What we reported Hutto had a busy year recruiting and landing manufacturers to relocate to the city. Two separate manufacturers from California, JRS Co. Inc. and AEND Industries Inc., both announced they will relocate their headquarters to Hutto. Paradigm Metals, a local technology manufacturer, is relocating its operations to Innovation Business Park in Hutto.

the latest JRS Co. Inc. will likely open its headquarters shortly after the new year, per Hutto city officials, and Paradigm executives told Community Impact Newspaper they expect to begin operations in the summer. In the meantime, Hutto city officials continue their efforts to recruit manufacturers to the city.

“We have four industrial business parks that we are looking to fill, so we are aggressively recruiting companies to fill those parks,” Hutto Economic Development Director Jessica Bullock said.