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Moonbot to expand growth in Shreveport

The Biomedical Research Foundation congratulates Moonbot Studios, who has shared space in its InterTech 1 facility since 2009, on its expansion at Caddo Schools’ Alexander Learning Center.

“We’re excited about Moonbot Studios’ continued growth in Shreveport and we congratulate them on all their accomplishments so far, including their academy award winning animation short,” said Dr. John George, BRF President andCEO. “Moonbot has wanted to expand for some time but unfortunately the facilities we own and operate for lease in theInterTech Science Park are 95 percent full.”

BRF was involved with helping Moonbot Studios become established in Shreveport as the first full service animation studioin Louisiana.

“We appreciate the BRF support in starting Moonbot Studios here in Shreveport.  They provided invaluable assistance inbusiness planning, access to high internet speeds and capacity and secure facilities to grow our business from 2 employeesto over 50,” said Lampton Enochs, Moonbot Studios, Partner.

“Moonbot represents exactly the type of high growth business success that the BRF and its Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program (EAP) are working to advance in all business sectors,” George said.

The state-of-the-art InterTech 1 facility leased by Moonbot Studios is part of the InterTech Science Park, a development ina former aging manufacturing area of inner city Shreveport.

InterTech 1 is just one of 12 facilities in the InterTech Science Park. These 12 facilities offer 353,000 square feet of hightech, redeveloped or newly constructed space on 800 acres occupied by more than 25 tenants.

These tenants employ more than 420 with an annual payroll of $23.4 million.

By 2017, the space from where Moonbot Studios graduated at InterTech 1 will be available for the next high growth startup.

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.