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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...
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
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...
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 ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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
Electronics Giant to Build ‘AI Supercomputer’ Factories in Texas
Wistron’s project is part of a $500 billion AI manufacturing effort by Nvidia.
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...
LISTEN: Harvard Team’s Wearable Robot Helps Stroke, ALS Patients Use Their Arms
Bioengineers at Harvard have created a soft, wearable robot that looks more like a smart jacket, designed to help stroke patients and individuals with neurodegenerative diseases, such as ALS, regain a bit of normalcy.The team has been wo...
LISTEN: Navy Drones Collide as Test Flounders
The future of warfare is autonomous. To compete with China, particularly in the Taiwan Straight, the U.S. Department of Defense has been ramping up development of autonomous boats, but, according to an
LISTEN: GM's Futuristic Corvette Opens Like a Fighter Jet
On Friday, GM unveiled a pair of futuristic Corvette concepts, the CX and the CX.R Vision Gran Turismo, and they have a canopy that opens like a fighter jet.
LISTEN: Proposal Could Turn Historic Golf Course into Industrial Hub
A nearly century-old golf course in western Michigan could be turned into an industrial, commercial and residential complex under a proposal from its potential new owner.Residents living near Riverside Golf Club & Banquet Center in B...
LISTEN: Details of T1's Solar Vision Emerge After Bailing on $2.6B U.S. Battery Factory
T1 Energy and Corning today announced a new partnership to boost the U.S. solar supply chain. T1 will source hyper-pure polysilicon and solar wafers made by Corning at its plant in Michigan. Starting later next year, Corning wafers will be deli...
LISTEN: Aluminum Tariffs May Kill One of the Best Deals in Beverages
The Trump Administration’s moving-target import tariffs have had significant impacts on the U.S. supply chain and manufacturing industry. While the full impact is still unfolding, it’s beginning to look like the trade deal tactics could do the ...
LISTEN: A Swarm of Jellyfish Took Down an Entire Nuclear Power Plant
A “massive and unpredictable” swarm of jellyfish has caused one of the largest nuclear power plants in France to completely shut down.According to the
LISTEN: Sana Biotech Bails on Factory in Old AT&T Call Center
Last August, Sana Biotechnology opened a new 80,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in an old AT&T call center in Bothell, Was...
LISTEN: The U.S. Military Wants to Blow Up Some Cybertrucks
Tesla’s Cybertruck has sparked some interesting debates around aesthetics and utility versus novelty, but the U.S. military just wants a few of them to blow up.The Air Force Test Center
NHL Team in Trademark Dispute with Bag Manufacturer
The NHL’s newest team announced a lawsuit against a bag manufacturer over a trademark dispute. The controversy involves the Utah Mammoth hockey team and a hockey equipment bag maker named Mammoth Hockey, the Salt Lake Tribune
LISTEN: Fire-Damaged LA Community Homes Rebuilt by AI-Powered Robots
Cosmic Building, a construction technology company, uses AI-driven end-to-end software to run mobile robotic microfactories. At the heart of its newest microfactory in Pacific Palisades are ABB’s IRB 6710 robots and RobotStudio digital twin sof...
LISTEN: Major Carrier Abruptly Bans Electric Vehicle Shipments
When it comes to global logistics, it seems no news is good news. If a transoceanic journey of goods goes without a hitch, you never hear about it.But when things go wrong, they can go very wrong – and we’ve seen that play out in several...
