Sunday, November 27, 2022

Louisiana biz shaking going on

* First Onsite Property Restoration of Colorado, a disaster recovery

and restoration providers for commercial businesses, has acquired

Emergency Restoration Inc., a full-service mitigation service provider

based in New Orleans. This deal is part of First Onsite’s approach to

focus on the expansion of critical services. ERI specializes in property

and water damage mitigation. It has handled some of New Orleans’

largest and oldest structures. First Onsite operates in more than 90

locations.


* Henley Ion, a New Orleans-based biotech company developing

next generation technology in respiratory protection and medical

devices, has merged with HGMT, a Colorado biotech startup. 

The deal gives HGMT more than 30 issued and pending medical-

related patents. Henley's two initial products are a dental device

that delivers full-mouth anesthesia without needles and a trauma

bandage that releases antimicrobial, antiseptic and clotting

agents directly into wounds. Initial trials of the dental device are

scheduled for early 2023. The trauma bandage is designed for

military use.  


* The Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans will close

Nov. 28 for about six months as part of the ongoing $41M renovation

project. The plan is for the aquarium to reopen next summer as a new

attraction that combines the aquarium with the Audubon Butterfly

Garden and Insectarium, which closed in 2020. The new name for

the combined attraction will be the Audubon Aquarium and

Insectarium, officials said. The renovation will add 17,000 sf

of interior exhibit space.  


* Ten students in the Rucks Department of Management at LSU's

E. J. Ourso College of Business have been named Rucks Fellows.

The students were selected by faculty and represent the highest

level of academic achievement among senior management majors

in any of the department’s concentrations. To qualify, a student

must have a GPA average in the top 10 of all graduating seniors in

the management curriculum. The students selected for the 2022-23

Rucks Fellows class are Maxwell Bond of New Orleans; Kylan

Borskey of Baton Rouge; Rylie Brown of Baton Rouge; Lauren Craig 

of Baton Rouge; Dane Eastman of Kingwood, Texas; Andrew

Gallmann of Baton Rouge; John Heimerdinger of Franklin, Tenn.; 

Ashley Laughlin of Dallas; Cody Pech of Raceland; and Isiah Travis 

of New Orleans. (NOLA.com 11/27/22)

No comments: