Advanced Technology & Manufacturing
The Advanced Technology and Manufacturing cluster is made up of three
sub-clusters: nanotechnology, semiconductors, and automotive manufacturing.
Texas' world-class universities and research facilities, highly trained
workforce, strong government and private business support, and a thriving
business climate make Texas a national and global leader in all three
sub-clusters.
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| Texas is the birthplace of the integrated circuit,
invented by Texas Instruments' Jack Kilby in 1958. |
The Texas manufacturing industy
employs nearly 874,000 people with an average
annual wage of $64,000. |
The Texas motor vehicle
industry exported $18.4 billion in goods in 2012. |
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| Toyota and General Motors are the two largest auto
manufacturing employers in Texas. |
In 2012, Samsung announced a $4 billion investment to
expand production capacity at their Austin semiconductor
plant. |
The buckyball,
discovered at Rice University's Richard E. Smalley Institute for
Nanoscale Science and Technology, won three professors receiving
the 1996 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. |
