Alpine Silica
In May 2022, Alpine Silica’s Sunny Point Facility at The Port of Caddo-Bossier broke ground. Alpine Silica, a subsidiary of PF Holdings, is located in the most prolific oil and gas regions across the U.S., including the Haynesville and Eagle Ford shales as well as the Permian Basin. Alpine Silica operates the largest reserve of frac sand in the nation, with eight state-of-the-art facilities strategically located near leading oil and gas producers’ well sites. Their facilities at The Port, Sunny Point, is a joint partnership between Alpine Silica and The Port of Caddo-Bossier. Situated on 43 acres, the sand and proppants processing facility dredge sand from a privately owned 700-acre oxbow lake off the Red River, which boasts an impressive 45 million tons of frac sand reserves. The company generates approximately 2 million tons of frac sand a year. This strategic location at The Port helps reduce transportation costs and time, to the nearby Haynesville shale drilling sites.
Website: www.alpinesilica.com
Benteler Steel
BENTELER Steel/Tube Division develops and produces customized tubes for selected customer groups and applications. They are a specialist in manufacturing and processing seamless hot-rolled steel tubes and seamless cold-drawn precision steel tubes. BENTELER Steel/Tube serves international customers in the automotive, OCTG/line pipe, heat transfer, hydraulics/precision engineering, and construction sectors. The company has decades of experience in the manufacture of OCTGs, line pipes, and pressure pipes. The product portfolio includes tubes for extreme requirements in exploration.
Website: www.benteler.com
CALUMET PACKAGING
Calumet Packaging has a 90,000 square foot facility located on a fifteen acre tract. The facility manufactures and packages engine oils, hydraulic fluid, gear oils, transmission fluid and functional/chemicals. Equipped with state-of-the-art fully automated equipment technology, the company currently employs 90-100 employees. The 2.1 million gallon bulk liquid storage facility affords Calumet Packaging the flexibility to inventory a wide range of raw materials that can be used to blend an array of lubricants and chemicals to meet varying market demands and allows for “economies” of scale to assure availability of product at competitive pricing. Product package sizes range from 4-ounce to 55-gallon drums as well as bulk. The focus market is distributors, oil marketers, grocery chains, automotive warehouses and hardware specialty businesses.
The Calumet Packaging facility is specially built to store, blend and package combustibles, flammables, hazardous and non-hazardous liquids and this separates them from most other manufacturers.
Calumet Packaging markets products under its “Quantum” and “TruFuel” brands and also offers toll-processing and blending and private label packaging services.
Careers: Email to: Debbie Hynes, Debbie.Hynes@calumetspecialty.com or Derrell Siau, Derrell.Siau@calumetpackaging.com.
OAKLEY LOUISIANA
Oakley Louisiana, Inc. a division of Bruce Oakley Inc., of North Little Rock, AR. The Company leases 10 acres for a bulk terminal facility including dock and 52,000 sq. ft. multi-bin warehouse for various types of fertilizers. The facility began operation in 1999. Oakley Louisiana has 12 full-time employees and is serviced by water, rail and truck.
Bruce Oakley, founded in 1968, was the first company to use the Port’s facilities. In 1995, before the Port was open, some 3,000 tons of fertilizer arrived by barge at the just-completed general cargo dock for off-loading to trucks for distribution to Oakley customers.
In addition to Oakley Louisiana, Oakley operates a dry-bulk trucking company; a barge line and towing company; buys & sell grain and other dry bulk commodities such as fertilizer, salt, sand and pig iron.
ODYSSEY SPECIALIZED LOGISTICS LLC
Odyssey Specialized Logistics LLC is a premier North American provider of transportation and warehousing for the metals industry. The ADS Roll & Hold facility at the Port of Caddo-Bossier offers metals producers and consumers 100,000 square feet of heat and humidity-controlled warehousing, transportation management and supply chain management solutions for Class-1 metals products in the Southeastern US.
Customers are provided complete visibility to their inventory and product flows via the internet. LoMaS, ADS’ supply chain management system, captures, analyzes, and reports information necessary to manage inventory and all modes of transportation from the mill or dock, through the processors and warehouse, to the end-user. Information management tools include:
- Anytime, anywhere, secure Web access for inventory inquiries, release, scheduling, load planning, and reporting
- Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
- Bar code inventory tracking
- Railcar location messaging
Our customers are leaders in their industries and are among the top durable goods and metals manufacturers. The Company’s capabilities and expertise in the logistics and technology arenas, as well as the international reach of its distribution support network, make ADS the best logistics choice for the metals industry.
For more information visit our website at www.adslogistics.com or call customer service at 318-524-2134.
OMNI INDUSTRIES
OMNI SPECIALTY PACKAGING
Omni Specialty Packaging (OSP) is a state-of-the-art blending and packaging facility located on 30 acres at the Port of Caddo-Bossier. This ideal location allows for receiving & shipping base oils and other finished lubricants & chemicals via barge, rail and truck.
An award-winning manufacturer, distributor and supplier, Omni strives for excellence with its focus on quality products, and its top priority, customer satisfaction. OSP is an ISO 9002 certified company. Our Laboratory is A2LA Certified (American Association for Laboratory Accreditation) . Outgoing freight is distributed to more than 10,000 different locations (LTL and FTL) nationally and internationally via packaged truck, bulk truck, rail and barge. The onsite and offsite warehousing space is approximately 500,000 sq. ft. in storage capacity.
