Gonzales location of international Emerson Process Management is a one-stop service center

The Advocate – Ellyn Couvillion ecouvillion@theadvocate AUG 7, 2016 – 4:37 PM Before the 148,000-square-foot, $20 million Emerson Process Management service center opened about a year ago in Gonzales, the international company had five locations in the Baton Rouge area, all doing different work. Emerson, which provides engineered products and technology for process industries, had… Read more »



Gov. Edwards, LPFA And Louisiana Surety Association Announce Bonding Assistance Program For Small Contractors

7.5.06 BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. John Bel Edwards, the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority and the Louisiana Surety Association announced today an innovative program to provide small construction companies with greater access to major construction projects. The Bonding Assistance Program, administered by Louisiana Economic Development, builds on Gov. Edwards’ commitment to strengthening the small business… Read more »



Shell Chemical Breaks Ground On Major Louisiana Expansion

www.opportunitylouisiana.com In Ascension Parish, $717 million project will create world’s largest single-site production of alpha olefins GEISMAR, La. — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards and Shell Chemical LP officials highlighted the beginning of construction for the company’s $717 million linear alpha olefins manufacturing plant in Geismar. LED Secretary Don Pierson joined company executives – including… Read more »


AEDC Elects New Officers

Ascension Parish, LA (January 22, 2016) – The Ascension Economic Development Corporation (AEDC) reported today on the election of Officers at its Board of Directors meeting on January 20, 2016.  Mr. Dwight D. Poirrier was elected to Chair the organization while Mr. Don Hanna will serve as Vice Chair and Ms. Dee LeJeune as Secretary/Treasurer. … Read more »


METHANEX STARTS UP ONE MILLION TONNE GEISMAR 2 METHANOL PLANT IN LOUISIANA

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Dec. 29, 2015) – Methanex Corporation (the “Company”) (TSX:MX)(NASDAQ:MEOH) announced that on December 27, 2015, the company successfully produced first methanol from its newly completed one million tonne Geismar 2 methanol plant in Geismar, Louisiana. The plant was relocated from the Company’s production site in Punta Arenas, Chile. John Floren, President… Read more »


Two brothers have grown Smith Tank & Steel from a startup offering water tower repairs to a multimillion-dollar industrial services firm

Business Report – David Jacobs – Brothers Billy Smith and Sam Smith Jr. come from a family of industrial tank builders. They were supervisors by the time they were 19, Billy Smith says, and both came to lead tank divisions at their respective employers. “I was doing all of the tank work there, and Sam… Read more »


Can’t get a good tortilla here? That premise, plus entrepreneurial spirit, launched Hola Nola Foods

The Advocate (11/28/2015) – Ted Griggs tgriggs@theadvocate.com Three years ago, former Zapp’s Potato Chips executives and minority shareholders Kevin S. Holden and Rod Olson found themselves in unfamiliar territory. They wanted to quit. Both worked for Utz Quality Foods Inc., which acquired the Gramercy-based chippery in 2011 following founder Ron Zappe’s death. Olson had been… Read more »