All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 7 2021 // A Waterville, Maine, auto body manufacturing plant is facing nearly $400,000 in proposed fines for unaddressed fall and noise hazards that placed its employees at risk.The Shyft Group Duramag LLC – formerly F3 MFG Inc....
Apr 5 2021 // Starr Insurance Cos. has introduced Environmental Shield, a customized environmental insurance product that covers multiple manufacturing risks with a single underwriter overseeing and streamlining the design.Starr...
Apr 1 2021 // A Ohio manufacturer of power distribution products has been cited for 11 serious workplace safety violations and faces $119,000 in penalties, federal workplace safety officials said.In response to a January 2021 complaint,...
Mar 30 2021 // TOKYO – Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics said on Tuesday it would take at least 100 days to get back to normal production at its fire-hit plant, even as the government urged some Taiwanese companies to help with...
Mar 22 2021 // The U.S. manufacturing industry is on the rebound from effects of the global pandemic-driven shutdown more than a year ago. While U.S. industrial production and U.S. total factory orders fell substantially in April 2020,...
Mar 16 2021 // Despite two severe amputation injuries in 2018 and 2020 on the same machine at a Lakewood, New Jersey, ice cream manufacturing plant, a recent federal safety and health inspection found the company continued to ignore...
Mar 8 2021 // The city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has filed a lawsuit against a host of chemical manufacturers that produced firefighting foam linked to groundwater contamination around the city’s airport.Tests have revealed at...
Feb 24 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials have cited a Missouri-based auto parts manufacturer for failing to maintain safe workplace conditions after worker tested positive for coronavirus and subsequently died of COVID-19, the...
Feb 16 2021 // At least 12 people were killed in a fire at a firecracker factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu last Friday, police said.Raja Narayanan, a regional police official, said an investigation was under way into...
Jan 4 2021 // SEOUL – Production at Hyundai Motor’s factory in Ulsan, South Korea, was halted on Monday after a worker died in an accident, shortly after the plant was refitted to manufacture a new electric vehicle, a labor...
Dec 4 2020 // The Securities and Exchange Commission said it has settled charges against The Cheesecake Factory Inc. for misleading disclosures about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business operations and financial...
Dec 2 2020 // Georgia has opened the application process for businesses that want to manufacture cannabis oil for medical use in the state.The General Assembly legalized the treatment for a limited number of conditions five years ago,...
Nov 19 2020 // The parents of a Kansas City, Mo., man who died in a 2016 shooting have been awarded $4 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against a man who trafficked in firearms, as well as a gun dealer and manufacturer.Court documents...
Nov 5 2020 // Tesla recently made headlines with the beta launch of its Full Self-Driving system. That system comes with a disclaimer saying, “It may do the wrong thing at the worst time, so you must always keep your hands on the...
Oct 27 2020 // Five people were hospitalized after a report of chemical exposure at a factory store in Skowhegan that led to the building’s evacuation on Thursday. The exposure led to the evacuation of the New Balance Factory...
Oct 27 2020 // When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March, the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their North American vehicle production to an unprecedented cold stop.Now, four months after a...
Oct 20 2020 // First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG.Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the...
Oct 14 2020 // The TRUMPF Group and Munich Re Group are entering into a strategic partnership for a “pay-per-part” business model, which enables customers to use a full-service laser machine without having to buy or lease any...
Oct 7 2020 // Newfront Insurance has added a team of insurance brokers who were formerly part of Paramount Insurance in Fresno, Calif.The move reflects Newfront’s growing investment in agriculture, service and manufacturing. The...
Oct 1 2020 // French investigators have called for a review of the design and maintenance of titanium alloy engine parts to ensure they guard against the risks of metal fatigue following an engine blowout on an Airbus A380 exactly three...