Texas Home to First Smartphone Assembled in USA

Gov. Rick Perry today celebrated the grand opening of Flextronics’ new manufacturing facility, which will provide final assembly and customization for Motorola Mobility’s Moto X smartphone. This is the first smartphone designed, engineered and assembled in the United States.

“Make no mistake: Flextronics and Motorola could have put this facility
anywhere in the world, but they chose Texas,” Gov. Perry said. “One of the
reasons Texas excels at creating jobs and new technology is that we free
people from over taxation, over regulation and over litigation so they can
focus on doing their best work. By freeing people to create, experiment and
innovate, we truly bring out their best. And they bring out the best in
Texas.”

Motorola Mobility, a Google company, designs and manufactures smartphones,
tablets and wireless accessories. A leader in the mobile communications
industry, Motorola announced the opening of the new North Texas facility in
May of this year in coordination with its contract manufacturing partner
Flextronics, creating 2,500 new jobs in the state. Texas’ growing influence
as a leader in technology and strong transportation infrastructure were key
to the location of this facility.

Manufacturing employment in Texas has grown by 7.2 percent since 2010. The
state leads the nation in the total value of shipments manufactured goods
and comes in second for the total number of manufacturing jobs. In addition,
computer and electronic product manufacturing is a top exporting industry in
Texas, which has contributed to the Lone Star State being ranked as the
number one exporting state for 11 years in a row by the U.S. Department of
Commerce.