Manufacturing

Rail deal opens oil route to Louisiana after Keystone cancellation

A $25 billion deal between Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. and Kansas City Southern offers...

Lemoine Co. gets contract to do Cortana demolition for Amazon

Now that demolition work has begun on the former Cortana Mall site to make way for a 3.5 million-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center, local companies are beginning to reap the benefits of the construction jobs the project is creating.

ExxonMobil plans $334M expansion at Baton Rouge chemical plant

ExxonMobil is planning to invest $334 million on  expansion and maintenance project at its...

Warehouse demand swallows former golf courses, offices, malls across US

The next big industrial warehouse might find itself on top of a former golf...

Revised plans for Amazon facility at Cortana now 20% larger

Plans for the Amazon fulfillment center at the site of the former Cortana Mall are continuing to increase in size.

Local impact of proposed Kansas City Southern acquisition not yet known

Baton Rouge-area industry leaders are determining how they may be affected by Canadian Pacific Railway’s plans to acquire Kansas City Southern in a $25 billion deal that would create the first freight-rail network linking Mexico, the U.S. and Canada.
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Turner Industries selects Port of Iberia for new fabrication site

Gov. John Bel Edwards, Port of Iberia Executive Director Craig Romero and Turner Industries...

Hanley’s sensation dressing gets distribution deal with Walmart, Costco

Baton Rouge’s homegrown salad could be on more tables nationwide, thanks to the forthcoming...

Extreme Texas weather, port backlogs further disrupt supply chain

Supply chain woes mounted worldwide for makers of everything from cars and clothing to...

Matador Vodka grows distribution in hopes, aims to become ‘Tito’s of Louisiana’

Bobbie Johnson wants Matador Vodka to be Louisiana’s vodka. He started Matador Vodka in 2018,...