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Heineken Uproots Huge Apple Orchard as Cider Sales Slip
Heineken is a huge multinational corporation and it’s affected by market realities like supply and demand just like any other company. But when the answer to those issues is destroying an apple orchard, it’s hard to see it as just business....
Chinese Nationals Accused of Trying to Illegally Export U.S. Semiconductor Tech
The Department of Justice announced an unsealed indictment accusing a pair of Chinese nationals of engaging in cr...
Boeing, Lockheed Passed Up for Air Force Drone Program
The U.S. Air Force has chosen two companies that it will continue to fund as part of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, and the decision leaves out some major defense contractors.The Air Force this week said Anduril and Gen...
Gen Z in Manufacturing: How to Sell Welding to Gen Z
Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I interview young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the in...
Disneyland's Gas-Powered Autopia Cars Are Going Electric
The shift toward electric has touched nearly every corner of the automotive industry and now it’s extended its reach into Disneyland.The amusement park earlier this month confirmed with the
Intel Sued After Contractor Allegedly Loses Sense of Taste, Smell Due to Plant's Toxic Fumes
Just last month, Intel announced plans to spend some $36 billion to expand and modernize operations in Hillsboro, Oregon, partly funded by awards from...
Raccoon Knocks Out Electricity for Thousands in Wisconsin
On Saturday evening, an incident at a southeastern Wisconsin substation caused the grid to go dark for some 16,000 people. Accordi...
GE Helps 3D Print a Gorilla-Proof Cast
A traditional cast with an outer layer made from plaster or fiberglass is more than sufficient for a human with a broken bone. But for a gorilla, which is about 10 times stronger than a human being and less likely to put up with some discomfort...
Mercedes-Benz Debuts Future of Delivery
Mercedes-Benz yesterday announced a new logistics concept: a demonstrator that combines eSprinter vans with e-cargo bikes to sustainably solve the last-mile riddle. The Sustaineer (sustainability pioneer) tech demonstrator promises ...
Hyundai to Test New Humanoid Robot from Boston Dynamics
Humanoid robots are still a long way from full-scale rollouts across industrial, commercial and other settings. But if this week’s arrivals tell us anything, it’s that the pace of development may be speeding up.Boston Dynamics earlier th...
Major Auto Supplier Faces Fine After Fatal Crushing Accident
Last October, a 26-year-old employee at Faurecia Emissions Control Systems in Franklin, Ohio, was fatally crushed. According to OSHA, the worker had been on the job for about a year and was placing cardboard under a machine that bends vehicle e...
Conagra to Close Wisconsin Plant, Lay Off Over 250
Food company Conagra Brands announced that it would cease production operations and close its facility in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. The company claimed in ...
Tesla to Cut More Than 10% of Workforce
The push towards electrics means changes in the automotive industry are impacting every OEM – even those tailor made for it.Elektrek first repo...
Walmart Turns to Autonomous Robot Forklifts
U.S. retailer Walmart is turning to robots for help as it works to keep pace with e-commerce rivals like Amazon.The company said it will roll out 19 Class 1 electric, autonomous forklifts across four of its distribution centers, with the...
Toxic Ingredients Found in Weight Loss Supplements
In January 2024, the FDA issued a warning about dietary supplements purchased on popular e-commerce websites like Amazon and Etsy that were made with toxic ingredients. Tejocote root, part of the hawthorn family, is a Mexican root supplement ma...
GM Drops Base Hummer, Cheapest Trim Now $98K
The GMC Hummer has had an interesting evolution by anyone’s standards. What started as a gas guzzling monster SUV back in the 1990s and early aughts fell victim to the economic crunch and high gas prices of the Great Recession. But a decade or ...
AI-Powered Solution Can Bridge the Skills Gaps in Industrial Maintenance
The manufacturing industry has received a boost from recent legislation such as the CHIPS and Science Act, but industrial facilities still experience hundreds of hours of downtime annually. As the industrial landscape evolves and expands, the n...
Virgin Galactic Countersues Boeing, Alleging 'Shoddy Work'
Last month, Boeing and its subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences sued Virgin Galactic, accusing Richard Branson’s space venture of skipp...
Quaker to Shutter Illinois Plant, Lay Off More than 500
It’s been a staple in Danville, Illinois, since 1969, but on June 8, the Quaker Oats plant will close its doors.Last week, Quaker informed more than 500 workers in Danville they will be laid off but, perhaps, the writing was on the wall....
U.S. Residents Admit to Scheme to Send Aircraft Parts to Russia
The Department of Justice announced that two Russian nationals who are Florida residents pleaded guilty to conspiring t...
EV Startup Spends More Than It Makes on CEO's Jet
Canoo, like many other electric vehicle startups, is struggling to survive. And as is often the case in the early days of a company, expenditures exceed revenue. But one cost in particular stood out in Canoo’s latest earnings report.Tech...
California Man Guilty of Selling $3.5M in Counterfeit Electronics for Military Use
The Department of Justice announced that a California man pleaded guilty to a scheme that involved selling mor...
Century-Old Meat Producer Goes Bankrupt After 'Temperature Abuse'
Freirich Foods has been in the meat business since 1921, when it was founded by young German sausage maker Julian Freirich on Long Island. The company, now based in Salisbury, North Carolina, makes a lot of meat, from pastrami and roast beef to...
Tyson Targeting Immigrants, Refugees for Factory Jobs
Tyson Foods is looking to refugees and immigrants to fill some of its factory jobs that handle duties such as placing cuts into trays, inspections for bones and washing meat,
Can the World’s Largest Plane Save Wind Power?
Offshore wind power projects set up shop in the water because it’s often too much of a logistical nightmare to transport their massive turbine blades inland. But that could change in the future if one startup is successful in building the world...
