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Baton Rouge-area plant managers expect steady 4Q, growth in 2024

Managers of regional industrial sites expect production, spending and hiring to remain fairly steady through the end of this year, a Greater Baton Rouge...

Will Formosa move its planned $9.4B project to the Capital Region?

As far as the company has stated publicly, Formosa still intends to build a $9.4 billion industrial complex in St. James Parish, despite opposition from environmental and community groups. But economist...

CDI Engineering Solutions opens larger office in Lake Charles

CDI Engineering Solutions, an engineering, procurement and construction management firm serving the energy and chemicals industries, has announced the grand opening of a larger...

GBRIA presents workforce development awards at annual banquet

The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance Inc. (GBRIA) presented the 16th Annual Craft Workforce Development Awards during a recent banquet at the Renaissance Hotel...

How to beat the heat: Three immediate changes that will protect workers

Heightened risk and strenuous operating conditions occur as temperatures rise, a combination that can have harmful outcomes, reports Manufacturing.net. Heat often leads to impaired cognition...
Megaprojects

Proportion of Louisiana jobs in construction 6th highest in U.S.

Recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics found that nearly 7 percent of jobs in Louisiana are in the construction industry, 1.7...

Bollinger Shipyards plans to close its operations in New Orleans

Bollinger Shipyards is closing its operations in New Orleans and plans to shift the work to its larger facilities on the Mississippi Gulf Coast,...

Capital Region manufacturing sector sees record high job numbers

Baton Rouge’s manufacturing industry saw a record high 30,900 jobs in June, according to the latest numbers from the Baton Rouge Area Chamber’s monthly...

Energy companies are scrambling to attract petroleum engineers

Even as oil and gas companies post record profits, the industry is facing a worsening talent drought, The Wall Street Journal reports.  At U.S. colleges, the pool...

Eighteen Louisiana high school students complete BASF’s TECH Academy

Eighteen area high school students recently completed BASF's TECH academy, a week-long educational and workforce development program hosted at River Parishes Community College (RPCC),...

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