All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 21 2013 // The High Court in Bangladesh’s capital has asked authorities to prevent the owner of a garment factory where 112 people died in a fire last year from leaving the country, a lawyer said.The High Court made the request...
May 20 2013 // A Bangladesh factory where Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Inditex SA inspectors spotted cracks in the wall this month is still making Wrangler shirts for the world’s largest apparel maker, U.S.-based VF Corp.VF confirmed...
May 20 2013 // Lumbermens Mutual Casualty, American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance and American Motorists Insurance Cos. have been placed in liquidation in Illinois, according to the state insurance department. State insurance guaranty...
May 16 2013 // A trans-Atlantic divide between European and U.S. retailers over how best to respond to fatal disasters in Bangladesh textile factories split wide open on Wednesday, with U.S. retailers claiming their European counterparts...
May 13 2013 // Lumbermens Mutual Casualty, American Manufacturers Mutual Insurance, and American Motorists Insurance Companies have been placed in liquidation in Illinois, according to the state insurance department.State insurance...
May 13 2013 // U.S. senators appeared close to finalizing a bill that would require pharmacies that compound and sell sterile drugs across state lines to submit to greater federal regulation.The proposed legislation comes in the wake of...
May 6 2013 // Earlier this year, scientists from Cornell University successfully created an artificial human ear by printing it on a 3D printer. Created by squirting living cells into an injection mold, the ears could replace those of...
May 2 2013 // The European Union is considering trade action against Bangladesh, which has preferential access to EU markets for its garments, to pressure Dhaka to improve safety standards after a building collapse killed more than 400...
May 1 2013 // Two Western retailers have promised to compensate families of garment workers killed while making their clothes in a Bangladesh factory building that collapsed last week in the country’s worst industrial accident.The...
Apr 25 2013 // At least 175 mainly women workers were killed in a Bangladesh building collapse and rescuers searching for survivors said on Thursday that many more were trapped in the rubble of a complex that housed factories supplying...
Apr 24 2013 // An eight-story block, housing garment factories and a shopping center, collapsed on the outskirts of the Bangladeshi capital on Wednesday, killing nearly 100 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said.Fire fighters...
Apr 11 2013 // Proposed federal and state gun legislation is having an unintended effect on growth in the gun insurance market across the country. Experts in this segment say new policy submissions dealing with all aspects of guns,...
Apr 11 2013 // Four Japanese automakers including Toyota Motor Corp and Nissan Motor Co are recalling 3.4 million vehicles sold around the world because airbags supplied by Takata Corp are at risk of catching fire or injuring...
Apr 10 2013 // Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world’s largest retailer, is making its biggest push yet to try to improve conditions at factories that produce its clothing after a fire at a Bangladesh factory last year killed 112...
Apr 3 2013 // Known as “the 909,” or “the IE” by Southern Californians, terms sometimes intended as a slight, the sprawling desert area east of Los Angeles was a boomtown for commercial and residential...
Mar 25 2013 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and expansions during the past year. Here are the top 10 market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty...
Mar 4 2013 // Eight years ago, U.S. regulators substantially increased their dependence on the aircraft industry to help keep flying safe. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration(FAA) said it would no longer directly manage routine...
Feb 28 2013 // Sellers and owners of assault weapons could be liable for damages caused by shootings in Colorado, another response from Democrats to recent mass shootings that has made gun-control one of the biggest issues of this...
Feb 26 2013 // Manufacturing in the United States is in a growth phase, according to a survey by Travelers Insurance that found nearly three out of four executives in the manufacturing sector have either expanded their products or...
Feb 15 2013 // Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb and Oklahoma business leaders rolled out their legislative agenda for small businesses and manufacturers on Feb. 12, citing workforce development and sweeping changes to the state’s workers’...