SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 639
         WHEREAS, Samsung Electronics has demonstrated a commitment
  to creating jobs in Texas by placing its only semiconductor
  manufacturing plant outside of Korea in Austin, and now it is
  deepening that commitment with a $4 billion expansion of the
  factory; and
 
         WHEREAS, The newly expanded fabrication plant will be one
  of the largest in the United States, producing advanced logic
  devices for Samsung's large-scale integrated circuits business,
  while continuing to manufacture the NAND Flash memory chips; in
  addition, the company will expand the Samsung Austin
  Semiconductor Research Center, which already employs more than
  200 engineers; and
 
         WHEREAS, Due to be up and running by the end of 2013, this
  expansion will bring an additional 500 jobs to Austin, increasing
  the payroll impact on the local economy to well over $100
  million; the company has contributed to the community with more
  than $2.5 million in donations to local organizations, and
  through the company's active giving campaign, its employees have
  contributed a further $10 million; the expansion of the plant
  will bring Samsung's total investment in Austin to $15 billion;
  and
 
         WHEREAS, This dynamic corporation also plays a significant
  role in the North Texas business community; more than 2,000
  Texans are employed at the Samsung Telecommunications America
  facility in Dallas, which opened in 1996; today, its staff
  develops a wide range of personal and business communications
  products, including wireless phones, tablets, wireless
  communications infrastructure systems, fiber optics, and
  enterprise communications systems, and it markets them
  throughout North America; and
 
         WHEREAS, Over one million Samsung phones arrive at the
  Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport every week, and the
  Mobile Handset division in Dallas is the fastest-growing
  business segment in the history of its parent company, Samsung
  Electronics Co., Ltd.; the division has been recognized as the
  number one mobile phone manufacturer in customer loyalty for five
  consecutive years, and it has driven the global value of the
  brand to stratospheric heights; and
 
         WHEREAS, Texas is proud of the major corporations and
  highly skilled workforces that have a presence here, and the
  expansion of Samsung Austin Semiconductor is sure to bring great
  benefit to the company and this state for years to come; now,
  therefore, be it
 
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
  Legislature, hereby congratulate Samsung Electronics on the
  expansion of the Samsung Austin Semiconductor plant and honor the
  company for its contributions to the prosperity of the Lone Star
  State; and, be it further
 
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
  prepared for Samsung Electronics as an expression of high regard
  by the Texas Senate.
 
  Watson, Paxton
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on April 16, 2013.
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate