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2 PPE production facilities going to Acadiana PPE production facilities going to Acadiana By WAFB Staff | May 3, 2021 at 7:50 PM CDT - Updated May 3 at 7:50 PM BROUSSARD, La. (WAFB) - Two new PPE manufacturing facilities are planned for Louisiana and they’re expected to bring hundreds of new jobs. The facilities, based in Acadiana, will make PPE for healthcare and other industries in Louisiana and nationwide. Officials expect the new facilities to create more than 1,200 new jobs and almost 1,000 indirect jobs. Ochsner Health partnered with Trax Development on a joint venture to creat...

An 80,000-square-foot building in Broussard, Louisiana will serve as SafeSource's headquarters and one of two factories.

SafeSource Direct, a company producing personal protective equipment, announced Monday that it would be building two plants in Broussard. The announcement came as local economic development officials, state leaders, health care leaders and others gathered at the company’s future nitrile plant at 142 Lake Talon Road in Broussard, falling in St. Martin Parish. The second facility will be at 200 St. Nazaire Road in Broussard in Lafayette Parish. “Today’s announcement is not only a celebration of the new jobs SafeSource Direct will create and the economic activity it will generate, but also...

Personal Protective Equipment facility coming to Broussard and last updated 2021-05-03 14:11:06-04 Two new PPE manufacturing facilities are planned for the Broussard area, and they're expected to create 2,200 new jobs, officials say. Gov. John Bel Edwards joined Ochsner Health President and CEO Warner Thomas, SafeSource Direct CEO Justin Hollingsworth and other officials announces the development of two manufacturing facilities for personal protective equipment, or PPE. Economic Development officials say the projects will create a combined 1,221 new direct jobs, and Louisiana Economic Devel...

Medline invests $1.5 billion in domestic healthcare supply chain Getty Images Medline invested $1.5 billion to bolster the domestic supply chain, the Northfield, Ill.-based supplier announced Monday. Medline added new distribution centers, U.S.-based manufacturing plants and upgraded its technology over the past three years, which created 8,500 jobs, eight new distribution centers, nearly 150 manufacturing expansion projects and a new digital ordering platform, the organization said. The company plans to spend an additional $500 million this year as part of the initiative. "Our ability to be...