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Chinese investment in St. James Parish remains on track
Yuhuang Chemical’s multiphase, $1.85 billion methanol plant in St. James Parish is on track for a late 2016 groundbreaking despite uncertain market demand for...
The first Louisiana Certified Workforce Developer class graduates
The Inaugural Louisiana Certified Workforce Developer (CWD) class was recognized at the June meeting of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System, where graduates...
Vitter gets a signature win with a new law regulating chemicals
It took five years and lots of bipartisan wrangling, but Republican Sen. David Vitter of Louisiana can finally claim victory in his battle to...
MUDBUG and Spider highlight new products
Chet Morrison Contractors of Houma debuted a new tool for cleaning drilling and production risers that the company says is safer, faster and more...
Why worker productivity is in decline and what contractors can do about it
Contractors typically lean upon established industry norms to calculate their expectations for a typical hour’s labor, or productivity rate, but some in the Gulf...
Top 5 Louisiana oil and gas tech startups to watch in 2016
With the 8th annual New Orleans Entrepreneur Week (NOEW) March 11-18, all eyes turned to Louisiana. As the fastest growing entrepreneurial ecosystem in the...
Trimble releases new displays for monitoring crane sensors
California-based Trimble has announced the availability of the Trimble MBR Series Displays for quick, handheld or cab-mounted wireless monitoring of crane sensors. The MBR...
Engage Cuba’s Louisiana Council says industry to gain from embargo removal
Seeking to tap into shifting public opinion and changing politics, a Washington, D.C.-based group recently announced the creation of a Louisiana Council expressly dedicated...
What will the industrial boom look like in the long term?
On paper, the sheer volume of announced industrial work in Louisiana is unprecedented—pegged by economists at as much as $140 billion since 2012. ...
Maps of the largest projects driving the Louisiana industrial boom
Louisiana industrial projects announced or proposed since 2009 with projected capital investment of $250 million or more. Second line shows projected capital investment and...
New chemical industry group convenes in Gonzales to discuss federal funding and workforce needs
A newly designated consortium of local, state and federal leaders met in Gonzales in April to discuss federal funding needs for Louisiana’s chemical industry, particularly...
CRISIS group identifies four priority projects for relieving Capital Region traffic congestion
A collaborative effort among industry groups is tackling a big and seemingly eternal problem in the Baton Rouge metro area—heavy traffic congestion. Now a year...
Curt Eysink: Our structural workforce gap
Despite years of attention, a large share of Louisiana’s population continues to live in poverty at the same time that business and industry is...
David E. Dismukes: Are oil prices bouncing back?
There are some that anticipate (and hope) that crude oil markets are starting to rebound from the abysmal price deflation seen over the past...
Stephen Waguespack: Ready for a new story
And the hits just keep on coming. Employers in Louisiana have felt the pinch over the last year of an economy in recession, billions...
Protect your assets!
What today’s manufacturers should know about patent law.
According to the National Association of Manufacturers, intellectual property can comprise up to 80% of the value...
Executive Profile: G.T. “Butch” Darce
Name: G.T. “Butch” Darce
Position: Chairman & CEO
Company: Taylors International Services, Lafayette
Age: 66
Hometown: Morgan City
Education: Basic oilfield short courses, international sales short courses, international law short courses
Where did your career start,...
A condensed PTEC training program in southwest Louisiana helps working adults who already have...
Bryan “Beau” Batulis of Lake Charles was 31 years old and ready for a change.
He was project manager for a cleaning company that worked...
A new container-on-barge shuttle service between the Port of New Orleans and Baton Rouge...
As the chemical industry continues to boom in Louisiana and the Gulf South region, SEACOR AMH has created a new container-on-barge shuttle service from...
Louisiana-grown LandBros is making a mark in the use of drones for industrial photography,...
One day last fall, Danny Landry was flying to San Marcos, Texas, for a project LandBros Aerial—the aerial drone company he founded with his...
