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BASF Announces $42.6 Million Investment In New Polyurethanes Blending Facility

9.12.13 BASF Announces $42.6 Million Investment In New Polyurethanes Blending Facility Project is fourth major BASF expansion in Louisiana since 2009, will result in 167 new direct and indirect jobs GEISMAR, La. – Today, Gov. Bobby Jindal and BASF Geismar Senior Vice President Tom Yura announced the company’s plans for a fourth major expansion in… Read more »

Ascension Launches Program

Parish to Evaluate Additional Economic Development Sites BY TIMOTHY BOONE Advocate Business Writer July 22, 2013 0 COMMENTS The Ascension Economic Development Corp. is launching a program to help identify sites in the parish that would be good locations for economic development projects. The AEDC selected CSRS, a Baton Rouge engineering firm, to handle the… Read more »

CF Industries Receives Louisiana and Iowa Air Permits

CF Industries Receives Louisiana and Iowa Air Permits DEERFIELD, Ill.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul. 16, 2013– CF Industries Holdings, Inc.(NYSE:CF) today reported that regulators in Louisiana and Iowa have issued final air emission permits related to the company’s capacity expansion projects in both states. The Donaldsonville, Louisiana project consists of new urea and UAN plants scheduled to come on stream in the second half of… Read more »

Honeywell Announces $208 Million In Louisiana Projects With Potential For $1.2 Billion In Total Investment

Louisiana Economic Development Contact: Gary Perilloux, Press Secretary Gary.Perilloux@la.gov (225) 342-3437 7.15.2013 In Shreveport, Baton Rouge and Geismar, Honeywell will retain 698 jobs and invest in projects resulting in 190 new direct and indirect jobs GONZALES, La. — Today, Gov. Bobby Jindal and Honeywell Performance Materials and Technologies President and CEO Andreas Kramvis announced that… Read more »

Location IS Everything!: Ascension, Louisiana Why it Works!

Is location part of your strategy? Ascension Parish’s strategic location to the Gulf of Mexico and South Americas along with its multi-modal transportation network, position it as a location for opportunity in the southern U.S. for nearly any type of operation. Key advantages include: 3 deepwater ports on the great Mississippi River including one of… Read more »