Manufacturing

A proposal to require industrial air monitoring to protect Louisiana residents from chemical air pollutants cleared an early obstacle in the state Legislature on Tuesday. 

Louisiana’s job market is strong. Job openings number in the tens of thousands. Employers...

Baton Rouge-based Orion Instruments will lay off 73 employees by the end of 2023,...

Ship agency, stevedoring and terminal operations company T. Parker Host is relocating its headquarters from Norfolk, Virginia, to south Louisiana, according to Biz New Orleans.

Georgia-Pacific is investing $50 million to upgrade its Port Hudson paper mill in Zachary, the company announced today. 

Norwegian startup Freyr will first build batteries to power electric vehicles and store clean energy in a remote town near the Arctic Circle. Up next? An Atlanta suburb.

Ucore North America, a subsidiary of Ucore Rare Metals Inc., will invest $75 million to establish North America’s first modern technology rare earth element separation and purification facility, in Alexandria, Business Facilities reports.

Australian company Element 25 is exploring plans to build an electric vehicle battery materials production facility in Ascension Parish, LED announced this morning.

Down in Terrebonne Parish, where oil rig supply ships are as much a part...

Houston-based Milestone Carbon is considering building a carbon capture and sequestration facility in Terrebonne...