Latest Manufacturing Headlines

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Weather Service: Straight-Line Wind Damaged South Dakota Manufacturing Facility

Jun 5 2014 // The National Weather Service says a storm that damaged a manufacturing facility in southeastern South Dakota was the result of straight-line wind and not a tornado.The Yankton Daily Press and Dakotan reports that the...

Vietnam Protests Over China Oil Rig Damage Taiwan-Owned Factories

May 14 2014 // Anti-China rallies sparked by the placement of an oil rig in waters near Vietnam damaged factories owned by Taiwanese companies, with some plants closing as Vietnam detained hundreds of protesters.Vietnam’s...

10 Challenges Ahead for Workers’ Compensation

May 5 2014 // Today’s challenges are also tomorrow’s opportunities depending on the viewpoint. Those same opportunities could also remain tomorrow’s challenges. This special report highlights 10 current workers’...

Agents Brewing Up Program Business for Craft Beermakers

Apr 16 2014 // Craft beers have been capturing an increasing share of the domestic beer market over the past decade and this specialty niche is still growing.By 2020, America’s craft brewers will have more than 20 percent market...

U.S. Law Firm Seeks Records from Malaysian Airlines, Boeing

Mar 26 2014 // Malaysian Airlines and Boeing Co are facing a potential lawsuit over the Beijing-bound flight that disappeared more than two weeks ago with 239 people on board, according to a law firm representing passengers’...

Tesla Could Skip Dealers Under Arizona bill

Mar 21 2014 // Electric car manufacturer Tesla Motors would be allowed to sell cars in Arizona without establishing a dealer network under a bill approved by a state Senate committee this week.House Bill 2123 is strongly opposed by...

Brewing Boom

Mar 10 2014 // The craft beer industry has been chipping away at the U.S. domestic beer market throughout the past decade. And the pace of growth in this specialty niche is not expected to stop anytime soon.By 2020, America’s craft...

Willis Transport Head Sees Huge Potential in Asian Aerospace, Engineering

Mar 5 2014 // Alastair Swift, Global Head of Transportation for Willis Group Holdings, pointed out that Asia continues to benefit from a period of staggering economic growth and seismic demographic shifts. As a result the region could...

Exclusive Recall Coverage That Goes Hand In Hand with Product Liability

Mar 5 2014 // How can agents communicate the importance of this type of exposure to the industry? There is a natural resistance by all companies in buying additional insurance. A recall event is not a physical damage event. It does not...

New Wisconsin Lemon Law Limits Time to Seek Damages

Mar 3 2014 // If the vehicle you just bought turns out to be a lemon, you’ll have less time in Wisconsin to seek damages from the manufacturer and you won’t get as much money.The restrictions that went into effect on March 1...

Louisiana Manufacturer Cited for Health Violations; $91K Penalty Proposed

Feb 13 2014 // A flavoring manufacturer in Oakdale, La., has been cited by the U.S. Labor Department’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a fire last year severely burned a worker.OSHA cited Carol Callahan, doing...

Garlock Ruling Could Shift Asbestos Litigation in Manufacturers’ Favor

Feb 12 2014 // A judge who found what he called a “startling pattern” of abuse by plaintiffs’ lawyers may have shifted the landscape of asbestos litigation with a ruling in favor of manufacturers.In a decree last month,...

Autonomous Vehicle Testing Regulations for California Coming Soon

Jan 27 2014 // If you think Google when you think about autonomous vehicles driving the streets, you’re leaving out the rest of the players in what some see as the future of the auto industry.If fact, there are enough players in...

Two Dead in Blast at Nebraska Manufacturing Plant; Cause Unknown

Jan 22 2014 // After a blast caused much of an Omaha, Neb., manufacturing plant to collapse, some workers found themselves buried in debris and others scrambled for their lives.Two of the 38 workers who were at the International...

Autonomous Vehicle Testing Regulations for California Coming Soon

Jan 16 2014 // If you think Google when you think about autonomous vehicles driving the streets, you’re leaving out the rest of the players in what some see as the future of the auto industry.If fact, there are enough players in...

Rotting Wood Product in Post-Katrina Built Homes May Spark Legal Action

Jan 7 2014 // Actor Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation, which has built 100 energy-efficient new homes in the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged Lower 9th Ward in New Orleans, is considering legal action against the manufacturer of an...

Worker’s Head Injury Leads to $90K Fine for Ohio Manufacturer

Dec 18 2013 // Ohio-based McNeil Group, doing business as Pinnacle Metal Products, has been cited by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration after a worker suffered a serious head injury that...

Paint Manufacturers Held Liable for $1.1 Billion in California Lead Paint Case

Dec 18 2013 // Sherwin-Williams Co., NL Industries Inc. and ConAgra Grocery Products LLC were ordered by a judge to pay $1.1 billion to replace or contain lead paint in millions of homes after losing a public-nuisance lawsuit brought by...

Houston-Based Manufacturer Fined Nearly $200K for Safety Violations

Dec 16 2013 // The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has cited Piping Technology and Products Inc. in Houston for four repeat and three serious violations after a worker was injured in June...

Judge Orders Sriracha Plant to Partially Shut Down

Nov 27 2013 // A judge ruled Tuesday that the factory that manufactures of the trendy and very delicious Sriracha hot sauce must partially shut down after neighbors complained of the spicy smells it was producing.Judge Robert H....