Farewell,Ambassador Perry

摘要

In January, Thomas Hook, chief executive officer of Greatbatch, was looking to move his growing medical device company from Buffalo to a place with warmer winters and lower taxes. He was all but settled on Florida when officials from Frisco, a city north of Dallas, cold-called to pitch the virtues of Texas. One conversation in particular helped close the deal. Texas Governor Rick Perry phoned to tell Hook how much he wanted Greatbatch to call Texas home. "He reached out directly," says Chris Knospe, Greatbatch's head of government relations. "It's nice to be wanted." In May the 3,300-employee company announced its move to Frisco.