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...
Get the latest on the Mississippi River bridge project
Planning work continues on a new bridge across the Mississippi River to alleviate local traffic on Interstate 10 through Baton Rouge, 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.
The...
CF Industries ready to move on ammonia facility purchase
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. is now ready to move forward with the closing of its acquisition of Incitec Pivot Limited’s (IPL) ammonia production complex...
Uncertain project economics can put a contractor’s profitability at risk. Here’s how some are...
An industrial contractor’s ability to maintain a healthy profit margin can be tenuous, at best, in an age of fluctuating material prices, rising wages...
Newtron Group plans for new office building
The Newtron Group is asking the Planning Commission next month to approve its plans to build a new office building on Airline Highway, near Baringer Foreman Road.
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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...
CF Industries proposes new $2B low-carbon ammonia plant in Ascension Parish
Ammonia producer CF Industries Holdings last week announced it is evaluating the feasibility of constructing a low-carbon ammonia production plant at its Blue Point...
Shell will move to new offices in New Orleans’ River District
Shell will relocate the headquarters of its Gulf of Mexico operations from its longtime home on Poydras Street to the planned River District neighborhood, a...