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Gen Z in Manufacturing: A Sustainability-First Generation Looks to Influence 3D Printing
For this episode, I welcome Daniel Huang, an 18-year-old student in Florida. Huang is the creator of his high school’s 3D printing club that finished runner-up in SME’s 2023 Digital Manufacturing Challenge with their proposal to use 3D printing...
The Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants of 2023
Last week, the EPA recognized the 103 U.S. factories to earn Energy Star certification in 2023. The award recognizes manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector. According to the EPA, these plants preven...
Ford Pays $365 Million to Resolve Trade Fraud Allegations
The Department of Justice announced that Ford Motor Company agreed to pay the U.S. government $365 million to resolve a...
Figure’s OpenAI-Powered Robot Is Already Having Conversations
Robotics company Figure and ChatGPT maker OpenAI are only two weeks into their partnership but the collaboration is already producing some astounding and slightly unsettling results.Figure this week shared an update on Figure 01’s progre...
GM, Major Carmakers Are Telling Insurers How You Drive
When a driver gets a speeding ticket or is involved in an accident, their car insurance rates are expected to increase. However, most drivers would not expect to see their rates increase for every instance of speeding, rapid acceleration or for...
Chinese EVs Are Getting Weird
The Chinese EV market is a wild west of innovation. Well, maybe it's more like throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks in their own version of a lagging EV market. According to an article from
Chemours Execs Allegedly Manipulate Cash Flow to Influence Bonus Pay
At the end of February, chemical company and the maker of Teflon, Chemours, made headlines when the company’s board of directors
Airbus Debuts NextGen Air Taxi Ahead of First Flight
Airbus today unveiled the prototype of its fully electric CityAirbus NextGen, an electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL) designed to operate in major cities. With its first flight scheduled for later this year, the two metric-ton ...
Large Pork Producer Faces Shocking Worker Retaliation Allegations
Tosh Pork is the largest pork producer in Tennessee, and with 38,000 sows in 2022, it was the 25th largest pork producer in the U.S., according to a report from Genesus and Swineweb. Based in Henry, Tennessee, the company uses the H-2A agricult...
EV Startup Gets Cash Infusion Following Bankruptcy Scare
EV startup Polestar was recently flirting with bankruptcy. The company, which started as an engineering team modifying Volvos for racing in the late 2000s, was spun out of Volvo in October 2017 as a standalone brand focusing on electric cars.
Toyota Practically Giving Away its Hydrogen Vehicles
Toyota Practically Giving Away its Hydrogen Vehicles
The Apple Car Is Dead
On Tuesday, Apple cut bait on the long rumored, but never delivered electric vehicle project after about ten years of development. And Elon “production is hard’ Musk, didn't exactly dance on the grave, at least not just on the project's grav...
LISTEN: Forgotten Flashlight Causes $4M in Damage to F-35
Small mistakes can sometimes have big consequences. That’s the lesson one maintenance team is likely taking away from a recent mishap that caused millions in damages to an F-35, a U.S. military fighter jet that costs about $110 million to manuf...
Stellantis CEO Got a 56% Pay Raise in 2023
Stellantis – the automaker formerly known as Fiat Chrysler – posted
NASA Looking for Volunteers to Live in 3D-Printed Mars Habitat
Eventually, NASA wants to send humans to Mars. But before the space agency can send astronauts on the 140 million-mile trek to the red planet, they must conduct some serious testing.
Debunking the AI Myth in Manufacturing
AI is still in its infancy, but workers shouldn't wait to get familiar with the technology.
Authorities Take Down Hackers That Targeted Manufacturers with Ransomware Attacks
A joint effort that included the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.K. National Crime Agency's (NCA) Cyber Division, the FBI, and other international law enforcement partners announced today that they have disrupted one of the most active ransom...
Gen Z in Manufacturing: Taking Risks at Internships and Finding Meaning Full Time
Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I interview young people about their journeys in the manufacturing industry.For this episode, I welcome Bryce Walters, a 26-year-old manufacturing robotics engineer fo...
Stranded Space Factory Finally Gets OK to Return to Earth
Eight months is a long time to be stuck in orbit but Varda Space Industries’ flying pharmaceutical factory has finally been given clearance to come home.In September 2023, the U.S. Air Force denied Varda’s request for permissi...
Woman Pleads Guilty for Shipping Components Found in Russian Weapons
A 32-year-old Canadian national pleaded guilty yesterday for her role in a multimillion-dollar scheme to ship components for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), guided missile systems and other weapons to sanctioned entities in Russia. Shipping th...
LISTEN: U.S. Army Scrapping Helicopter Program After Spending Billions
You know, sometimes these things just don't work out. The Future Attack Reconnaissance Aircraft (FARA) program was meant to create the U.S. Army's new weaponized scout helicopter. The Army had even held a design competition to find the replacem...
LISTEN: Intel to Delay $20 Billion Ohio Chip Plant
The Wall Street Journal has reported that Intel plans to delay the opening of a chip plant that’s been described as “the first of its k...
Ford Reveals Secret Team Working on Low-Cost EVs
Ford’s best-selling electric vehicle so far is the full-size F-150 Lightning. But the company just revealed secret plans for developing smaller, less expensive EVs.During the automaker’s fourth-quarter earnings call this week, CEO Jim Fa...
LISTEN: Boeing Faces Potential Strike from Its Largest Union
It has been over a month since one of Boeing's 737 Max 9 aircraft, operated by Alaska Airlines, suffered a structural blowout mid-flight. Between aircraft groundings, inspections and increased FAA scrutiny, Boeing is still trying to recover fro...
LISTEN: Airline Head Says Boeing in 'Last Chance Saloon'
Boeing’s reputation has taken a beating over the past few months as design and manufacturing issues have increasingly caused serious problems for the company’s jet liners. Now the head of a major international airline has warned that Boeing doe...
