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Builders FirstSource Names New President of Technology and Digital Solutions

by | Jul 2, 2025
The Dallas-based building materials giant says Gayatri Narayan's hire will help accelerate digital and technical innovation for long-term growth.
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106-Year Old North Texas Industrial Maintenance Co. NCH To Merge with Delaware’s Solenis
by | Jun 24, 2025
Originally founded in Dallas in 1919 by Milton P. Levy as National Disinfectant Company, NCH now has 6,000 employees with distribution centers in 48 countries. Under the terms of the merger, the Levy family will become the largest minority shareholder in Solenis.
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Dani Austin, above, and her husband, Jordan Ramirez, co-leaders of Dallas-based Divi, are among the 18 winners of EY’s 2025 Entrepreneur Of The Year Southwest Award. Austin launched the brand in 2021 with a focus on science-backed scalp and hair health, growing it into a national name now backed by Norwest and carried by Ulta Beauty, Target, and Amazon. [Photo: Divi]
These 18 Founders and CEOs Just Won the Entrepreneur Of The Year 2025 Southwest Award from EY
by | Jun 24, 2025
The leaders behind 15 high-growth companies ranging from energy to electronics and hair health to quesadillas are now in the running for national honors this fall.
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Irving-Based CEC Facilities Group To Be Acquired by The Woodlands’ Sterling Infrastructure for $505M
by | Jun 17, 2025
CEC—a specialty electrical and mechanical contractor known nationwide for its work in semiconductors, data centers, high-tech manufacturing, and commercial construction—will continue to operate with CEO Daniel Williams at the helm.
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Healthcare Staffing Platform ShiftKey Promotes Exec to President and COO

by | Jun 12, 2025
As president and COO, Seth Rosenberg will continue to lead day-to-day operations across the company while driving critical initiatives that will benefit professional and facility marketplace users, ShiftKey said.
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North Texas’ Caris Life Sciences Eyes $5.3B Valuation in Its Nasdaq IPO
by | Jun 10, 2025
The Irving-based leader in precision oncology—which has raised $1.86 billion since 2018—plans to raise as much as $423.5 million when it goes public on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the ticker symbol CAI.
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Irving-Based Alkegen Launches Full Production of EV Battery Fire Protection ‘Aerogels’
by | Jun 4, 2025
Following up on its 2024 partnership with Jaguar Land Rover, Alkegen said its next-gen, high performance fiber-aerogel composite—known as AlkeGel—is engineered to meet OEM demand for ultra-thin, safe, and easy-to-install thermal runaway protection for lithium-ion battery systems.
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North Texas’ Flowserve To Merge with Atlanta’s Chart Industries, Forming $19B Company
by | Jun 4, 2025
The merger of the two NYSE-traded companies brings together Flowserve’s leading capabilities in flow management with Chart’s leading expertise in process technologies across compression, thermal, cryogenic and specialty solutions.
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Medtech Veteran Named Group President and CEO of 60-Year-Old Laser Innovator Fotona

by | May 27, 2025
Jeff Duchemin brings decades of leadership experience in the global medical technology sector to his new post, having held senior roles in both U.S. and international markets, the company said.
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Irving-Based On the Border Bought at Auction by Houston’s Pappas Restaurants
by | May 8, 2025
Pappas—which operates Pappasito's Cantina in addition to Pappadeaux Seafood Kitchen, Pappas Bar-B-Q, and Pappas Bros. Steakhouse—said the acquisition will join two iconic Texas-based restaurant brands and expand Pappas' presence in the Tex-Mex category.
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Caris Life Sciences Appoints Chief Business Officer, Biopharma Business Development
by | May 8, 2025
Eric Matthews will provide strategic leadership to biopharma business development, and through his executive leadership, support Caris' expanding portfolio of biopharma partnerships, the company said.
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Irving’s Wellfit Technologies Acquires Dental Loyalty Business From Careington International
by | May 6, 2025
The deal builds on a long-standing partnership, aiming to enhance dental membership plans through Wellfit's technology.
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North Texas Aviation Services Co. G2 Acquired by U.K.’s Menzies for $305M

by | Apr 16, 2025
G2 is an aviation service "partner of choice" for major airlines across the U.S., while Menzies, an Agility Global company, is a service partner to the world's airports and airlines, the companies said.
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Corvias Promotes Exec to President of Its Irving-Based Department of Defense Division
by | Mar 27, 2025
Denise Hauck will oversee the energy, indoor environments, and military housing solutions that Corvias delivers to the DOD to support the readiness and resiliency of service members and their families.
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Dialing Up Growth, North Texas-Based NUU Is Making Smartphones Safer for Kids
From the Gabb Phone 4, which aims to be "the most trusted safe phone" for kids and teens, to the NUU B30 Pro 5G, named the "Best Affordable Gaming Phone" by PCMag, Irving-based NUU is delivering on its mantra of "better smartphones, better prices." CEO Danny Sit calls Dallas "the perfect home" for NUU's dialed-up expansion—and 3 straight years on the Inc. 5000 list back him up.
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Irving-Based Fluor Appoints Its COO as New CEO, Effective May 1
by | Feb 18, 2025
Jim Breuer has held the role of COO at Fluor since 2024. Current Chairman and CEO David E. Constable will transition into the role of executive chairman when Breuer takes up his new post.
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