Grocery distribution cooperative Associated Wholesale Grocers plans to expand its operations in Pearl River, Louisiana. The $110 million project is expected to retain 334 jobs in St. Tammany Parish.
Walmart plans to upgrade its regional distribution operations in Opelousas, Louisiana.
Laborde Products, a marine engine and equipment distribution company, plans to expand its operation in Covington, Louisiana. The $5.85 million project is expected to create five jobs in St. Tammany Parish.
Full-service logistics provider TCI Tank Logistics, a full-service logistics provider plans to expand its intermodal operations at the Port of New Orleans, Louisiana. The $2 million project is expected to create 40 jobs over the next ten years in Orleans Parish.
Agile Cold Storage, a diversified storage and logistics solutions company serving North American food manufacturers, processors and growers, plans to establish operations in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The $45.9 million project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Amazon plans to establish a last-mile operation in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The project is expected to create more than 1,000 jobs.
Produce distributor Capitol City Produce plans to expand its distribution center in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The $22 million project is expected to create 45 jobs.
Kumho Tires Inc., a global manufacturer of 17-inch passenger and light truck tires, approved an agreement with Melis Group to establish a warehouse and distribution center in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana. The project is expected to create 200 jobs.
Niagara Bottling, one of the nation’s leading beverage manufacturers, plans to establish a new production facility near Hammond, Louisiana. The $160 million project is expected to create 70 jobs.
Arbor Renewable, a Houston-based company that produces renewable gasoline and green hydrogen from wood waste and forest residue, plans to establish a manufacturing and distribution facility in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The $800 million proj
A family owned and operated distributor of meats, seafood, produce, dairy, and more, S&W Wholesale Foods is investing $12 million to build a new multi-temperature wholesale food distribution center near Hammond, Louisiana. The project is expected to
Coca-Cola Bottling Company UNITED is considering a $42 million investment to expand its bottling facility in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The proposed project would create 15 direct new jobs.
Amazon plans to open its second, 820,000 square-foot, robotics fulfillment center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Amazon plans to open its first robotics fulfillment center in Shreveport, Louisiana. The 650,000 square-foot facility is expected to create over 1,000 new, full-time jobs.
Lineage Logistics will build a $42 million expansion of its Jourdan Road cold-storage facility in East New Orleans, Louisiana. The company will retain 188 existing jobs while creating an estimated 50 new direct maritime and warehousing jobs.
Amazon plans to open a one million square-foot fulfillment center in Carencro, Louisiana. The $100 million investment is expected to create 500 direct jobs.
The South Louisiana Rail Facility will develop an $11.6 million rice mill at the Lacassine Industrial Park in Jefferson Davis Parish, Louisiana.
Scariano Wholesale Foods plans a $10 million expansion of the wholesale food distribution facility near Hammond, Louisiana.
Medline Industries Inc. will build an 800,000-square-foot distribution center and create more than 460 new direct jobs in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The company plans to create 170 new jobs within two years of opening.
SuperATV opened its new 100,000-square-foot manufacturing and distribution center in Shreveport, Louisiana.
Conn’s Inc., the Houston-based specialty retailer of furniture, mattresses, home appliances and consumer electronics, will open a 250,000-square-foot distribution center in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana.
SuperATV will invest $4.35 million to develop a manufacturing and distribution facility in Shreveport, Louisiana. A family-owned company, SuperATV specializes in aftermarket parts for a variety of all-terrain vehicles and expects to create 75 jobs in Caddo Parish.
Fuji Vegetable Oil Inc., owned by Fuji Oil Holdings of Japan, will develop a food processing, storage and distribution complex in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, just west of New Orleans.
The former Avondale Shipyards site in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, has been purchased by Avondale Marine LLC, a new joint venture with plans to redevelop the New Orleans-area property as a global logistics hub.
A broadline distributor of food and food-related products, US Foods will make a significant investment to expand the company’s F. Christiana distribution facility in Marrero, Louisiana. The company will retain 140 existing jobs and create 45 new direct jobs.
