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LISTEN: 'Agility Contractor': The Latest Manufacturing Job is a Robot Babysitter
It’s a fresh example of the potential dystopian future of work.The Wall Street Journal is reporting that a factory in South Carolina has deployed ...
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LISTEN: Bezos Wants $100 Billion to Jumpstart Manufacturing’s AI Revolution
Jeff Bezos is looking to raise $100 billion dollars for a new fund. According to the Wall Street Journal, the idea is to buy manufacturing companies and use AI to ramp automation. Described as a "manufacturing transformation vehicle...
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LISTEN: The U.S. Has a Plan to Pull Helium Out of the Moon and Bring it to Earth
Helium is a critical element for chipmaking, medical diagnostics, quantum computing and cryogenics. It could also kickstart fusion energy, which has the potential to deliver reliable, carbon-free power to hundreds of millions of people. However...
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LISTEN: Hyundai Halts Palisade SUV Sales After Fatal Power Seat Incident
Hyundai has issued a stop-sale of certain 2026 Palisade SUV models in the U.S. and Canada due to an issue with the second and third-row power seats.The automaker is halting sales of the vehicles while it works on a recall after a young c...
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LISTEN: New Ferrari Has Old Mazda's Name, Setting Up Trademark Battle
Ferrari is on the eve of introducing its first electric vehicle to the market, but not everything about it is new.Ferrari recently announced the name of its upcoming EV – the Luce. But there’s just one problem: the Luce is a name that’s ...
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LISTEN: Honda Kills 3 EV Models That Were Scheduled for U.S. Production
Honda has decided to cancel the development and market launch of three electric vehicle models that had been planned for production in North America.Honda 0 SUV, Honda 0 Saloon, and Acura RSX were all scheduled to enter production at the...
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LISTEN: Yamaha Ditches California for Georgia
Yamaha Motor's U.S. subsidiary plans to relocate its headquarters from Southern California to suburban Atlanta. The maker of motorcycles, robotics and marine and power products said late last month that the move will begin at the en...
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LISTEN: Steel Distributors to Pay $3.3M Over COVID-Era Loans
A group of wholesale steel distributors will pay more than $3.3 million to settle allegations that they made false statements in order to secure federal loans during the COVID-19 pandemic.The seven corporations in question, each part of ...
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LISTEN: Foreign Auto Part Maker Bringing New Life to Old U.S. Steel Mill
Last week, Taiwanese auto supplier Minth announced plans to invest some $430 million to breathe new life into a century-old steel mill site in Alabama.The Minth Group is a massive company with nearly 28,000 global employees spanning 78 p...
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LISTEN: Nestlé Overhauls Bonus Structure
A leading global food manufacturer has reportedly overhauled its employee bonus program as part of a broader effort to revamp its corporate culture.Under the new structure at Nestlé, people familiar with the move recently
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LISTEN: Syngenta Ending Production of Herbicide Banned in 70 Countries, Linked to Parkinson's
Swiss agricultural manufacturer Syngenta announced it will end global production of paraquat, an herbicide used to control weeds in farming operations, ...
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LISTEN: Stanley Black & Decker Closing Last Factory in Founding City
Stanley Black & Decker plans to close its last manufacturing facility in New Britain, Connecticut, the city home to the company’s headquarters. Connecticut Public Radio
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LISTEN: Regulators Raid Farm Turned ‘Skinny Jab’ Manufacturing Facility
Officers from a UK medicine regulator raided...
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LISTEN: Stellantis Workers, Union Fume Over $0 Bonuses
Big 3 auto workers tend to rely on annual profit-sharing checks as a part of the compensation plans negotiated through the United Autoworkers Union.This year, Ford employees are taking home just shy of $7,000. GM’s union workers were
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Mexican Cement Giant Making a Push in the U.S.
Mexico’s largest cement producer — and one of the leading building materials manufacturers globally — hopes that a newly announced acquisition will bolster its position in the U.S. construction market.Cemex said Thursday that it reached...
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LISTEN: PepsiCo to Shutter Southern California Facility, Cut Nearly 250 Jobs
Eight months after PepsiCo relegated a longtime Frito-Lay plant in Southern California to a distribution hub, the food and beverage giant is now reportedly closing the campus entirely — and laying off hundreds of workers.Frito-Lay
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LISTEN: ‘Completely Preventable Mistake’ Caused Fatal Refinery Accident in Texas
On October 10, 2024, at around 4:23 p.m., some 27,000 pounds of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas were released during a maintenance activity at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas. The refinery makes more than a quarter of a million barr...
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LISTEN: Dead Vehicle Crowned America’s New Cheapest Car
U.S. consumers looking for the least expensive new vehicle option are facing both bad and good news.The bad news is that the U.S. market no longer has a new vehicle with an average MSRP below $20,000. According to
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LISTEN: Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Ratify First Union Contract
Nearly two years after its workers voted to establish one of the first unions at an auto factory in the South, employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have approved their first contract.The United Auto Workers union...
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LISTEN: Gen Z in Manufacturing: The Secret to Helping Young Machinists Fall in Love With the Shop Floor
Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I talk to young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the indu...
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LISTEN: Brewing Giant Expects Aluminum Tariffs to Hurt Profits
One of the nation’s largest brewers says it expects tariffs on the aluminum used in its cans to dent its profits this year.Molson Coors said in its latest
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LISTEN: "Boiling Blood and Death" Odors Detected 10 Miles Away
The State of Texas filed a lawsuit against Darling Ingredients, accusing the com...
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LISTEN: Outspoken Critic of Offshoring to Move Ohio Mfg Operations to China
Last month, Conn-Selmer – a manufacturer that’s said to be the last to produce brass musical instruments in the United States – announced that it would be closing its plant in Eastlake, Ohio.And while it’s not exactly an unfamiliar story...
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LISTEN: Unexploded Artillery and Lasers Await Trespassers at U.S. Army Test Center
The U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona is filled with all manner of things that can seriously hurt or kill a person. And the U.S. military would really appreciate it if people would stop trespassing there.The giant desert trainin...
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