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USA Industries opens new Prairieville office, warehouse

USA Industries LLC announced that it is opening a new product and sales warehouse location in Prairieville. The company is a designer, manufacturer and supplier...

Venture Global gets lion share of ITEP tax breaks

The Louisiana Board of Commerce and Industry approved more than $187 million worth of industrial tax exemptions on Friday in its first meeting since...

BLS Report: Louisiana worker productivity plummets by more than 6 percent

U.S. worker productivity has dropped significantly, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, leaving some economists alarmed by the decrease in a measure that...

BASF’s Holland: Digitalization has been challenging but necessary during Geismar mega-project

BASF’s Beth Holland says the digitalization of processes during the current MDI3 expansion project in Geismar has brought some unexpected challenges. As vice president and...

Louisiana’s natural gas and oil resources valued at more than $54B

The oil and natural gas industry in Louisiana supported more than 346,000 jobs in multiple sectors and contributed more than $54 billion to the...

Avondale deal delayed again as Port of South Louisiana studies terms

The Port of South Louisiana has again delayed the closing period for its $445 million deal to buy the former Avondale Shipyard site, after...

Louisiana petrochemical industry launches sustainability effort

The Louisiana petrochemical industry is launching the creation of a new “sustainability council,” reports Louisiana Illuminator. The Louisiana energy and chemical companies along with the...

ExxonMobil still ramping up production after higher Q1 profits

ExxonMobil more than doubled its profit during the first quarter, producing more oil to overcome energy prices that have declined during a period of economic...

How Amazon is changing customer expectations in the industrial supply chain

The petrochemical industry is in the middle of a transformation of sorts in terms of its logistics and supply chain processes. It seems industrial...

Surge Protection: South Louisiana maintenance turnarounds could max out the labor force when owners...

A significant uptick in maintenance turnarounds is most definitely on the way, beginning this spring then followed by a much larger splash in October.  From a...

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