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Consumer brands boost production, betting workers staying home long term

Consumer product companies are expanding factories and revamping production lines, wagering that work-from-home habits...

Port NOLA eyes property for $1.5B container terminal

The Port of New Orleans could soon begin the due diligence process for a...

Unprecedented package volume, COVID-19 concerns paralyze Postal Service

Competing crises are slamming the U.S. Postal Service just days before Christmas, imperiling the...

The region’s top industry news from 2020

A litany of tumultuous events turned 2020 into a very bipolar year. Few in...

Industrial services company planning $2M expansion

Gulf Coast Hydrostatic Testers intends to invest some $2 million and hire 30 additional employees.

Is Amazon deal at Cortana back on?

More than six months after Amazon’s plans to acquire the various parcels comprising the former Cortana Mall fell through, the high-stakes deal to redevelop the 1-million square foot site into a massive regional distribution center appears to still have life.

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LSU’s bendable concrete project hits breakthrough with sugarcane byproduct

The quest by LSU construction management researchers to develop an engineered cementitious composite, or...

Who is essential? Meatpackers, airlines among those seeking vaccine priority

The arrival of COVID-19 vaccines is sending big industries jostling to persuade public-health officials...

With billions of packages to deliver, online retailers, shippers face holiday hurdles

E-commerce became a lifeline for consumers and companies during the pandemic. But this holiday...

Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. considering potential $1B complex in Geismar

The Baton Rouge Area Chamber and Gov. John Bel Edwards today announced Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Chemical Corp. is studying the feasibility of building a methyl methacrylate manufacturing complex in Geismar.