Shintech has just re-affirmed how important the Greater Baton Rouge area is to them by announcing a $3.4 Billion (yes Billion with a B!) expansion to their existing facility in Iberville Parish. Plans call for the company to build a second ethylene unit and a fourth chlor-alkali and vinyl chloride monomer unit. This will be a multi-phased expansion with the initial construction phase to be complete by 2030. This expansion will create 162 new jobs with an average salary at a

CLM Equipment - a heavy equipment company - has elected to open their 5th Louisiana location in Port Allen, LA! CLM Equipment just closed on an $850,000, 3 acre lot on Commercial Dr with plans to build a 15,000 sf facility for sales and service. Initially they expect to add 15 - 20 new jobs with plans to further expand their job force in the future. Business is good for CLM as they are Louisiana's exclusive distributor of Hitachi excavators and wheel loaders. Welcome to Wes

AtmosClear has announced a new carbon capture project to be located at the Port of Baton Rouge in Port Allen, LA 70767! This $885,000,000 project will build a facility with the capability of converting biomass such as sugarcare byproducts and forestry products into renewable power all the while being able to capture around 700,000 metric tons of CO2 annually. In a further win, Microsoft has signed an agreement with AtmosClear to provide them around 7 Million metric tons of c

In a big win for Brusly, LA, West Baton Rouge Parish and the Greater Baton Rouge Area in general, SNT has selected Brusly as the home of their newest consolidated manufacturing facility with a $60,000,000 investment! This project is expected to create 275 direct jobs and 418 indirect jobs. The direct, permanent jobs created will be huge for the Brusly and WBR Parish which will drive further economic development and new home construction across the Mississippi River. The pro