Noble Plastics, a custom injection molding manufacturer, will invest $8.5 million to expand its St. Landry Parish headquarters to supply components for First Solar Inc.’s new $1.1 billion manufacturing facility in Iberia Parish.
The project is expected to create 29 direct jobs while retaining 56 existing positions at its Grand Coteau facility.
The expansion will add manufacturing capabilities, warehouse and office space, and upgrade Noble’s lineup of robot-operated injection molding machines, in-line inspection tools and AI-powered monitoring systems. First Solar selected Noble as part of its domestic sourcing strategy. The company will produce precision-molded components for the connection and energy transfer systems of high-tech solar panels produced at First Solar’s new manufacturing facility 30 miles away in New Iberia…