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GONZALES, La., Jan. 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Crown Crafts Infant Products, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Crown Crafts, Inc. (NASDAQ-CM: CRWS), announced today that it has signed a licensing agreement with Zutano, a Vermont-based designer of children’s clothing, accessories and nursery products, to develop, market and distribute a new line of infant bedding, blankets, bibs, bath… Read more »

Source: Renita Young; Nola.com – The Baton Rouge Area Chamber named its annual Companies to Watch, honoring second-stage companies, those that have moved beyond the start-up phase into a period of growth, in the nine-parish Baton Rouge area. BRAC’s awards event concluded its Big Think program during Baton Rouge Entrepreneurship Week (BREW) on Nov. 19. “The six companies honored… Read more »

November 19, 2014 – Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: REGI) celebrated Wednesday the grand opening of its Geismar biorefinery, which is now producing renewable hydrocarbon diesel (RHD) in commercial-scale quantities. The event marked the successful start-up of the 75-million gallon nameplate capacity plant that REG acquired in June. Beginning production on October 14, REG Geismar,… Read more »

New project in Ascension, St. Charles parishes to retain 55 jobs, result in more than 85 new direct and indirect jobs, along with 300 construction jobs Article from Louisiana Economic Development 11.6.14 BATON ROUGE, La. — Today, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Executive Vice President Dale Plante of Momentive Specialty Chemicals Inc. announced the company will… Read more »

GEISMAR, La.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Renewable Energy Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:REGI) announced today that commercial-scale quantities of renewable hydrocarbon diesel (RHD) produced at the company’s Geismar, Louisiana biorefinery are now available for sale. The first truckloads of REG-9000™/RHD produced at the 75-million gallon nameplate biorefinery since REG acquired it in June left the plant October 23. The advanced… Read more »

By Kelly Connelly; Baton Rouge Business Report Published Oct 15, 2014 at 10:26 am (Updated Oct 15, 2014) The winners of the inaugural Best Places to Work awards—presented by Business Report, the Greater Baton Rouge Society for Human Resource Management and the Louisiana Workforce Commission—were revealed and honored at an awards breakfast this morning to… Read more »

September 29, 2014 THE WOODLANDS, Texas – Huntsman Corporation (NYSE: HUN) today announced that it has commenced preliminary engineering to expand production of methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) by investment in a new, world scale MDI plant at its Geismar, Louisiana site. The 400,000 metric ton expansion will leverage the significant advantages of the Geismar site,… Read more »

i-10 Hospitality’s Cruisin’ to Gonzales, Louisiana with a New 15,000 Square Foot Shopping  enter Gonzales, Louisiana soon to be home to a new shopping center with two unique restaurant concepts and four retailers. Louisiana based I-10 Hospitality, LLC, a restaurant, hotel and gaming management company has selected 2706 S. Cabelas Parkway in Gonzales, as the site for their 15,000… Read more »

The Advocate – Ted Griggs Renewable Energy Group plans to spend $15 million in the next 12 months on the company’s Geismar facility, which makes diesel from animal fat. “Some of that you’d probably consider just normal startup and ramp-up procedures to take a plant from an idled state,” Chief Financial Officer Chad Stone said Monday… Read more »