Brazos County Japan trip talks semiconductors and more [Video]

Flying from Texas to Japan, the Brazos Valley Economic Development Corporation recently took city leaders on a delegation trip to discuss possible international business opportunities and pitch what makes the Brazos County worth investing in.

“We already have a relationship with [the Japanese executives] with what’s going around now with chip manufacturing and AI, which are two of the biggest things that we’re doing right now,” Bryan Mayor Bobby Gutierrez said. “What we’re looking at is how we support these efforts that [Texas] A&M has laid in our laps.”

Gutierrez said the agenda for the June 1-8 trip was packed full of meetings with Japanese companies and representatives, leaving almost no time to be a tourist.

“From the day we landed till the day we took off, we had meetings scheduled from sunup to sundown,” …