Orion Instruments, a Baton Rouge-based custom designer and manufacturer of highly specific fluid measurement devices for industrial uses, was among a handful of companies from across the state honored with a 2012 Lantern Award from Louisiana Economic Development at a ceremony Tuesday. Since 1979, LED has annually bestowed Lantern Awards to Louisiana businesses demonstrating excellence in manufacturing and outstanding community service in the three years prior to their nomination. Along with Orion Instruments, this year’s Lantern Award winners include:
• Oceaneering International Inc.; Morgan City
• K&B Machine Works; Houma
• Crest Industries; Pineville
• Complex Chemical Co.; Tallulah
• Omni Industries Inc.; Shreveport
• Turnbull Bakeries; New Orleans
• Southern Bar-B-Que Sauce; Jennings
Meanwhile, the Louisiana Quality Foundation also recognized St. Elizabeth Physicians of Gonzales with the Louisiana Performance Excellence Award as part of the Lantern Awards ceremony. Orion Instruments was also Business Report‘s 2011 Company of the Year among those in the Capital Region with fewer than 100 employees. Read that story here.
