Successful sounds: For the third year in a row, Baton Rouge-based Acadian Home Theater and Automation has been ranked among the top 100 companies in the United States in home electronics installation by CE Pro magazine, which is devoted to professionals in the custom electronics field. The company—which is ranked No. 92 on the list—does installations from Lake Charles to Orange Beach, Ala. “We even have a client whose vacation home and yacht are in the Carolinas, and we’ve done installations for both of those there,” says company president Bryan Naquin in a news release. “We stay quite busy.” Acadian designs and installs custom electronics, including indoor and outdoor entertainment systems, home theaters, security and more.
Thin margins: International Paper says it will permanently close its Minden Container Plant by July 17, resulting in the loss of approximately 60 jobs. Region General Manager Doug Strickel says following a merger with Temple-Inland, IP has more capacity than customers. He says other area facilities are better positioned to handle the production requirements. The company will discuss plans for severance and other benefits with the local union, United Steelworkers Local 677. The plant opened in 1948 and produces 690 million square feet of corrugated packaging each year for customers in the consumer packaging products industries.
The name game: According to a new government report, the top five boys names in Louisiana in 2011 were Mason, Jayden, Aiden, William and Landon. For girls, the top five were Ava, Emma, Isabella, Sophia and Olivia. For boys, the top 10 was rounded out by Ethan, Noah, Michael, John and Elijah; and for girls, the top included Chloe, Madison, Ella, Addison and Aubrey. See the complete list of the top 100 names for boys and girls in the state here.
