路易斯安那州州长Bobby Jindal和金属鲨鱼Boats President Chris Allard announced the company will make a $1.52 million capital investment to expand its Jeanerette shipyard in support of military, law enforcement agency and commercial boat contracts. The expansion will create 88 new direct jobs, with an average salary of more than $62,000, plus benefits, and Louisiana Economic Development estimates the project will result in an additional 134 new indirect jobs, for a total of 222 new jobs. The project will also create 25 construction jobs while retaining 144 existing Metal Shark employees.
Metal Shark will continue production for its major U.S. Coast Guard response boat contract, fulfilling an order for nearly 500 new watercraft for the Coast Guard’s Homeland Security response, and the expansion will boost production of more than two dozen other production models ranging in size from 16 feet to 60 feet.
州长金德尔说：“今天的宣布是阿卡迪亚纳和我们整个州的胜利。金属鲨鱼和其他公司继续在路易斯安那州进行投资和扩展，这是因为我们强大的业务环境和无与伦比的劳动力。Metal Shark为美国海岸警卫队，美国海军和其他联邦和州机构的工作允许我们的州继续其帮助我们国家军事保护家园的传统。《金属鲨鱼》只是路易斯安那州众多公司之一，它正在满足我们的武装部队需求，同时还为我们勤奋的男人和女人提供了出色的工作。”
In May 2012, Gov. Jindal dedicated a previous expansion of Metal Shark’s facilities in Jeanerette, after the company won a $192 million U.S. Coast Guard contract in November 2011 to build the Response Boat-Small, a watercraft adopted by the Coast Guard to broaden its homeland security mission after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The company is also building other boat classes for the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Navy, local law enforcement agencies and foreign agencies.
该州于2012年11月开始与Metal Shark Boats合作在当前扩建项目上，并将为该公司提供750,000美元的经济发展贷款计划奖，以及LEDFastStart®的服务，这是美国最高的州劳动力发展计划。金属鲨鱼还有望利用该州的工业免税和优质就业计划。建设将于今年晚些时候开始，并正在招聘Metal Shark的新工作。
阿拉德说：“在过去的几年中，路易斯安那州经济发展的持续支持一直是Metal Shark成功的关键。”“这些亲企业的激励措施将使金属鲨鱼能够通过在未来12个月内将制造能力加倍，并在未来四年内将劳动力提高至少30％，从而维持其快速增长。Metal Shark兴奋地宣布这一主要设施扩展，从而产生了长度大于50英尺的较大容器的潜力。”
伊比利亚工业发展基金会的总裁兼首席执行官迈克·塔伦蒂诺（Mike Tarantino）表示：“看到如此充满活力的本地小型企业产生了重大影响，这真是令人兴奋。”“我们感谢金属鲨鱼和路易斯安那州在业务扩展中的综合投资，这将为伊比利亚教区带来新的工作和新的机会。”
