AgTech Scientific opened its 2-million-square-foot indoor hemp cultivation facility and ag processing center in Paris, creating 271 jobs.
SNF Holding Company is investing $375 million to expand its water-treatment and water-conditioning polymer production plant near Plaquemine, La.
Relocating factories out of China is happening very slowly, Bloomberg reports, and likely won’t accelerate rapidly in the near future.
U.S. retail sales unexpectedly posted the first decline in seven months, suggesting consumers are starting to become shaky, reports Bloomberg.
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards and Louisiana Tech University President Les Guice announced two economic development initiatives.
Heifei Risever Machinery Co. Ltd opened its new heavy equipment parts manufacturing facility in Jonesboro, Ark.
Spirit Airlines announced its intention to build a state-of-the-art headquarters in Dania Beach, Fla., creating 225 new jobs.
DroneUp, a web and mobile platform for on-demand drone pilot services, will invest $130,000 to expand its headquarters operation in Virginia Beach.
Cartograf will invest $65.3 million to establish its first folding and micro-corrugated package printing facility in the United States.
A new bariatric and metabolic surgery center will open at Pennington Biomedical Research Center and Our Lady of the Lake in Baton Rouge.
