gear, flat panel displays for
computers and television, glass
coatings for homes and buildings,
web (flexible substrate) coatings for
industry and photovoltaic solar cells
and modules using both thin film and
crystalline (aka wafer or bulk)
photovoltaic technology.
13. Austin Community College
5930 Middle Fiskville Rd.
Austin, 78752-4390
512-223-4222
www.austincc.edu
Austin Community College employs
nearly 5,000 people in the Austin
and surrounding area. They are the
second largest institution of higher
learning in Central Texas and teach
students in their 10 campus and 8
centers located in and around the
Austin area. They have more than
65 thousand credit and non-credit
students and offer over 235 associate
and certification programs.
14. AT&T
400 W. 15th Street #1000 J
Austin, 78701
512-870-2528
www.att.com
Headquartered in San Antonio, the
AT&T/SBC merger in 2005 created
one of the largest telecommunications
companies in the world. It is the
largest provider of fixed and mobile
telephones in the United States, with
more than 210 million total
customers.
15. Flextronics (formerly Solectron)
12455 Research Boulevard
Austin, 78759
512-425-4100
www.flextronics.com
Flextronics is an electronics
manufacturing services provider
that offers services to original
equipment manufacturers (OEM). It
also provides supporting supply
chain services, including packaging
and transportation throughout the
world, as well as design and after-sales.
16. Freescale Semiconductor
3501 Ed Bluestein Blvd
Austin, 78721
512-933-6000
www.freescale.com
Once a division of Motorola,
Freescale Semiconductor began in
1949 as one of the first
semiconductor companies in the
world and has made automotive and
networking its main leadership areas.
It is now the largest semiconductor
supplier to the automotive industry.
17. National Instruments
11500 North Mopac Expressway
Austin, 78759
512-683-0100
www.ni.com
Headquartered in Austin, National
Instruments produces automated test
equipment and virtual
instrumentation. Company products
include software (LabVIEW,
LabWindows/CVI, TestStand and
Multisim), hardware (VXI, VMEbus,
and PXI frames and modules;
interfaces for GPIB, I²C, and other
industrial automation standards) and
real-time embedded controllers
(Compact FieldPoint and
CompactRIO).
18. Samsung Austin Semiconductor
12100 Samsung Boulevard
Austin, 78754
512-672-1000
www.samsung.com/austinsemiconductor
Samsung Austin Semiconductor is
owned by Samsung Electronics and
is the company’s only semiconductor
manufacturing plant located outside
of Korea. Samsung invested more
than 13 billion dollars in this facility
and is committeed to research and
development in the area. Samsung
has made the largest foreign
investment in Texas and this facility Is
also one of the single largest
investments in the United States.
19. Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, 78666
512-245-2111
www.txstate.edu
Located in San Marcos between
Austin and San Antonio, Texas State
University is the fifth-largest public
university in the state with more than
32,000 students (including about
4, 300 graduate students). The
school offers 97 bachelor’s, 89
master’s, and nine doctoral degree
programs in nine colleges.
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