Franklin’s Saronic takes center stage as Navy increases focus on autonomous vessels
A significant surge in investment toward the fabrication of autonomous naval vessels, artificial intelligence and faster defense manufacturing has Saronic taking center stage, The...
Hydro Extrusion to shutter aluminum manufacturing plant, lay off 226 workers
Richland Parish-based Hydro Extrusion USA recently announced it plans to shutter its aluminum manufacturing facility next year, eliminating 226 jobs. The company notified the...
Livingston Parish beefs up its worker pipeline amid a fabrication boom
Livingston Parish is experiencing a surge in industrial growth as several fabrication companies expand operations to meet rising demand from the power, energy, data...
Louisiana reaches 2 million jobs as construction boom fuels economic growth
Louisiana’s economy posted encouraging results in the second quarter of 2026, reaching a record 2.01 million nonfarm jobs in May and remaining above the...
Meta’s Baton Rouge ‘workforce academy’ to reside at ABC Pelican Chapter facility
Meta’s Baton Rouge “workforce academy” will be based at Associated Builders and Contractors Pelican Chapter's Baton Rouge Training Center, with the first cohort of students...
Acadiana wins a national manufacturing workforce training grant
One Acadiana has been awarded a FAME Catalyst Grant from The Manufacturing Institute, positioning the organization to launch an Acadiana chapter of the Federation...
Baton Rouge chosen as launch site for Meta’s $115M AI workforce academy
Meta is launching a national workforce training boot camp geared specifically toward training workers for jobs in AI infrastructure—and Baton Rouge is its first...
Industrial construction surge big reason for Baton Rouge’s booming economy
Baton Rouge's construction sector added some 6,500 jobs over the past year, more than any other sector, thanks to projects such as Hyundai’s steel...
Air Products aims to reduce traffic by shuttling workers from Lamar Dixon Expo Center
Air Products' traffic mitigation plan for its planned Louisiana Clean Energy Complex includes shuttling workers from the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales in...
LED to announce ‘major project’ today as central Louisiana preps for large data center
Gov. Jeff Landry, Louisiana Economic Development and local and regional partners will announce a “major economic development project” at 11:30 a.m. today at the...