Union Pacific Railroad, the nation’s largest rail carrier, will complete $87 million in new Louisiana rail improvements this year, capping a more than half-billion-dollar investment inside the state.
Germany-based Mauser Group will complete a $10 million capital investment in a new 40,000-square-foot packaging and logistics facility on a 5-acre site at Talon Industrial Park in Geismar, Louisiana, near its major industrial customers in Ascension P
Packaging International Inc. and DHL Supply Chain, North America, will undertake a combined $274 million capital investment to develop a 1.27 million-square-foot folding carton plant and logistics center in Monroe, Louisiana.
Triton Stone Group of New Orleans, a wholesale distributor of granite and natural stone products, acquired the Triton Stone brand in a $40 million deal, and is relocating the Triton Stone headquarters to the greater New Orleans region.
GLOVIS America, subsidiary of Hyundai Glovis Co. Ltd., a Korea-based company engaged in integrated logistics and distribution businesses, will open a new inland distribution center in Shreveport, Louisiana, for imported vehicles to be located at the former General Motors plant.
In mid-July, PwC released its Q2 2016 Manufacturing Barometer, which surveyed senior executives at U.S.-based industrial manufacturing firms to determine their assessment of the direction of the nation’s economy, as well as their projections for thei
Cushman & Wakefield has announced that U.S. industrial markets absorbed a record-setting 70.1 million square feet (msf) of space in the second quarter of 2016, up 6.0 percent from the same period a year ago, and resulting in year-to-date absorption o
The Martin-Brower Company, a firm that provides end-to-end supply chain management solutions to quick service restaurants, began construction on a $16 million, 142,000-square-foot, logistics food distribution facility on 22-acres at Livingston Industrial Park on U.S. Highway 190 in Walker, Louisiana.
Martin-Brower Company will make a $16 million capital investment to build a food distribution facility on 22-acres at Livingston Industrial Park in Walker, Louisiana, creating 30 jobs in the Capital Region.
Momentive Specialty Chemicals will construct a new chemical production facility in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana and upgrade the plant it currently operates in Ascension Parish. The plant expansions, representing a capital investment of $66 million, will increase Momentive’s production of formaldehyde for use by nearby chemical plants in the manufacture of other products.
A $22 million, 65,000-square-foot, training Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Engineering Technology at the Bossier Parish Community College was dedicated as part of a partnership between the State of Louisiana and Benteler Steel/Tube along with
South Africa-based Sasol Ltd. made a final investment decision to develop an $8.1 billion petrochemical complex consisting of an ethane cracker and six chemical manufacturing plants near its existing Westlake, Louisiana, production facilities.
Westlake Chemical will expand its ethylene capacity and make other capital improvements in Southwest Louisiana through a more than $330 million capital investment. Westlake Chemical Corp. will retain 480 existing jobs and create 25 new direct jobs.
Sempra Energy’s LNG operations began construction in Hackberry, Louisiana, on a new liquefaction processing complex and liquefied natural gas export terminal.
TSE International will make a $1.18 million capital investment to expand its Shreveport, Louisiana-area manufacturing center. The company will create 30 jobs in the Northwest Region of Louisiana.
A new 118,000-square-foot, $21.5 million, Hangar H facility opened at Chennault International Airport in Lake Charles, Louisiana. The high-bay, wide-body aviation hangar will be used for Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul technical services on major ai
A global commodities merchant, Castleton Commodities International will make a $1.2 billion capital investment to develop a new methanol manufacturing plant along the Mississippi River in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, south of New Orleans.
India-based Stixis Technologies Inc. will open its first U.S. development center at the Louisiana Technology Park in Baton Rouge, creating 230 new jobs.
Renaissance RX, the biomedical company, will make an $8 million capital investment to establish its headquarters in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, creating at least 425 new jobs.
Cheniere Energy’s Sabine Pass liquefied natural gas export facility in Cameron Parish, Louisiana, recently expanded in scope from four liquefaction trains, or production units, to six.
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