# VEGA Americas to build $22.4M manufacturing center in Ascension Parish, Louisiana

VEGA Americas will build a 100,000-square-foot advanced manufacturing center in Geismar, Louisiana, with a $22.4 million capital investment, creating 120 new direct jobs.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2018-12-11
- Where: Geismar, Ascension Parish, Louisiana, United States
- Value: $22.4M
- Jobs: 120
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 100,000 square feet
- Products: process instrumentation
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [VEGA Americas](https://endata.com/companies/6003.md)
- [VEGA](https://endata.com/companies/13556.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [opportunitylouisiana.gov](https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/news/vega-americas-to-create-120-manufacturing-jobs-in-ascension-parish), 2018-12-11: "VEGA brings a cutting-edge manufacturing presence to our world-class industrial corridor in Ascension Parish and along the Mississippi River and the Louisiana coast."

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