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BRF President and CEO named to Louisiana Economic Development Corporation Board

John F. George Jr., M.D., President and CEO of BRF, has been appointed to the Louisiana Economic Development Corporation (LEDC) Board by Governor John Bel Edwards. The LEDC Board reviews and administers financial assistance programs designed to help small businesses gain access to capital, loan guarantees and loan participations.

“I want to thank Gov. Edwards for this opportunity to serve our state and help small businesses,” said Dr. George. “BRF understands the importance of small businesses to our economy. We are taking a proactive approach to economic development by leading initiatives that start new businesses, recruit new businesses and retain current businesses. Our tactical tools in economic development include BRF’s startup and entrepreneur support initiative, the Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP), and our business recruitment initiative, Shreveport Next. EAP and Shreveport Next recruit and launch new businesses that grow jobs and diversify our economy in North Louisiana.”

The impact of recruiting companies and launching and growing startups locally means new jobs, taxable property, payroll and government revenues. In 2019, the economic impact of BRF and its associated entities on the Shreveport-Bossier MSA was $91 million in new sales for businesses, $67 million in new household earnings, 1,288 direct and indirect jobs, and $3 million in additional taxes and fees for local governments.

About BRF

BRF, headquartered in Shreveport, is an innovation hub and economic development organization establishing North Louisiana as a preferred destination for high growth initiatives. Diversifying the region’s economy is its mission. It fulfills this mission through initiatives that start new businesses, recruit new businesses and retain current businesses in the region, and through supporting the development of a science and technology-based workforce.

National beverage manufacturer Multipack Services to host job fair for wide range of open positions.
National beverage manufacturer Multipack Services, which packages and distributes beverages for nationally recognized brands, is hosting a job fair Tuesday, Oct. 8 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at its Shreveport location.
Multipack is located at 2791 Valley View Drive in Shreveport.

Job titles for open positions include: Quality Manager, Quality Technician, Maintenance Manager, Maintenance Technician, Warehouse Manager, Warehouse Technician, Operations Supervisor, Operations Manager and Packaging Technician.

Starting wages will be $18 per hour and above. Some positions are salaried.

For more information on positions for hire, visit BRFLA.org/jobfair. Candidates should be prepared for on-site interviews.
“This job fair is an opportunity for people to join a new build and a national company at our Shreveport location in our first round of staffing. It’s not an everyday opportunity, and we’re looking for individuals who are high energy and want to start their new career,” said Justin Wilkinson, Vice President of Operations.

Louisiana Economic Development (LED), Multipack Services and regional and state economic development partners BRF, North Louisiana Economic Partnership and the Caddo Parish Industrial Development Board announced Multipack Services’ new location in December of last year.

The company expects to create 141 direct new jobs with an average annual salary of more than $51,000. LED estimated that the project would result in an additional 228 indirect jobs, for a total of 369 new jobs in the Northwest region.

“Multipack is ready to gear up its operation in its state-of-the-art facility to offer a wide range of services, including product specifications and design. The site is expected to produce more than 100 million cans of beverage products per year. We hope that the community is ready to join in on the ground floor of this operation and be a part of this scale-up,” said John George Jr., M.D., BRF President and CEO.

The job fair is sponsored by BRF, Career Adventures and Lagniappe Sourcing Consulting.