Manufacturing

Amazon site at Cortana could create up to 3,500 jobs, sources say

The planned Amazon distribution facility at the site of the former Cortana Mall will be larger and will employ more workers than documents filed with the city-parish to date have indicated, according to sources familiar with the project.

BC&I approves Marathon’s 10-year, $43M ITEP request, with strings attached

In a rare move, the Louisiana Board of Commerce & Industry today unanimously approved...

Louisiana Fish Fry preps for expansion

Baton Rouge-based Louisiana Fish Fry is gearing up to expand its product line again and recently filed two advance notices with state economic officials regarding planned expansions.

Local grocers resuming operations after Monday’s disruption

Local supermarkets and their suppliers are slowly getting back to normal this morning after Monday’s ice storm effectively shuttered the entire Capital Region.

Freezing weather expected to chill crawfish supply

The cold weather is expected to reduce Louisiana crawfish farmers’ catches for the next week, leading to higher prices for mudbugs.

iTA Truck Sales and Service acquires Timmons Truck Center in Baton Rouge

iTA Truck Sales and Service has acquired Timmons Truck Center in Baton Rouge, making...
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Thomas Turner steps down from Turner Industries

Turner Industries has announced the retirement of Thomas H. Turner, its longtime CEO and...

Metal Shark lands autonomous defense vessel contract for Marines

Louisiana-based Metal Shark, a shipbuilder headquartered in Jeanerette, has been selected to develop and...

Shintech investing $1.3B to expand facilities in Iberville, West Baton Rouge

Shintech Louisiana is investing $1.3 billion to expand its manufacturing and packaging facilities in...

Baum Environmental moving forward with its own tire shredding facility

Though the city-parish deal to purchase a tire shredder with federal grant money fell through last September, the environmental consulting firm that was planning to partner with the parish in operating the equipment is moving forward with plans to open its own tire shredding facility this spring.