Metal fabrication company Leading Edge Manufacturing plans to expand its operations in Youngsville and Broussard, Louisiana. The project is expected to create 20 jobs in Lafayette Parish.
Australia-based battery materials developer Sicona Battery Technologies plans to establish operations in New Orleans, Louisiana. The $10.3 million project is expected to create 32 jobs.
Natural gas infrastructure company Black Bayou Energy Hub plans to expand in Lafayette and establish operations in Cameron Parish, Louisiana. The $1.6 billion project is expected to create 23 jobs.
Composite matting manufacturer NPK Access Solutions plans to expand its operations in Carencro, Louisiana. The $40 million project is expected to create 38 jobs in Lafayette Parish.
Energy services company Quality Companies plans to establish and expand its operations in Jeanerette and Youngsville, Louisiana. The more than $7 million project is expected to create 125 jobs.
Pool and spa treatment products manufacturer Bio-Lab plans to expand its operations in Westlake, Louisiana. The at least $8 million project is expected to create 64 jobs in Calcasieu Parish.
Maritime technology company Gulf Coast Tactical plans to expand its operations in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The $6.1 million project is expected to create 65 jobs.
Forest products manufacturer C&C Forest Products plans to expand its operations in Coushatta, Louisiana. The more than $21 million project is expected to create 77 jobs.
Electrical manufacturing and construction company Faith Technologies Incorporated plans to establish operations in Monroe, Louisiana. The $80.5 million project is expected to create at least 200 jobs in Ouachita Parish.
Hydrogen technology company NovaSpark Energy plans to expand in West Monroe and establish operations in Houma, Louisiana. The $30 million project is expected to create 300 jobs.
Sugar manufacturer American Sugar Refining, Inc., plans to expand its operations in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. The more than $200 million project is expected to create 15 jobs.
Timber products manufacturer Davis Timber Company, Inc. plans to expand its operations in DeRidder, Louisiana. The $1.9 million project will enhance production capabilities and strengthen the region’s timber industry.
Industrial and medical gases production company Air Liquide plans to establish operations in St. James Parish, Louisiana.
Defense and aerospace manufacturer Textron Systems Corporation plans to expand its operations in St. Tammany Parish and Orleans Parish, Louisiana. The $5.8 million project is expected to create 133 jobs.
Chemical manufacturing company Shintech Louisiana plans to expand its operations in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The $3.4 billion project is expected to create 163 jobs.
Southern Energy Renewables, a renewable energy development and services company, plans to establish operations in St. Charles Parish, Louisiana. The $1.4 billion project is expected to create 120 jobs.
Akston, a biotechnology company focused on animal health, has established manufacturing operations in Shreveport, Louisiana. The $7 million project is expected to create 69 jobs in Caddo Parish.
Industrial engineering and fabrication company The Shaw Group plans to expand operations in Walker, Louisiana. The project is expected to create 209 jobs.
Ampirical, a provider of power system engineering and project delivery services, plans to expand its operations in Covington, Louisiana.
Epic Piping, an industrial pipe fabrication and distribution company, plans to upgrade its operations in Livingston, Louisiana. The $25 million project is expected to create 76 jobs.
Technology company SLB plans to expand its operations in Shreveport, Louisiana. The $30 million project is expected to create 600 jobs in Caddo Parish.
Defense tech company Saronic Technologies, Inc. plans to expand its operations in Franklin, Louisiana. The $300 million project is expected to create 1,500 jobs in St. Mary Parish.
Global Vessel & Tank, a supplier of equipment for the oil and gas industry, plans to expand its operations in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The $5.4 million project is expected to create 50 jobs.
Plastipak Packaging Inc., a manufacturer of plastic packaging solutions, plans to expand its operations in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The $53.8 million project is expected to create 15 jobs.
Pipe and Steel Industrial Fabricators Inc., an industrial construction company, plans to expand its operations in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The $5.1 million project is expected to create 20 jobs.
ChillCo Inc., a provider of commercial and industrial cooling solutions, plans to expand its operations in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The $4.37 million project is expected to create 38 jobs.
