Photo by Joe LananeTexas Gov. Rick Perry [left] visited Cedar Park-based Tolteq Oct. 10 to tout the state's small business environment. Cedar Park Councilman Tony Dale [center] and Mayor Matt Powell join Perry.
For the second time in six months, a Cedar Park company hosted Gov. Rick Perry as he toured engineering company Tolteq on Oct. 10.
Perry joined company President Paul Deere on a tour of Tolteq, a nine-year-old company responsible for building drilling navigation systems ideal for horizontal oil and gas excavation. He previously visited industrial computer manufacturer Corvalent in May as part of ongoing effort to tout the success of Texas small businesses.
"We didn't have to search far to find a story like [Deere's]. They're rather commonplace in Texas" Perry told a crowd of approximately 40. "It's the small-business men and women who are truly the catalysts for this state."
Tolteq has had much success since starting in Cedar Park in 2003. The company relocated in 2011 to its new $2 million facility. During that time, the company has grown from 19 employees to 42 with plans to continue expanding in Cedar Park.
