Patty Riddlebarger, Vice President of Corporate Social Responsibility, Entergy Corporation
When DXC Technology announced in 2017 that it would create 2,000 jobs in global IT in New Orleans, U.S. News & World Report featured the relocation deal in “New Orleans: Silicon Valley of the South?”.
The publicity for DXC’s relocation highlighted many benefits of our business-friendly region. And for those familiar …
Chris Murphy, Sr. Project Manager, Business & Economic Development, Entergy Arkansas
For years, the Arkansas aerospace sector was a well-kept secret, but not anymore. More than 180 aerospace/aviation companies — including well-known industry names like Aerojet Rocketdyne, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Pratt & Whitney, and Raytheon Missile Systems — have set up shop in the state. New companies continue to arrive …
Bob Ricci, Senior Manager of Industrial Accounts, Entergy Louisiana, LLC
The 200-mile stretch along I-10 from New Orleans to Lake Charles is home to approximately 100 chemical and refining facilities, and more than 500 contractors and service companies. This business ecosystem, worth billions of dollars, thrives on people chemistry that’s strong in this pro-business community.
Louisiana’s Established Chemical Industry
In the …
In Entergy’s four-state service area, job growth in the metal fabrication industry cluster is projected to outpace the U.S. by 3.5 percent. For Texas alone, that projection is even higher at 4.3 percent.
What makes Texas such a sought-after location for the metal fabrication industry? For starters, a large pool of …
Energy providers across the country work around the clock to keep their customers’ lights on and still put financial resources aside to make the communities they serve a better place.
Economic development professionals from around the world were in Little Rock recently for a meeting sponsored by the International Economic Development Council (IEDC).
IEDC’s Economic Future Forum, held Sunday through Tuesday, June 4-6, at the Statehouse Convention Center, was one of the first (if …
Twenty years ago, Michael Porter, a Harvard Business School professor, published a groundbreaking article entitled “Clusters and the New Economics of Competition.” In an increasingly globalized economy where goods and services could theoretically be produced anywhere, he wondered why industries clustered in specific locations.
If you’re considering relocating or expanding an industrial operation, one of the first things you need to know is how your plant will be powered. And when you talk to us at Entergy, you’ll have four critical questions:
Do you have the capacity for my operations?
Do you have redundancy …