Mining company Aclara Resources Inc. plans to establish operations in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The $244 million project is expected to create 140 jobs.
Electrical and instrumentation contractor MMR Group plans to establish assembly operations in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. The $55.2 million project is expected to create 196 jobs over the next ten years.
Industrial drone manufacturer DMR Technologies plans to establish operations in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. The project is expected to create 521 jobs over the next ten years.
Repair technology company VRC Metal Systems plans to establish operations in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The $1.56 million project is expected to create 21 jobs.
Noble Plastics, a company specializing in custom plastic injection molding, plans to expand its operation in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. The $8.5 million project is expected to create 29 jobs.
South Korea-based SNT Motiv and SNT Energy, the parent companies of SNT Global, plan to establish joint-venture operations in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The $59.4 million project is expected to create 275 jobs.
Defense contractor Radiance Technologies plans to establish operations in Lincoln Parish, Louisiana. The $370.65 million project is expected to create 150 jobs.
PALA Interstate LLC, an industrial construction firm specializing in metal fabrication, plans to expand its operations in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The $1.9 million project is expected to create 14 jobs.
Packaging and paper company Hood Container Corporation plans to upgrade its operations in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana.
Ascentek, Inc., a company specializing in fluid and lubricant technology, plans to expand its operations in Shreveport, Louisiana. The $50 million project is expected to create 91 jobs in Caddo Parish.
ValorFlex Packaging of Kentucky, a new wholly owned subsidiary of ValorFlex Holdings, plans to establish operations in Bowling Green, Kentucky. The $23.4 million project is expected to create 82 jobs.
Industrial gases and engineering company Linde plans to establish operations in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The $400 million project is expected to create 15 jobs.
Green Fuels Operating PC, a developer and operator of facilities that produce low-carbon and sustainable fuels, plans to establish operations in Acadia Parish, Louisiana. The $110 million project is expected to create 60 jobs.
Regional airline carrier SkyWest Airlines plans to establish operations in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The project is expected to create 150 jobs.
Australia-based Woodside Energy Group, a petroleum exploration and production company, plans to establish operations in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The $17.5 billion project is expected to create 400 jobs.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc., a manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products, plans to establish operations in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The approximately $4 billion project is expected to create 103 jobs.
ExxonMobil plans to expand its production operations in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The company is expected to invest $100 million.
Hyundai Steel Company, a member of Hyundai Motor Group, plans to establish manufacturing operations in Donaldsonville, Louisiana. The $5.8 billion project is expected to create 1,300 jobs in Ascension Parish.
Japan-based AFL, a manufacturer of fiber optic products and equipment, plans to expand its operations in Duncan, South Carolina. The $155 million project is expected to create more than 150 jobs in Spartanburg County over the next five years.
Climeworks, a direct air capture technology developer, plans to establish operations in Vinton, Louisiana. The $50 million project is expected to create 140 jobs in Calcasieu Parish.
Graham Packaging, a designer and manufacturer of innovative and sustainable packaging solutions, plans to expand and modernize its production operations in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. The $35 million project is expected to retain 100 jobs.
Industrial steel fabrication company Southland Steel Fabricators Inc. plans to expand its operations in St. Helena Parish, Louisiana. The $25 million project is expected to create 80 jobs over the next three years.
Mid South Extrusion, a flexible film and bag manufacturer, plans to upgrade its operations in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana, The $17 million project is expected to create 21 jobs.
Woodland Biofuels, Inc., a company that produces carbon negative renewable fuel and hydrogen, plans to establish operations at the Port of South Louisiana. The $1.35 billion project is expected to create 110 jobs.
Global agribusiness and food company Bunge plans to expand its operations in Avondale, Louisiana. The $225 million project is expected to create five jobs.
Ice Industries, Inc., an industrial manufacturer and supplier, plans to establish production operations in New Iberia, Louisiana. The $6 million project is expected to create 70 jobs.
Steel tube and pipe manufacturer Zekelman Industries plans to expand its operations in Jefferson County and Birmingham, Alabama. The company is expected to invest $10 million and create 91 jobs.
