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LISTEN: John Deere Reveals More Jobs Cuts, Plans for Mexico Plant
John Deere employs around 70,000 people worldwide, but the year 2024 has brought recurring announcements regarding workforce reductions – in fact, so many that keeping up can be a challenge.The
Two-Story Home Built in Eight Hours
The supply of available homes is historically low. Land is expensive, material costs are high, and the market conditions have a particularly dramatic impact on smaller homes less than 1,800 square feet. However, modern manufacturing techniques ...
John Deere Paying $1.1M to Resolve Racial Discrimination Allegation
The Department of Labor announced that John Deere has agreed to pay over $1.1 million to job applicants after facing allegations of systemic hiring discrimination that affe...
Toyota Subsidiary to Close its Largest U.S. Plant, Cut 1,300 Jobs
A Toyota subsidiary will shut down its largest auto parts plant in the U.S. over concerns about a difficult path to “sustainable profitability.”Hino Motors Manufacturing U.S.A. opened the facility in Marion, Arkansas, in 2006, ma...
State Tests Surveillance Method to Tax EV Drivers
Electric vehicles may be good for the environment, but there is an unwanted side effect that’s been bad for the budgets of many states that rely on the gas tax.And while some are finding ways around it via supersized registrati...
NOW: Boat Manufacturer Lays Off Nearly 300 at Wisconsin Facility
Boat and engine maker . has announced a mass layoff for its facility in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. The company stated in a Notice of ...
$25,000 Jeep EV to Hit U.S. Market 'Very Soon'
In the age of uber-expensive vehicles, the CEO of Stellantis is making a bold pledge.In March of this year, the average sale price of a new vehicle was more than $47,000 – a sum that’s out of reach for many Americans. And if you’re in th...
Campbell's to Close Plant, Cut 415 Jobs
The biggest name in canned soup – Campbell’s – has announced that it will be making some big cuts to its operations in an effort to eliminate what it refers to as “inefficient” sites.One of these is a plant in Tualatin, Oregon – a locati...
Gen Z in Manufacturing: How to Make Manufacturing Cool for Young People
For this episode, I welcome Bogdan Malynovskyy, a 26-year-old director of advanced projects and large-scale robotics engineer at Hacksmith Industries.Hacksmith, an entertainment company with about...
Hershey Sued Over Deceptive Carvings on Reese's Products
The Hershey Company is facing a federal class action lawsuit because at least four customers feel duped by the company's specialty Reese's product packaging. According to the lawsuit, the packaging contains "a false and deceptive representation...
Boeing Subsidiary's New X-Plane Sprints to Next Design Phase
Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has wrapped up the conceptual design review for a new high-speed X-plane that can liftoff vertically. So far, the development has been a success, and the concept has been chosen to continue work on a pre...
Panera Sued After Teen's Cardiac Arrest Linked to Charged Lemonade
A Pennsylvania teenager is suing Panera after a cardiac arrest episode that followed consuming the fast casual chain’s Charged Lemonade, claiming defective design, manufacturing and inadequate warnings regarding the beverage.According to...
Sports Equipment Scandal Impacts At Least 100 Schools
A former salesman at a manufacturer and distributor of football helmets and other sports equipment is facing prison time and a seven-figure fine after conspiring to rig bids for sports equipment contracts. According to a Department of Justice <...
New Airbus Aircraft Is Half Plane, Half Helicopter, All Fast
Airbus this week unveiled to the public the Racer, its new one-off demonstrator aircraft that’s half helicopter, half plane and built to fly fast.According to
These Edible 3D-Printed Cookies Are Made of Plastic Waste
Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have come up with a way to make 3D-printed food out of plastic waste. They call them µBites (microbites), and they could be the innovative answer to global problems over waste plastic and f...
Hot Sauce Maker Halts Production Due to Chili Pepper Color
Another year, another potential shortage of Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce. Consumers, distributors and retailers have faced this dilemma before, but this time it has less to do with supply and more to do with color.
NASA's Starliner Launch Facing 'Disaster,' Contractor Warns
After the initial launch for Boeing’s Starliner was scrapped last week due to a leaky valve, NASA could be looking to give it another go later this week. But one contractor is surprisingly and publicly asking the agency to reconsider the launch...
CEO Convicted in Shipbuilding Scheme
On Thursday, 71-year-old Curtiss E. Jackson was convicted of a long-running scheme that bilked investors out of millions over a fraudulent boatbuilding and cruise business. Jackson and his wife, Jamey Jackson, owned Semisub Inc, a s...
Rivian Gets Nearly $1 Billion to Help Expand Operations in Illinois
In early March, Rivian paused construction of a planned $5 billion electric truck plant in Georgia. The cost-cutting measure hoped to speed production, particularly of the company's midsize SUV, the R2, which will now be made at its existing pl...
Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Fake Military Parts Scheme
The Department of Justice announced on May 8 that a Florida woman pleaded guilty to a scheme that involved fr...
Milwaukee Tool Work Gloves Allegedly Tied to Forced Labor
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last month issued a Withhold Release Order for products made by Shangha...
Changing Traditional Views on Lubrication, One Step at a Time
Plastic is not one of the most popular materials in the world right now, being branded “unsustainable.” Domestically, members of the U.S. Congress have introduced
Report: Tyson Dumping Millions of Pounds of Waste into U.S. Waterways
Tyson is one of the largest meat producers in the world, with 123 processing plants and 124,000 employees just in the U.S. The company did about $52.94 billion in revenue last year, but the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) says it came at a ...
Poultry Processors Agree to One of the Largest Wage Violation Settlements in History
The Department of Labor yesterday announced one of the largest wage violation settlements ever reached for U.S. poultry workers. A federal court ordered a network of California poultry processors and distributors to pay $4.8 million in back wag...
