BASF completes specialty amines expansion in Geismar
BASF has completed its capacity expansion for key specialty amines manufactured at its Geismar plant, reports Chemical Engineering Online. As a result, the plant...
Turner Industries sells plant management software
Baton Rouge’s Turner Industries is selling its suite of proprietary plant management and field operations software, MobilOps, to Raleigh, North Carolina-based Prometheus Group, the...
Fertilizer company cancels plans for Jefferson Parish ammonia plant
A Texas fertilizer company announced last week that it has halted its plans to build an ammonia plant in Jefferson Parish, reports Louisiana Illuminator....
West Feliciana foundry plans $7.4M modernization project
Howell Foundry, an industrial metal casting company, is investing $7.4 million to upgrade its processing facility in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana Economic Development announced.
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Louisiana tops $25 billion in capital investment in 2023
Louisiana is marking its seventh consecutive year-over-year capital investment growth as it nears the end of 2023 with more than $25 billion in new...
Ascension Parish eyed for potential $350M manufacturing facility
A Chinese-owned producer of materials for rechargeable batteries is considering building a $350 million manufacturing plant in Ascension Parish, state and company officials announced...
Weyerhaeuser planning $96.2M lumber mill modernization project
Weyerhaeuser, one of the world’s largest private owners of timberland, including 1.39 million acres in Louisiana, last week announced it is investing $96.2 million...
TotalEnergies considers selling Carville plant
TotalEnergies is considering selling its styrene and polystyrene facility in Carville, reports the Financial Post. The plant makes chemical ingredients used for everything from...
The AI Revolution
It all began years ago, when industrial owners started digitizing their processes to gain more operational insight into their facilities. Whether they knew it...
Infinity Valve and Supply expanding Acadiana air compressor facility
Infinity Operators LLC announced last week that it is investing $1.1 million to increase production capacity of its new air compression division through equipment...