Southland Industrial Coatings, a provider of protective coatings, plans to establish operations in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. The $13.1 million project is expected to create 120 jobs.
Premier Concrete Products, Inc., a manufacturer of masonry and erosion control solutions, plans to expand production operations in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The approximately $10 million project is expected to create 33 jobs over the next ten years.
Specialty industrial mechanical contractor Process Service Specialists plans to establish manufacturing operations at the Port of Lake Charles, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. The $3.5 million project is expected to create 160 jobs over the next three years.
Climate tech company Heirloom Carbon Technologies, Inc. plans to establish decarbonization operations at the Port of Caddo-Bossier, Shreveport, Louisiana. The $475 million project is expected to create 81 jobs.
Birdon America, the U.S. arm of an Australia-based marine engineering and construction firm, plans to expand operations in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The $3.3 million project is expected to create 25 jobs.
Industrial Fabrics, Inc., a geotechnical products manufacturer and distributor, plans to establish production operations in Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. The $8 million project is expected to create 25 jobs over the next ten years.
Construction and design firm RNGD plans to expand its operations in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The approximately $25 million project is expected to create 130 jobs.
S&W Wholesale Foods, an independent foodservice supplier, plans to expand operations in Hammond, Louisiana. The $21 million project is expected to retain 100 jobs.
Industrial manufacturer Fibrebond Corporation plans to expand operations in Webster Parish, Louisiana. The $50 million project is expected to retain 450 jobs.
Martco, parent company for timber sourcing and manufacturing company RoyOMartin, plans to upgrade operations in Allen Parish, Louisiana. The more than $30 million project is expedited to retain 232 jobs.
Estes Energetics, a black powder, chemical and rocket motor manufacturing company, plans to expand production operations in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. The $7.2 million project is expected to create twelve jobs.
BENTELER Steel/Tube Manufacturing Corporation, a specialist in metal processing, plans to expand its operations at the Port of Caddo-Bossier, Louisiana. The $21 million project is expected to create 49 jobs.
India-based Global Seamless Tubes & Pipes, a manufacturer and exporter of carbon, alloy and stainless steel cold drawn and hot finish seamless tubes and pipes, plans to establish its first U.S. operations in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana. The $35 million project is expected to create 135 jobs.
Automation machinery manufacturer BBP plans to expand its headquarters in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The $4.2 million project is expected to create 75 jobs over the next ten years.
Horsburgh & Scott Company, a manufacturer of custom-engineered gearing solutions, established operations in Slidell, Louisiana. The $4.9 million project is expected to create 40 jobs in St. Tammany Parish.
UBE Corporation, a Japanese chemicals company, plans to establish dimethyl carbonate and ethyl methyl carbonate operations in Waggaman, Louisiana. The approximately $500 million project is expected to create 47 jobs.
Lake Charles Methanol II plans to establish manufacturing operations at the Port of Lake Charles, Louisiana. The $3.24 billion project is expected to create 123 jobs in Calcasieu Parish.
Ireland-based Life for Tyres Group Limited, Europe’s largest end-of-life tire recycling company, plans to establish U.S. processing operations in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. The $46 million project is expected to create 46 jobs.
ADVANO established silicon battery materials operations at the New Orleans Regional Business Park in New Orleans, Louisiana. The project is expected to create up to 25 jobs.
Lincoln Foodservice Equipment, a Welbilt brand company that produces commercial-grade foodservice equipment, plans to expand its operations in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The $2.3 million project is expected to create 99 jobs.
Boise Cascade Wood Products plans to expand and modernize operations in Allen Parish, Louisiana. The $75 million project is expected to create 30 jobs.
Multipack Services, a beverage manufacturing, packaging and distribution company, plans to establish production operations in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The $10.4 million project is expected to create 141 jobs.
Weyerhaeuser, one of the world's largest private owners of timberland, plans to modernize and decarbonize its lumber mill in Winn Parish, Louisiana. The more than $96.2 million project is expected to retain 157 jobs.
