LAFAYETTE, LA—Bell Helicopter has opened a $26 million assembly plant here to build a new small commercial helicopter.

LAFAYETTE, LA—Bell Helicopter will hire 115 employees for its $26.3 million assembly plant under construction here.

LAFAYETTE, LA—Bell Helicopter has begun constructing a new $26.3 million assembly plant here to make the company’s new line of Short Light Single helicopters.

BROUSSARD, LA—Bell Helicopter has opened a new composites manufacturing facility here. The $4.5 million, 28,000-square-foot plant will employ 30.

SHREVEPORT, LA—Robot supplier and systems integrator Comau Inc. will provide Elio Motors with powertrain and automated assembly systems to build the company’s three-wheel, high-efficiency vehicle here.

LAFAYETTE, LA—Bell Helicopter will build a $26.3 million assembly plant here to make its new line of SLS helicopters. The facility is expected to employ 136 people.

SHREVEPORT, LA—Elio Motors Inc. is investing $100 million to take over GM’s former assembly plant here to produce three-wheeled fuel-efficient vehicles. The company could employ 1,500 people by late 2015.