Manufacturing

LSU, Tech create industry co-op research center

LSU and Louisiana Tech University announced in a July 28 press release the creation of the Center for Innovations in Structural Integrity Assurance (CISIA), the...

Louisiana in the running for a $35M potato preservative facility

Food preservation company 1,4GROUP is considering Ascension Parish for a potential $35 million chemical processing facility.

Continental Structural Plastics expands Louisiana manufacturing facility

Continental Structural Plastics, which provides lightweight composite products for vehicles and industrial applications, will invest $13.2 million to expand its manufacturing facility in Sarepta. The...

BioLab will break ground on a new pool chemical manufacturing facility Wednesday

One of the largest suppliers of chlorine will break ground on a new Louisiana manufacturing plant on Wednesday to replace its facility damaged by...

Lake Charles fire partly to blame for ‘worst chlorine shortage the country has ever...

A fire last August in south Louisiana during Hurricane Laura is being blamed in part for creating "the worst chlorine shortage the country has...

Hitting a wall: Only technology can take maintenance to the next level

Dow found itself battling the law of diminishing returns in its decades-long quest to optimize its maintenance processes. Though incremental improvements were made to...

Busy hurricane season threatens beleaguered Gulf Coast industry

The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is predicting a 60 percent chance of an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season this year, although it...
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St. Tammany Corp., Port NOLA to attract manufacturing, distribution centers

Port NOLA and the St. Tammany Corp. have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to work together to grow trade — particularly through the attraction of...

The Energy Evolution: How will Louisiana fare?

It's a hotly debated subject, to be sure, but most would agree that a move toward alternative forms of power, net-zero emissions and other...

Picking up speed: Offshore wind gains traction

Daniel Hogan hopes to operate the first wind lease in the Gulf of Mexico. It’s a bold step, but the president and COO of...

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