Cedar Park, Leander aim to be employment hubs

CEDAR PARK, LEANDER – Several companies have moved or pledged to move headquarters locations or branches into Cedar Park and Leander in recent years, and economic development leaders are working to formulate strategies to bring targeted jobs into the area.

In Cedar Park, Economic Development Director Phil Brewer announced in April that Visual Lighting Technologies, an LED and fiber-optics manufacturer, will expand to the city from California and employ 30-40 people by the end of the year.​

Other companies that moved to Cedar Park include the 2014 arrival of Germany-based automotive supplier Voltabox, a software development company that established in Cedar Park last fall, and Corvalent, a circuit board manufacturer that relocated in 2008.

In Leander, Economic Development Manager Eric Zeno said geotechnical company TSIT and Tex-Mix Concrete, a construction supplies company, have moved to the city in the past five years. ​