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LISTEN: Manufacturer Sues Automation Company Over Troubled Factory Overhaul
The maker of windows and doors says that its equipment is more than two years overdue.
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LISTEN: Unmanned EV Drives Away After Accidental Parking Command
The owner, identified as Li Xiaoshuang, parked his SU7 outside of a store, and what happened next was captured on a surveillance camera: while Li and another person conducted some...
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LISTEN: Jaguar Land Rover Restarts Production; Provides Lifeline to Critical Suppliers
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has restarted manufacturing and is working with suppliers to keep them in business as the U.K. automaker works to recover from a cyberattack that crippled production for more th...
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LISTEN: EV Prototype Explodes, Damages Company HQ
Another day, another update on fledgling electric carmaker, Faraday Future.Recent reports point to an incident in a satellite building to the company’s Los Angeles headquarters, in which a vehicle prototype allegedly caught fire.h...
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LISTEN: Forklift Companies Charged With Dodging Tariffs, Defrauding U.S. Out of $1M
A federal grand jury charged two Colorado companies and some of their executives with conspiring to avoid paying ...
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LISTEN: Ag Equipment Maker, Citing Tariffs, to Shift Work Out of U.S.
A manufacturer of agricultural equipment is citing tariffs in its decisions about its operations in the U.S.But rather than expanding its U.S. production, it will instead shift some work overseas.
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LISTEN: BlueOval Accused of Making Employees Work Off the Clock
A former production operator and production technician filed a lawsuit against electric vehicle battery maker BlueOval SK, a joint venture created by Ford and Korean manufacturer SK On. The lead plaintiffs, Sean O’Brien and Randall Moore, alleg...
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LISTEN: 50-Year-Old Skateboarding Legend Hits 65 MPH as He Flies Down 22-Story Building
Sandro Dias is a 50-year-old Brazilian skateboarding legend; he's a six-time vert world champion. Well, he recently made history once again when he dropped in from the curved facade of a 22-story building in Brazil. Until now, the C...
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LISTEN: Gen Z in Manufacturing: Creating a Startup Model Inside Large Corporations
For this episode, I welcome Marco Ristano, a 28-year-old senior industrial engineering and planning specialist at machinery manufacturer Caracol.Ristano joined Caracol after a contact in the investme...
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LISTEN: Former Employee at DVD Maker Gets Nearly 5 Years for Stealing 'Blockbuster Movies'
Last Thursday, a former employee of a multinational DVD and Blu-ray manufacturer and distributor was sentenced to 57 months in prison, nearly five years, for stealing DVDs and Blu-rays of "blockbuster movies" and selling them before their relea...
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LISTEN: Boeing Defense, St. Louis Machinists Union Reach Deal After Five-Week Strike
Boeing Defense and the machinists union have reached a tentative deal, ending a five-week-long strike in St. Louis.An official vote on the new five-year contract is scheduled for Friday, September 12.
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LISTEN: Manhole Cover Maker Turning Manufacturing Site Into Distribution Center
Neenah Foundry, a maker of manhole covers and other iron castings, announced that it plans to close its plant in Lincoln, Nebraska, by the end of the year. Nebraska Public Media
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LISTEN: Lumber Plant Catches Fire Amid Bankruptcy, Layoffs
A fire at a Pennsylvania plant owned by hardwood lumber producer Weaber broke out on the night of September 8, reportedly requiring more than 1 million gallons of water to contain.F...
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LISTEN: Serta Simmons Continues Shutdown Spree, Closes 8th Factory Since '22
Serta Simmons is saying goodnight to a 122,000-square-foot factory in Jamestown, New York – a move the company says will take place in the next few months and impact 84 employees.According to
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LISTEN: Tyson Foods Cuts Chief Supply Chain Officer for Violating Code of Conduct
Last Tuesday, Tyson Foods announced that Brady Stewart, group president of prepared foods, beef and pork and the company's chief supply chain officer, was leaving the food company immediately. Stewart took "certain actions" that violated the co...
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LISTEN: Boeing Looks for Permanent Replacement Workers as Strike Continues in St. Louis
Last month, more than 3,200 union workers at three Boeing plants in the St. Louis area went on strike. The employees, who make U.S. fighter jets and advanced weapons systems, rejected a "landmark" contract. The deal reportedly gave ...
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LISTEN: Canadian Premier Pledges to 'Hurt' Crown Royal Maker Over Factory Closure
This week, Ontario premier Doug Ford responded angrily to reports that the spirits company would b...
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LISTEN: 'Cyber Incident' Severely Disrupts Jaguar Land Rover Production
Jaguar Land Rover announced Tuesday that the company has been targeted by a cyberattack that has "severely disrupted" its production activities. The British carmaker, which officially rebranded as JLR about two years ago, said it "t...
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LISTEN: John Deere Acquisition Looks to Tackle Labor Shortage
John Deere announced its acquisition of autonomous orchard sprayer GUSS Automation. Founded in 2018 and standing for Global Unmanned Spray System, GUSS expects its machines t...
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LISTEN: Milwaukee Tool Employee Allegedly Shipped More Than $1 Million in Tools to Himself
According to a search warrant, the employee works at the company's new $30 million corporate office it announced in May 2021. The worker allegedly created and deleted some 115 orders from March 2024 to...
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LISTEN: Over 600 Memphis FedEx Workers Laid Off As Cummins Moves Out of State
Although FedEx confirmed the layoffs are not related to the company’s ‘Network 2.0’ plan for streamlining its package network, this is the company’s second layoff this year. The state’s labor department filed notice that 217 employees were prev...
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Gen Z in Manufacturing: The Best Age to Make First Contact with Prospective Workers
Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast that asks young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry a...
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LISTEN: AirBorn Closing Facility as Contract Manufacturing Deemed ‘No Longer Viable’
AirBorn, a designer and manufacturer of interconnect solutions for industrial, defense, aerospace and medical applications, announced plans to close its facility in Taunton, Massachusetts. The company
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Electronics Giant to Build ‘AI Supercomputer’ Factories in Texas
Wistron’s project is part of a $500 billion AI manufacturing effort by Nvidia.
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LISTEN: Toto Expands U.S. Toilet Production, Leans Heavily on Automation to Make Luxury Loos
This morning, Toto USA opened a $224 million manufacturing facility in Morrow, Georgia, reshoring production of high-end, one-piece toilets from the Toto Group's plants in Asia. Toto USA is the Japanese manufacturer's Americas division based in...
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