The manufacturing and packaging facility has seven state-of-the-art packaging lines that fill bottles at rates ranging from 250 to 450 bottles per minute into various sized containers ranging from 2.6 oz to 55 gallon drums and totes. More than 26,000,000 gallons are blended and packaged each year to produce more than 1,050 different products. OSP specializes in Custom Blending and Private Label Packaging of Lubricants & Chemicals for National and International Brands you use every day like Stihl, Lowe’s, Home Depot, Wal-Mart and O’Reilly’s. These products include light and heavy duty automotive lubricants, hydraulic and industrial fluids, automotive gear oils and automatic transmission fluids, brake fluids and specialized oils and greases.
OMNI INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS
Omni Industrial Solutions (OIS) was formed in 2008 to serve the Oil & Gas Industry in the Ark-La-Tex region. OIS specializes in Chemical Products, Services and Applications designed to enhance both well production and well protection. OIS is currently providing Chemical Solutions in the form of Production & Service Chemicals, High Pressure Treating Services, Specialized Lubricants for Compression & Gathering Operations, Commodities for Low Temperature Applications and much more, to major operators and service providers in the area.
QUALITY THROUGH CHEMISTRY
While Omni has invested millions in blending, packaging and rolling equipment, the heart of its operation is its On-Site Laboratory. All products, processes and quality control measures are created & maintained inside these walls. With the latest technology and well trained chemists, Omni not only maintains the standards set by the different markets they serve, Omni continues to develop new products every day that perform better for Omni’s customers.
Omni has become the newest member of the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (A2LA). Omni is the only known Oil Lubricant blender/packager in the U.S. who has received this Accreditation in our industry. The scope of this Accreditation covers 15 different tests and the applicable ASTM test methods. Omni’s QC Laboratory is now recognized world-wide as being members of an elite accreditation membership based on it’s performance and analytical test data.
To learn more about Omni, visit us at osp.cc or pureguard.com.
Careers: Email to: HRDepartment@osp.cc
Park Place Truck Parking
Park Place Truck Parking is located off The Port’s main campus at 2701 Intermodal Drive in Shreveport’s Southern Hills neighborhood. It offers 152 secure parking spots for semi-trucks, trailers, commercial vehicles, buses and RV’s. A fence surrounds the concrete pavement lot that is only accessible through an automatic security gate. Strategically placed security cameras and LED lights add an additional layer of protection to the vehicles. Parking spaces are available on a monthly basis.
Website: www.parkplacetruckparking.com
PRATT INDUSTRIES PAPER MILL
Pratt Industries is America’s 6th largest paper and packaging company, with more than 3500 highly-skilled employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability. Pratt was founded in the USA some 20 years ago and, since then, has shown dramatic growth with sophisticated manufacturing facilities now in more than 20 states. Pratt Industries continues to expand. In 2007, they made a commitment at the Clinton Global Initiative to invest $1 billion in recycling and green energy infrastructure within the next 10 years.
Pratt’s vision is to make their company the most environmentally responsible company in America by producing 100 percent recycled paper and packaging. Recycling is a potent weapon in the fight against global warming and climate change because for every ton of paper that is recycled, 1.2 tons of carbon dioxide is prevented from entering the atmosphere.
RONPAK
At Ronpak, customer satisfaction is most important. We stand out among our competitors because we find solutions for any packaging problems our customers may have from cutting cost on packaging to packaging a new product not yet on the market.
We pride ourselves on our strong customer relationships and high quality products. Our tried and tested methods of account management provides you with a true packaging professional to service your account and is the primary reason why we enjoy some of the longest and strongest relationships in the industry.
We offer our products only to National and Major Regional Companies, and each customer is provided the highest level of service by a team of professionals lead by a senior printing and packaging professional.
TERNIUM
An international steel company, Ternium manufactures a wide range of products through integrated processes that involve the extraction of iron ore from its own mines. These products include semi-finished steel, flat-rolled products, long products, welded tubes and beams, and roll-formed products.
Ternium’s Shreveport plant produces coated steel products. The facility includes a metal coating line that produces galvanized and galvalume® coated steel coils; and a continuous paint line that produces painted steel coils.
The facility began operations in April of 2006 and it was built on a 75-acre site with more than 338,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space to supply the domestic construction market by providing high value added products and services.
Careers: jobs@ternium.com
WEST LOUISIANA AGGREGATES, LLC
At West Louisiana Aggregates, our mission is to be an industry leader in the supply and transportation of aggregate materials. This will be accomplished by making our customers’ priorities our highest priority and by applying sound business principles and ethics in our daily operations.
WLA markets all sizes and types of aggregate from sand, base material to 36” rip rap. Our relationships with various producers give us the unique ability to offer granite, limestone, dolomite and other products. Our product mix affords us the opportunity to offer materials tailored to multiple markets such as: commercial, industrial, DOT, agricultural, landscaping, individual homeowners and the energy sector.
WLA has the capability and expertise to deliver the right product, at the right price, at the right time. Along with our sister company, East Texas Asphalt, LTD., in business since 1958, we are one of the largest independent suppliers of aggregates and construction materials in Eastern Texas and Western Louisiana.
West Louisiana Aggregates, LLC is ready to serve your aggregate material needs.
Contact: Matt Carroll
318-317-5971