YTEXAS Announces 2015 Featured 50 Texas Corporate Relocations

DALLAS - Aug. 26, 2015 - PRLog -- The 2015 YTEXAS RēLO Awards finalists have been narrowed down to the YTEXAS Featured 50.

Over 500 companies were considered for this prestigious list, which rates companies who have relocated their corporate headquarters to Texas over the previous five years. The rating considers factors that include economic impact, assimilation to Texas culture and commitment to their local community.

The list includes companies as notable as Topgolf and Toyota, as well as mid-market companies such as Cytocentrics (San Antonio) and Ottobock Healthcare (Austin), both of which are innovative companies in the healthcare and biosciences industries.

The YTEXAS Featured 50 list (below) has been released today in alphabetical order.  The numerical rating of these companies, along with specific awards, will be disclosed at the 2015 YTEXAS RēLO Awards gala on October 2nd at the Omni Hotel Dallas. Seating is available for purchase at http://www.ytxrelo.com.

The event is hosted by YTEXAS, an organization formed by Texas-based CEOs to help assimilate and acclimate companies that are newly relocated to Texas. YTEXAS members include CEOs of companies such as Topgolf, Baylor Scott & White, and Sotheby’s International Realty.

D CEO magazine is the media sponsor for this event and video production is being provided by DMC Films. The ceremony will conclude with a message from Secretary of State Carlos Cascos who will be presenting the Texas Gamechanger award to Toyota USA.

In addition to the annual YTEXAS RēLO Awards gala, YTEXAS provides a multi-year program to help newly relocated CEOs accelerate their corporate presence in Texas. To learn more about YTEXAS, please visit http://www.ytexas.com/.

2015 YTEXAS FEATURED 50

Company (Original Location) – Texas Location

AccentCare (California) – Dallas
Active Network (California) – Dallas
Ameriflex (New Jersey) – Carrollton
Ameriflight (California) – DFW Airport
Bar Louie (Illinois) – Addison
Caliber Collision (California) – Lewisville
CCS Medica (Florida) – Coppell
Consolidated Electrical Distributors (California) – Las Colinas
Copart (Virginia) – Dallas
CoreSpace (California) – Dallas
CVE Technology Group (New Jersey) – Allen
Cytocentrics (Germany) – San Antonio
Direct Energy (Canada) – Houston
Ferris Manufacturing (Illinois) – Fort Worth
Fiesta Restaurant Group (Florida) – Addison
Firefly Space Systems (California) – Cedar Park
Freebirds World Burrito (California) – Austin
Global Power Equipment Group (Oklahoma) – Irving
Greatbatch (New York) – Frisco
Hanger (Maryland) – Austin
Heartland Automotive Services (Nebraska) – Irving
HID Global (California) – Austin
Hilti (Oklahoma) – Plano
HMS Holdings (New York) – Las Colinas
Kaco New Energy (Germany) – San Antonio
Layne Christensen (Kansas) – Woodlands
LinkAmerica (Oklahoma) – Fort Worth
Lulu’s Dessert Corporation (Kansas) – San Antonio
Moneygram (Minnesota) – Dallas
Monkey Sports (California) – Allen
MV Transportation (California) – Dallas
Occidental Petroleum (California) – Houston
OCI Solar Power – San Antonio
Omnitracs (California) – Dallas
Ottobock Healthcare (Minnesota) – Austin
Primoris (California) – Dallas
R2Sonic (California) – Austin
SafeGuard World International (United Kingdom) – Austin
Signature Systems Group (New York) – Flower Mound
Six Flags (New York) – Grand Prairie
SoftServe (Florida) – Austin
Solera Holdings (California) – Dallas
Thermasol (California) – Round Rock
Topgolf (Illinois) – Dallas
Toyota (California) – Plano
Trend Micro (California) – Irving
Vermillion (California) – Austin
Voltabox of Texas (Germany) – Cedar Park
Websense (California) – Austin
Xeris Pharmaceuticals (California) – Austin