CSC Selects Bossier City, La., for Tech Center
Computer Science Corp. recently announced it will build the CSC Integrated Technology Center, focused on cybersecurity, cloud computing and other next-generation technologies, at the National Cyber Research Park in Bossier City. The company will hire 800 people at the new 116,000 square-foot facility, which will become an…
Louisiana Collaborations Lead to Expansion
By David Hodes
Louisiana is in comeback mode in a big way, placing an emphasis on helping secure this growth.
Stephen Moret, secretary, Louisiana Economic Development (LED), says that the most notable new incentive is the Competitive Projects Payroll Incentive Program that is actually a suite of incentives. “What makes…
Dedicated Training Center is Louisiana’s Latest Workforce Solution
By Maggie Heyn Richardson
Facility answers the evolving needs of current and future advanced manufacturing companies in the region.
As the competition for major projects intensifies, some states are upping the ante on how far they are willing to go to win big investments. In Louisiana, a $22 million state…
Major Chemical Investments in Louisiana
Huntsman Corp. and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners L.P. have recently made significant expansion announcements in Geismar, Ascension Parish. Huntsman Corp. will conduct a $78 million expansion at its Geismar chemical facility. The company will yield a 50-kiloton increase in the facility’s output of methylene diphenyl isocyanate, a…
Louisiana: Building a Cyber Cluster From the Ground Up
By GB Cazes
In just six years, north Louisiana has created a fast growing cyber cluster in a region historically dominated by the manufacturing, oil and gas and agricultural sectors. The catalyst for this rapid progress stems from the combined vision of local and state leaders to diversify the region…