Pipe & Steel Industrial Fabricators Inc. plans to expand its operations in Livingston Parish, Louisiana. The $4.3 million project is expected to create 97 jobs.
Infinity Operators, an energy service company and a subsidiary of Infinity Valve & Supply, plans to expand its manufacturing operation in Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. The $1.1 million project is expected to create 68 jobs.
MKS Plastics, a premium industrial pail manufacturer, plans to expand its production facility in Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana. The $14 million project is expected to create 54 jobs.
National Meat and Provision Company, a family-owned food service company known at NATCO, plans to expand its production facility in St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana. The $437,000 project is expected to create five jobs.
Koppers Utility and Industrial Products Inc., the second largest producer of utility poles in the U.S., plans to establish production operations in Vernon Parish, Louisiana. The $17 million project is expected to create 38 jobs.
Solar energy manufacturer First Solar plans to establish its fifth U.S. manufacturing facility at Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana. The $1.1 billion project is expected to create more than 700 jobs.
SunGas Renewables, an independent division of GTI Energy, plans to establish a renewable low-carbon methanol production facility in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The $1.8 billion project is expected to create 109 jobs.
Global technology firm Schlumberger Limited plans to establish operations in Shreveport, Louisiana. The $18.5 million project is expected to create 596 jobs.
K&B Machine Works, doing business as K&B Industries, plans to expand its advanced manufacturing division by establishing a new production base in Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana. The $12 million project is expected to create 70 jobs.
SSE Steel Fabrication, an AISC-certified, steel fabrication contractor, plans to upgrade its facility in St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana. The $375,000 project is expected to create 18 jobs.
Shell Catalysts & Technologies plans to expand its facility in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana. The $121.7 million project is expected to create 74 jobs.
Prolec GE USA, a joint venture between Xignux and General Electric, will expand its facility in Caddo Parish, Louisiana. The $28.5 million project is expected to create 153 jobs.
Ucore North America, a subsidiary of Ucore Rare Metals Inc., plans to establish a rare earth element separation and purification facility in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The $75 million project is expected to create 100 jobs.
Gulf Wind Technology is collaborating with Shell to establish a research, training and technology demonstration program at GWT’s Avondale Global Gateway facility in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana. The $10 million project is expected to create 30 jobs.
Tides Medical, a producer of skin graft products distributed nationwide for use in the treatment of chronic or difficult-to-heal wounds, will upgrade its corporate headquarters and manufacturing facility in Lafayette, Louisiana. The $1.5 million project is expected to create 40 jobs.
Kindle Energy will construct a 700-megawatt electric generation plant in Iberville Parish, Louisiana. The $750 million project is expected to create 25 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.
Great Southern Wood Preserving, the lumber processing company best known for its YellaWood brand pressure-treated pine, will expand its remanufacturing division in Mansura, Louisiana. The $5.9 million project is expected to create 25 jobs in Avoyelle
Aquaspersions Limited, a British-based manufacturer of water-based additives for the latex, paint and adhesives industries, will establish a production facility on 43-acres in the Spanish Trail Industrial Park in Broussard, Louisiana. The $7.5 million project is expected to create 25 jobs in St. Martin Parish.
The Healthy School Food Collaborative, a food services company, will expand operations at its facility in St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana. The $4.6 million project is expected to create 77 jobs over the next five years.
Deere & Company, the global corporation that manufactures the iconic John Deere brand of agricultural, construction and forestry equipment, plans to expand operations at its facility in Thibodaux, Louisiana. The $29.8 million project is expected to create 70 jobs.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc., is evaluating a site for construction of a $2 billion blue ammonia production facility in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The $2 billion project is expected to create 103 jobs.
Cargill, a major international supplier of food, agricultural and industrial products, is upgrading its facility in St. Martin Parish, Louisiana. The project is expected to retain 70 jobs.
CF Industries plans to construct a CO2 compression and dehydration unit at its plant in Ascension Parish, Louisiana. The $198.5 million project is expected to create 12 jobs.
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