Fort Worth’s Major Business and Industrial Parks

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Carter Distribution Center

Carter Industrial Park

CentrePort Business Park

Fossil Creek

Mark IV Industrial Park

Mercantile Center

Railhead Industrial Park

Riverbend Business Park

Plenty of Room to Build & Grow

Fort Worth has laid out the welcome mat for manufacturing companies, and has a wide selection of buildings ready to be occupied. In addition, Fort Worth has plenty of shovel-ready land, with incentives that include foreign trade zones, customs port of entry, triple freeport inventory, rail spurs and tax abatements.

A stamp of approval: “Made in Fort Worth ”Fort Worth is a “who’s who” of leading manufacturers. Whether it’s Lockheed Martin’s F-35 or commercial airline jetways, green beans or contact lenses, a fuel-efficient locomotive or Western wear, Fort Worth manufacturers are making products that are used throughout the world on a daily basis. Local manufacturing companies represent all major sectors, including aerospace and aviation, biotechnology and pharmaceuticals, electronics and food processing, among others.

Take our central location, add an evolved transportation infrastructure and our highly skilled workforce, and the result is a core group of companies that take pride in putting a “Made in Fort Worth” stamp on their products.

Names you know, products you trustCompanies throughout the world are making manufacturing investments in Fort Worth. While other parts of the country are recording a reduction in manufacturing jobs, Fort Worth continues to post growth in this sector, a statistic that proves businesses will thrive and grow in the kind of healthy business environment that exists here.

One of Fort Worth’s most iconic manufacturing companies is Justin Brands, the manufacturer of globally recognized Justin Boots. The company planted its heels in Fort Worth in 1925, and today is the brand of choice for country & western celebrities, international rodeo champions and anyone who enjoys the “cowboy” lifestyle.

Q-Edge is representative of the international manufacturers in Fort Worth. The Taiwanese company selected Fort Worth as the site for its North American electronics assembly and distribution facility for Apple laptop computers.

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Notable Facts:

•MillerCoors’FortWorthbrewerywas the first to manufacture Miller Lite beer.

•JustinBrands,well-knownmakerof cowboy boots with roots back to 1879, settled in Fort Worth in 1925.

•LockheedMartin’sF-35,whichis manufactured in Fort Worth, is part of the largest defense programinthenation’shistoryand will likely have a lifespan of 50 years. It is the most technologically advanced, multi-role fighter aircraft in the world.

•GETransportation’slocomotivemanufacturing facility in North FortWorthisthedivision’sfirstplant outside of Pennsylvania in more than 100 years.

Fort Worth’s newest manufacturing arrival is GE Transportation, a division of General Electric that manufactures locomotive engines. The company is building a 900,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility that will produce its signature Evolution® Series locomotive, an energy-efficient product that reduces fuel consumption by five percent while reducing emissions by 40 percent over the lifetime of the locomotive.

In addition to attracting new manufacturers, Fort Worth’s existing companies are expanding their footprints in the community. Bell Helicopter Textron, an industry-leading producer of commercial and defense helicopter aircraft, is investing $230 million to revitalize its corporate campus and training facility. The company employs approximately 6,700 in the Fort Worth region, and its military aircraft, such as the OH-58 Kiowa Warrior, the V-22 Osprey and the AH-1Z Viper attack helicopter, provide the most advanced air transportation and weaponry.

Fort Worth’s leading manufacturing companiesCompany Products

Acme Brick Company Masonry, bricks

Alcon Laboratories Vision care products

Bell Helicopter Textron Commercial and defense helicopter aircraft

CK Technologies Components for commercial trucks and buses

Coaire Corporation Heating, A/C, hot water and energy-producing units

The Dannon Corporation Yogurt

Ferris Manufacturing Wound care dressings

Galderma Dermatological pharmaceuticals

GeneralMills Various food products

GETransportation Locomotives

GreenBayPackaging 100 % recycled corrugated boxes and packaging

JustinBoots Western boots, workforce boots

Lockheed Martin Defense aircraft

MillerCoors Domestic and craft beers

Motorola Wireless communications technology

Suncome Holdings Mattresses

Williamson-Dickie Clothing

Q-Edge Components for Apple laptop computers

Workforce The workforce in North Texas represents one of the most educated talent pools in the country. The region benefits from more than 60 colleges and universities, with a combined enrollment exceeding 325,000 students, graduating in excess of 35,000 annually. There are more than 850,000 individuals with a bachelor’s degree and nearly 400,000 with a graduate or professional degree in the North Texas region.*

*Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 2011

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For more information, contact:Fort Worth Chamber of CommerceP:817.338.3392E:EcoDev@fortworthchamber.com

To find out more about why Fort Worth is a great place to live and work, visit www.fortworthchamber.com/eco/.

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