Trendspotter: Gregory Bowser, President, Louisiana Chemical Association/Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance
Back in October, the Louisiana Chemical Association and the Louisiana Chemical Industry Alliance announced that Gregory Bowser would be the next president of the...
Executive Profile: David Rentrop, W.R. Grace
Name: David Rentrop
Position: Operations Director
Company: W.R. Grace, Lake Charles Plant
Age: 60
Hometown: Lake Charles
Education: B.S., Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
Where did your career start, and how...
SWAT assembles an elite turnaround team and raises the productivity threshold
By 2014, Johnny Holifield and Jimmy Quick had several years of experience under their belts, along with some clearly defined notions about what it...
Executive Profile: Erick Knezek, PE
Erick Knezek, Founder & Managing Partner, Truston Technologies Inc. Photography by Terri Fensel
Where did your career start, and how did you get to where...
Executive Profile: G.T. “Butch” Darce, Taylors International Services
Name: G.T. “Butch” Darce
Position: Chairman & CEO
Company: Taylors International Services, Lafayette
Age: 66
Hometown: Morgan City
Education: Basic oilfield short courses, international sales short courses, international law short courses
Where did your career start,...
Louisiana’s LandBros making its mark using drones for industrial photography, safety and risk control
One day last fall, Danny Landry was flying to San Marcos, Texas, for a project LandBros Aerial—the aerial drone company he founded with his...
New DEQ secretary Chuck Carr Brown urges industry to be proactive
Viewing his appointment as a homecoming of sorts, Dr. Chuck Carr Brown took over as secretary of the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality on Jan....
A conversation with Don Pierson, secretary of Louisiana Economic Development
Gov. John Bel Edwards’ new economic development chief, Don Pierson, credits his military background for fueling a deep belief in teamwork, planning and organization.
Pierson...
Long underrepresented in manufacturing, women are now changing the workforce at Louisiana plants
Everything seemed to be going according to plan for Lauren Cordell, a Sulphur High School valedictorian and Louisiana Tech University graduate. She had met...
Louisiana candidates for governor talk industry
The voting booth looms large both this year and next for those in Louisiana industry and its many supporting and related enterprises, from chemical...
