Manufacturing

Manufacturers, industrial plants, and production operations anchoring the regional economy.

Oil patch owners, suppliers move to shale, but some can’t follow

Most oil patch owners, contractors and suppliers have learned the hard way in recent...

My toughest challenge: Newton Thomas

Position: Owner Company: The Newtron Group What they do: Headquartered in Baton Rouge, The Newtron Group is one of...

With productivity and safety on the line, industry races to outpace drug test dodgers

Louisiana’s industrial complex has a shrewd opponent in the fight against workplace substance abuse—the...

Lake Charles banks on upcoming LNG projects in the wake of Sasol’s GTL pullout

Sasol’s decision to abandon plans for a $15 billion gas-to-liquids plant in Lake Charles...

People: Women in charge

In January, Gloria Moncada became the first-ever female manager of ExxonMobil’s refinery. But the...

Insight: The lifeblood of a community is capital investment

In recent years, the Baton Rouge region has had the good fortune to be...
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Baton Rouge creating ITEP approval process; State mulls tax break changes

Baton Rouge officials are expected to create a matrix to evaluate a controversial tax...

CB&I cuts Livingston Parish workforce in half

CB&I is cutting its Livingston Parish workforce roughly in half, laying off 163 workers...

Louisiana’s failed bid to lure Toyota-Mazda plant included more incentives than Alabama’s winning pitch

Louisiana put forth what state economic development officials say was a strong, competitive package...

Key Issues in 2018: Baton Rouge economy slowing but still growing

STILL A SPARK: Though the industrial construction boom is slowing in the Capital Region,...
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