Today, GHX Industrial, LLC (www.ghxinc.com), a Houston-based fabricator and supplier of industrial fluid sealing and transfer products, announced the opening of a new facility in Geismar, La. This is GHX’s 12th distribution location.
“We have had the Baton Rouge market on our radar screen for a long time. By opening a physical presence there, we will be able to improve our level of service to existing multi-location customers and offer our wide array of products and services to new customers in Southeast Louisiana”
“This location helps round out our coverage of major GulfCoast industrial markets, stretching from Corpus Christi to Pensacola,” said GHX President Dan Ahuero.
“We have had the Baton Rouge market on our radar screen for a long time. By opening a physical presence there, we will be able to improve our level of service to existing multi-location customers and offer our wide array of products and services to new customers in Southeast Louisiana,” he added.
Headquartered in Houston, Texas, GHX is a leading fabricator and supplier of industrial fluid transfer and sealing products in the GulfCoast area, where it has served its customers for more than 70 years. With fabrication capabilities at each of its locations, GHX provides quick response for customers’ critical repair needs.
The Geismar facility will offer customers a wide array of products, including gaskets, compression packing, expansion joints, industrial and hydraulic hose assemblies, as well as an extensive range of industrial stud bolts and nuts. In addition, GHX was selected by Eaton Corporation as a location for an Eaton “Aeroquip Express” showroom and sales counter, a one-stop shop for hydraulic, pneumatic, and fluid transfer hose and fitting needs. This successful retail concept allows customers to have hydraulic hose assemblies fabricated on site, while watching the process on a closed-circuit flat panel display.
Louisiana Unemployment
Latest Unemployment Insurance (UI) claims files from the Louisiana Workforce Commission (LWC): Initial UI claims for the week ending December 26, 2009, decreased to 3,568 from 4,954 for the week ending December 19, 2009. The decrease in initial claims can be primarily attributed to the shorter workweek due to the Christmas holiday. Continued UI weeks claimed for the week ending December 26, 2009, decreased to 63,861 from the previous week's total of 65,317.
New Orleans Recovery
New Orleans Council Vice President Jackie Clarkson hosts special Recovery Committee meeting today, Monday, January 04, 2010 11 a.m.in the Council Chambers
New Orleans City Owned Cars
According to the Pelican Institute, “Not counting police officers and sheriff's deputies, well over 200 city of New Orleans employees continue to enjoy the taxpayer-financed perk of driving a city-owned vehicle, according to the latest city report and other public documents.
As of Sept. 30, the list of people still driving on the taxpayers' dime includes City Council staffers, the mayor's top budget officers, many department heads, judges and a host of other employees who may or may not meet the city's criteria for having such a vehicle.
Amedisys, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMED), one of America's leading home health nursing companies, today announced that it has received the regulatory approvals from the state of New Jersey and that it has completed the acquisition of the home health operations of Hackensack University Medical Center. This acquisition represents Amedisys’ initial entry into the home health business in New Jersey, a certificate of need (CON) state. The agency has annualized revenue of approximately $19 million and serves Bergen and Hudson counties. Amedisys is headquartered in Baton Rouge.
Cannon and Tanner will provide an update on the health care bills that have passed the House and Senate. More importantly, they will describe the implications of these proposed reforms.
Michael Cannon
Michael F. Cannon is the Cato Institute's director of health policy studies. Previously, he served as a domestic policy analyst for the U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee under Chairman Larry E. Craig, where he advised the Senate leadership on health, education, labor, welfare, and the Second Amendment. Cannon has appeared on ABC, CBS, CNN, CNBC, C-SPAN, Fox News Channel, and NPR. His articles have been featured in USA Today, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Post, the Chicago Tribune, the Chicago Sun-Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and other publications.Cato Institute
Michael Tanner
Michael Tanner heads research into a variety of domestic policies with a particular emphasis on health care reform, social welfare policy, and Social Security. His most recent book, Leviathan on the Right: How Big-Government Conservatism Brought Down the Republican Revolution (2007), chronicles the demise of the Republican party as it has shifted away from its limited government roots and warns that reform is necessary to avoid continual electoral defeat.
Among many other achievements, under Tanner's direction, Cato launched the Project on Social Security Choice, which is widely considered the leading impetus for transforming the soon-to-be-bankrupt system into a private savings program. Time Magazine calls Tanner, "one of the architects of the private accounts movement," and Congressional Quarterly named him one of the nation's five most influential experts on Social Security.
DATE: January 7, 2009
TIME: 12:30 p.m.
LOCATION: Plimsoll Club,WorldTradeCenter, New Orleans
