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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Single Worker Blamed for Recall of 23K Kias
- Manufacturing Exec Gets 3 Years for Chill Can Factory Fraud Scheme
- Fruit Juice Exec Pleads Guilty for Selling Tainted Beverages to School Programs
- Q&A: Why DEI Matters in Manufacturing
- Toyota Opening Experimental Futuristic City This Fall

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- Hyundai Starts Selling Cars on Amazon
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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- U.S.’s Tallest Skyscraper Would Be a 'Hazard' to Air Travel
- Anduril, Archer to Make New Military Aircraft for Critical Defense Applications
- What Really Happened with Orion's Heat Shield During 2022 Reentry Incident
- Tongue Implant Could Treat Sleep Apnea Without a CPAP
- Stellantis Fined After Fatal Assembly Line Accident

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- Butterball to Close Arkansas Plant
- Trump Says Ports Shouldn’t Install More Automated Systems
- Engineers Rally to Make Custom Toys Just Before Christmas

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The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN). Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manufacturing podcast.

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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Stoli Faces Bankruptcy Following Cyberattack
- Famed Workwear Maker Moving from Texas to California
- Anheuser-Busch to Invest $10M in Florida Brewery
- Electric Bus Co. Suspends Production at Brand New Plant
- Amazon Tests 15 Minute Delivery

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- DOE Invests $17M to Supply Chain of Critical Materials
- GM Sounds Robotaxi Retreat, Stops Funding Cruise Unit
- Daimler Company to Expand Manufacturing Footprint in Michigan

Please make sure to like, subscribe and share the podcast. You could also help us out a lot by giving the podcast a positive review. Finally, to email the podcast, you can reach any of us at David, Jeff or Anna [at] ien.com, with “Email the Podcast” in the subject line.

Editor's note: We had some technical difficulties during the live broadcast and we lost the intro. 

The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN).

This week's episode is brought to you by fellow podcaster Stay Sharp with Razorleaf. Stay Sharp with Razorleaf is the ultimate podcast for all things digital in the manufacturing industry.

Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Explosion at GM Site Causes Damage to Homes
- Cargill to Cut 8,000 Jobs
- Biden Admin Will Loan $6.6B to Rivian to Build GA Factory that Automaker Paused
- Emergency Vehicle Lights Are Giving Driverless Cars 'Digital Seizures'
- Shuttered Kraft Heinz Factory to Become Cannabis Growing Facility

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- Activists Rage After Coca-Cola Drastically Changes Plastic Pledge
- China Bans Exports to U.S. of Gallium, Germanium, Antimony
- Gen Z in Manufacturing: Apprenticeships Need to Do More Than Just Pay for School

Please make sure to like, subscribe and share the podcast. You could also help us out a lot by giving the podcast a positive review. Finally, to email the podcast, you can reach any of us at Nolan, Jeff or Anna [at] ien.com, with “Email the Podcast” in the subject line.

The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN).

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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Ford to Cut Bronco Production
- Big Potato Accused of Fixing Prices
- 'Sewage' Beer Highlights Water Scarcity, Innovation
- Radical Jaguar Rebrand, New Logo Spark Ire Online
- FDA Accuses Toothpaste Maker of Bacteria-Tainted Water Supply, Mold

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- Industrial AI Is Transforming Manufacturing
- Solar Foods Launches Solein Protein Made from Thin Air
- Why the Holiday Season May Rely on Securing Manufacturing

Please make sure to like, subscribe and share the podcast. You could also help us out a lot by giving the podcast a positive review. Finally, to email the podcast, you can reach any of us at David, Jeff or Anna [at] ien.com, with “Email the Podcast” in the subject line.

The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN).

This week's episode is brought to you by Orkin. Download "Exclusion Basics: Your First Line of Defense Against Pests" a new guide that gives you the best exclusion practices to keep pests outside your facility. This new guide also provides the six signs you might need exclusion services.

Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Commercial Jet Flies Nearly 300 Hours with Tool Stuck in its Engine
- Stanley Black and Decker Expects $200M Hit from Tariff Hikes
- Hackers Steal MLB Player's Lamborghini By Rerouting Delivery
- Local Government Won't Help 4,000 Illegal Miners Trapped in Closed Mine
- Celebrity Tequila Stolen in Wild $1 Million Heist

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- AI Taught to Hear Battery Fires Before They Start
- GE Aerospace and NASA Partner on Flight Tests to Accelerate Contrail Understanding
- Homeland Security Releases Framework or AI in Critical Infrastructure

Please make sure to like, subscribe and share the podcast. You could also help us out a lot by giving the podcast a positive review. Finally, to email the podcast, you can reach any of us at David, Jeff or Anna [at] ien.com, with “Email the Podcast” in the subject line.

The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN).

This week's episode is brought to you by Orkin. Download "Exclusion Basics: Your First Line of Defense Against Pests" a new guide that gives you the best exclusion practices to keep pests outside your facility.

Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Molson Coors Shutting Down 157-Year-Old Wisconsin Brewery
- Mattel 'Deeply' Regrets Packaging Problem on 'Wicked' Dolls
- Japanese Automaker Nissan Cuts 9,000 Jobs as its Vehicles Fail to Sell
- Natilus Concept Could Compete with Popular Boeing 737, Airbus A320 Aircraft
- Deadly Factory Explosion in Kentucky

In Case You Missed It

- Rivian, Volkswagen Group Launch Joint Venture
- Generative AI Can Make Autonomous Security Robots More Human

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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Rare Cars Found in Secret ‘Junkyard’ Sold for Millions
- Butcher Harvests Invasive Raccoons to Make Meatballs
- 1.3 Million Chickens Killed After Poultry Processor Goes Belly Up
- Boeing Marked Up Air Force Soap Dispensers by 8,000%
- PepsiCo Closing 4 Bottling Plants

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- House Speaker Says GOP May Try to Repeal CHIPS Act
- This Wallet Would Never Fit In Your Pocket
- Security Breach: The Little Things that Kill

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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Report Details Cracked Skulls, Amputations at Rivian's Illinois Plant
- Elon Musk Says Making a $25,000 EV Is ‘Silly’ and ‘Pointless'
- eVTOL Aircraft Maker Runs Out of Money, Stopping Operations
- Con Artist Steals 22 Metric Tons of Award-Winning Cheddar
- Jury Hands $5.2 Billion Verdict in Bottled Water Liver Damage Lawsuit

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- Stellantis Invests $29.5 Million in Wind Tunnel Technology to Enhance EV Aerodynamics
- Boeing Could Sell Space Business to Blue Origin
- Federal Government Hands Out $24B For Railroad Projects

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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- GM Just Tested the Fastest Car Ever Built by a U.S. Automaker
- Stellantis to Shutter, Sell Arizona Facility
- Boeing Starts Selling Off Pieces
- PepsiCo to Reverse ‘Shrinkflation’ Following Consumer Complaints
- Hybrid-Electric Plane Maker Announces First U.S. Factory

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- Machine Learning Reveals Large Lithium Potential in Smackover Formation
- Handmade Instrument With 600-Year History Invaded by Machinery, Mass Manufacturing

Please make sure to like, subscribe and share the podcast. You could also help us out a lot by giving the podcast a positive review. Finally, to email the podcast, you can reach any of us at David, Jeff or Anna [at] ien.com, with “Email the Podcast” in the subject line.