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/n...footprint.html
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Old 09-29-2016, 08:52 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Default Houston innovation map !

The Houston Innovation Map identifies programs, organizations, companies and events supporting Houston's entrepreneurial ecosystem. These entities have been categorized into five groups: Events, Incubators, Investors, Workspaces, and Resources. To suggest additions or changes, please contact Josh Pherigo at jpherigo@houston.org.

http://-research-.maps.arcgis.com/ap...4e88397f8145f3
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Old 09-30-2016, 09:35 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Empower Pharmacy CEO Shaun Noorian gives a tour of the company’s new FDA-registered outsourcing facility in Houston.

A Houston compounding pharmacy has relocated to a $4.7 million facility built to meet higher standards of quality and safety in an industry that has faced increased federal scrutiny in recent years.


Empower Pharmacy on Thursday debuted its new lab and service center near Beltway 8 and U.S. 290 on the city’s northwest side, a 15,000-square-foot space that took more than two years to prepare. It’s one of a relatively small number of facilities registered with the Food and Drug Administration to provide sterile, customized prescriptions to patients and physicians across the U.S.


“Registering with the FDA means not only can we meet the needs of a larger group of patients and serve them because of our national licensing, but it means we’re meeting good manufacturing practices,” CEO Shaun Noorian said after a tour of the new center.

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Old 10-05-2016, 12:01 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Playing catch-up

Houston area seeing growth fueled by grocers, restaurants and other retailers despite effects of the energy slump

San Antonio-based H-E-B plans to open stores in Kingwood and Aliana by year’s end.

Katy-based Academy Sports + Outdoors has continued to find growth opportunities in its hometown. It plans to open its 96th Texas store in Pearland on Friday, and CEO J.K. Symancyk said the company anticipates opening another in the west Spring area next year.

“I think Houston is a growing market,” he said. “It’s got a diverse economy that’s multidimensional, and that means we bridge the highs and lows pretty well.”

The Big Salad, a restaurant chain based in Michigan, opened its first Houston location last month as part of a larger push into the area. Founder and CEO John Bornoty said the company has been eyeing the market for about two years. It plans to open four more restaurants in the city’s outlying areas next year and then focus on areas closer to downtown.

“Houston is doing well, and it’s going to keep doing well,” Bornoty said. “We’re going to surround it and then come in.”

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Old 10-05-2016, 12:27 PM
 
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Love it! What a resilient economy!
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Old 10-12-2016, 09:34 AM
 
Location: Beautiful Northwest Houston
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Three great articles today about economic ventures and educational opportunities in Greater Houston adding to Houston's economic diversity.

First off,

Houston inventor Kieu Phan's product is relatively straightforward. It's a spherical plastic cage that snaps shut around a woman's brassiere, allowing it to be tossed into the washing machine without risk of damage to hooks and wires.

"If men had boobs this would've already been invented centuries ago," Phan says, after explaining how she came up with it to avoid the drudgery of hand-washing her bras.

Thousands of women agreed, and Phan had been producing and marketing the BraBall for several years, when tragedy struck: The mold that her manufacturer had been working off of suddenly broke. Making a new one could've cost tens of thousands of dollars, since she didn't have the original designs.
But by then, she knew of a better way: 3-D printing, the technology that can produce nearly any solid product by adding layer upon layer of thin plastic. Phan went to a local company that could make one for her. "Right now it's really cheap," Phan says. "I can get a prototype for a few hundred dollars."
Texanomics
Starting soon, thousands more entrepreneurs could use the same shortcut, with the help of a giant 3-D printing lab at Houston Community College's new manufacturing technology center in Stafford, which has its grand opening on Wednesday.

School makes big move into 3-D printing - Houston Chronicle

Next a Houston restaurant gets bought then plans to go national.

Ruggles Green is a fast-casual establishment that specializes in locally sourced organic foods, vegan and gluten-free dishes. It became known as the first certified green restaurant in Houston.

The chain was originally founded by Bruce Molzan, the controversial chef who first opened a Ruggles establishment. He's since cut ties with the chain and runs Ruggles Black in Upper Kirby. Co-founders Federico Marques and Robert Guillerman joined the chef in launching a green-friendly chain that would expand to several Houston suburbs.

SEE ALSO: Revealed: Houston's Top 100 Restaurants of 2016

The investment firm plans to expand the chain by opening 30 more locations across Texas over the next four years.

Last but not least Galveston's Port director resigns

Port of Galveston director Michael Mierzwa, who played a significant role in making the island city the nation's fourth-busiest cruise port, plans to retire at the end of this year.

Mierzwa, 68, is stepping down after 16 years with the port and nearly five years as director. On Tuesday, he recalled that in his early days officials stressed over loading and unloading 1,500 people from a cruise. Now, ships carry three times that many passengers. Cruises also generate millions in onshore spending and services provided at the port.

"That is a big part of what the port has morphed into," Galveston mayor Jim Yarbrough said.

Port director who built up Galveston's cruise business to retire - Houston Chronicle

That's all for now, hope you enjoyed it !
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Old 10-12-2016, 09:25 PM
 
Location: Charleston, South Carolina
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I thought about the Houston forum when I saw this WSJ article on Facebook today. What do y'all think about this?

Texas, Once a Star, Becomes a Drag on the U.S. Economy - WSJ
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Old 10-12-2016, 10:52 PM
 
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I thought about the Houston forum when I saw this WSJ article on Facebook today. What do y'all think about this?

Texas, Once a Star, Becomes a Drag on the U.S. Economy - WSJ
That sucks! Terrible news.
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Old 10-12-2016, 11:48 PM
 
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Income up, poverty down: Texas exceeding U.S. in key economic numbers | Economy | Dallas News

Despite the bust, Texas still manages to do somewhat well. I think it might be Houston dragging down the average.
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Old 10-13-2016, 09:41 AM
 
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That sucks! Terrible news.
In the old Soviet Union, the economy was always wonderful. This should be the model for Houston. Project only positive news while discouaging all things negative. If they persist on speaking bad about the economy, put them on a train for a concentration camp to Detroit.

A trick on how to insure there is enough meat in the butcher shop? Reduce the number of lines of customers to a single one and have it circle the block many times. Threaten anyone who complains with Detroit.

Is the economy of Houston improving? Of couse it is.

Is that the truth? Don't ask me. I know nothing. I can only say that during times when this nation's miracle economy isn't this nation's economy, it isn't.

Diversity comes about by biting the bullet. When people learn to endure and cope with stress, they become creative. The spending of social and corporate welfare deadens that creativity. At the same time, it is always good to tell the truth. The telling of bad news will always be perceived as good in time.
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