Louisiana Economic Development is responsible for strengthening the state's business environment and creating a more vibrant Louisiana economy.
GRETNA, La. — French America Line, the consumer-facing name of Great Northern & Southern Navigation Company, and local and regional officials including Governor John Bel Edwards, recently announced the establishment of the firm’s new headquarter ...
PONCHATOULA, La. — The Elmer Chocolate’s $40 million manufacturing expansion as Elmer Candy Corp. has been completed, as announced by Governor John Bel Edwards. President and CEO Robert Nelson joined state and local leaders to officially dedicate the ...
LAKE CHARLES, La. – Louisiana Commissioner of Administration Jay Dardenne and Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson joined Republic of Korea Ambassador Ahn Ho-young, Lotte Group Chairman Shin Dong-bin and Axiall CEO Tim Mann in breaking g ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Area Development magazine awarded Louisiana a 2016 Silver Shovel Award for posting one of the best economic development performances in the U.S. during the past year, based on the state’s most significant economic investments. The 2 ...
BOSSIER CITY, La. — CSRA Chief Information Officer John Dancy and Governor John Bel Edwards announced CSRA will establish a Customer Engagement Center in Bossier City to support the next-generation IT solutions and professional services provided by the ...
LAFAYETTE, La. — Waitr Inc., and Governor John Bel Edwards, announced that it will develop a 100-job technology operations center in Lafayette. Waitr founder and CEO Chris Meaux joined Louisiana Economic Development Secretary Don Pierson and President a ...
BATON ROUGE — Louisiana Economic Development and the U.S. Small Business Administration announced the 2016 Louisiana Small Business Award winners at an event honoring small business leaders who exemplify the entrepreneurial spirit of Louisiana. The winn ...
LAFAYETTE, La. — CGI Federal President Tim Hurlebaus and Gov. John Bel Edwards dedicated CGI’s newly completed, 50,000-square-foot information technology center that serves as an anchor for the 143-acre University of Louisiana at Lafayette Research P ...
SCHRIEVER, La. — Partners in the Bayou Region of Louisiana announced a new effort to help workers affected by oil and gas industry downsizing to find rapid training options and new jobs in South Louisiana. BayouOpportunity.com, a newly launched website, ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Paychex Senior Vice President of Service John Gibson and Governor John Bel Edwards announced a 100-job expansion of the company’s Baton Rouge operations. Paychex – a leading provider of human capital management solutions for payro ...
GEISMAR, La. — Occidental Chemical Corp. President Rob Peterson and Governor John Bel Edwards announced a $145 million expansion of the company’s manufacturing plant in Geismar. The project includes equipment for producing a new raw material to be us ...
LAFAYETTE, La. — Information technology and management consulting firm Perficient Inc. will create 245 jobs at its software development center in Lafayette. The average annual salary will be $60,000. Gov. John Bel Edwards, Perficient Vice President f ...
LULING, La. — Monsanto President and Chief Operating Officer Brett Begemann and Gov. John Bel Edwards announced the company’s decision today to expand its Luling manufacturing site with a $975 million capital investment over the next three years. The ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Trade & Industry Development magazine honored two Louisiana business development projects in its 11th Annual Corporate Investment and Community Impact Awards — known as CiCi Awards — with recognition of the IBM project in Monr ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Site Selection magazine’s annual Governor’s Cup rankings placed Louisiana No. 6 in the U.S. for states that announced the most new and expanded corporate facilities on a per capita basis in 2015. Louisiana was No. 2 among all Sout ...
GEISMAR, La. — Shell Chemical LP building $717 million single-site alpha olefins production project in Ascension Parish. ...
SHREVEPORT, La. — ExpressJet Airlines project will result in 35 new direct jobs, estimated 36 new indirect jobs, and retention of 250 current jobs in Caddo Parish. ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — Gov. Bobby Jindal highlighted the selection of the Formosa Petrochemical Corp. project in St. James Parish as one of the nation’s top three deals in Business Facilities magazine’s 2015 Economic Development Deal of the Year competi ...
BATON ROUGE, La. — BlueLine Associates President Rocky Silvestri and Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the company will establish a software development office at the Louisiana Technology Park in Baton Rouge. With the new office, BlueLine Associates will crea ...
LAKE CHARLES, La. — Axiall Corp. and Lotte Chemical Corp. executives, as well as Gov. Bobby Jindal, announced the companies will make a combined $3 billion capital investment in two new chemical manufacturing plants in Lake Charles. Axiall and Lotte, th ...
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