Manufacturing

Huntsman’s Geismar facility temporarily reduces operating rates

Huntsman Corporation announced last week that a mechanical failure at a third-party raw material supplier is forcing its Geismar MDI facility to experience a...

CF Industries plans $41.4M investment in Donaldsonville fertilizer complex

CF Industries is investing $41.4 million capital investment to enhance nitric acid production at the world’s-largest nitrogen fertilizer complex in Donaldsonville. The new project follows...

Haas Automation, Louisiana launch manufacturing training partnership

Haas Automation Inc. and Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced a partnership in which Louisiana will become the first state to install Haas 5-axis...

Riverland Industries will pursue state tax incentives for expansion

Baton Rouge-based manufacturer Riverland Industries has filed two notices with Louisiana Economic Development, notifying the agency of its intentions to expand and pursue state...

Bollinger gets contract for four more fast-response Coast Guard cutters

The Coast Guard has awarded a contract for four additionalSentinel-class fast response cutters to Bollinger Shipyards. The contract brings the total number of FRCs...

Fluid manufacturer invests $5.1M to relocate from California to Louisiana

A California-based manufacturer will invest $5.1 million to build a new facility in Louisiana and create nearly 70 new jobs in the state. Founded in...

Promise of Louisiana advanced manufacturing research tempered by COVID-19

Louisiana institutions found themselves at the forefront of a brave new world in advanced manufacturing after landing a five-year, $20 million award from the...

Hood Container announces $50M mill expansion

Gov. John Bel Edwards and Hood Container Senior Vice President Wayne Morgan today announced the company’s paper mill in West Feliciana Parish will complete...

Air Liquide plans $100M air separation unit on Gulf Coast pipeline network to New...

Air Liquide says it plans to invest over $100 million in a new air separation unit on its Gulf Coast pipeline network at Ingleside,...

Louisiana can position Gulf of Mexico for cost-competitive wind energy

Within a decade, the Gulf of Mexico shelf could generate cost-competitive wind energy, and Louisiana could play a key role. As WorkBoat reports, the National...

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