Digitization: It’s no longer optional
Digitization in the industrial space has quickly gone from a want to a need.
The COVID-19 pandemic has upended industrial operations in a fundamental way...
The promise of blockchain: A new industrial consortium tests growing technology
There have been countless seminars and work sessions on the subject over the last handful of years, but the mention of “blockchain” still produces...
Helios acquires West Baton Rouge solar project
Helios Infrastructure, a joint venture between Nationwide and Sol Systems, announced its acquisition of the largest solar power project in Louisiana.
The 50-megawatt system is...
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...
A ‘digital dome’ is being built to protect Port Fourchon and the Louisiana Offshore...
Stephenson Technologies Corp., LSU’s applied research entity, has won a $25 million federal contract to protect Louisiana’s energy infrastructure.
Specifically, the award from the U.S....
Louisiana-developed hybrid solar energy converter could have petrochemical, oil recovery applications
A hybrid solar energy converter developed by a team of scientists at Tulane University and their partners could have implications for chemical production and...
Phillips 66 tests 5G, Industry 4.0 technology at Belle Chasse refinery
Phillips 66 is testing a private 5G cellphone network to control sensors at one of its Louisiana refineries.
The company is working with Accenture and...
Cabot wraps up emission-control project at Franklin carbon black production facility
Cabot Corporation has completed the installation of emission-control equipment at its Louisiana carbon black site, which is designed to reduce emissions by thousands of...
$20M goes to 5 Louisiana universities for advanced manufacturing research
Five Louisiana universities have been awarded shares of a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to transform research and education in advanced manufacturing and materials...
Autodesk invests in Lafayette’s 360Fuel
Autodesk is investing in a Louisiana company's vision for advanced, low-cost alternative fuel dispensers.
Lafayette-based 360Fuel has announced a long-term commitment from the software engineering...
