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17:44

Gen Z in Manufacturing: How to Make Manufacturing...

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2024/05/29

For this episode, I welcome Bogdan Malynovskyy, a 26-year-old director of advanced projects and large-scale robotics engineer at Hacksmith Industries.Hacksmith, an entertainment company with about 14.7 million YouTube subscribers, is dedicated to bringing to life fictional concepts from movies, video games and comics through the creation of functional prototypes. The company’s projects include Captain America’s shield, the Power Loader from Aliens and a lightsaber, with Malynovskyy serving as...

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2:48

Hershey Sued Over Deceptive Carvings on Reese's Products

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2024/05/29

The Hershey Company is facing a federal class action lawsuit because at least four customers feel duped by the company's specialty Reese's product packaging. According to the lawsuit, the packaging contains "a false and deceptive representation of an artistic carving contained on said product." For example, a new product designed as a tie-in for the upcoming summer Olympics in Paris, France, depicts a chocolate-shaped metal with a simple carving of a circle for the medal and a V-shape to repr...

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2:41

Boeing Subsidiary's New X-Plane Sprints to Next...

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2024/05/24

Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences has wrapped up the conceptual design review for a new high-speed X-plane that can liftoff vertically. So far, the development has been a success, and the concept has been chosen to continue work on a preliminary design review. The X-plane is being developed for DARPA's SPRINT program, which stands for Speed and Runway Independent Technologies. The project aims to design, build and fly an aircraft that is fast and doesn't rely on a runway for takeo...

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2:43

Panera Sued After Teen's Cardiac Arrest Linked to...

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2024/05/22

A Pennsylvania teenager is suing Panera after a cardiac arrest episode that followed consuming the fast casual chain’s Charged Lemonade, claiming defective design, manufacturing and inadequate warnings regarding the beverage.According to the lawsuit, the incident took place on March 9 when 18-year-old Luke Adams drank a large Mango Yuzu Citrus Charged Lemonade. Later that day, at a movie theater, Adams went into cardiac arrest, which medical examination linked to ventricular fibrillation, a t...

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2:04

Sports Equipment Scandal Impacts At Least 100 Schools

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2024/05/21

A former salesman at a manufacturer and distributor of football helmets and other sports equipment is facing prison time and a seven-figure fine after conspiring to rig bids for sports equipment contracts. According to a Department of Justice release detailing an FBI investigation, at least 100 schools in Mississippi and other locations were victims of the schemes. Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manufacturing podcast.

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2:33

New Airbus Aircraft Is Half Plane, Half Helicopter,...

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2024/05/21

Airbus this week unveiled to the public the Racer, its new one-off demonstrator aircraft that’s half helicopter, half plane and built to fly fast.According to Reuters, Airbus this week gathered a crowd of industry executives, politicians and European Union representatives at its base in France to show off the Racer, its $217 million successor to the X3, which debuted in 2010. The company said the Racer is capable of a cruising speed of about 250 miles per hour, nearly 100 miles per hour faste...

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4:00

These Edible 3D-Printed Cookies Are Made of Plastic...

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2024/05/17

Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have come up with a way to make 3D-printed food out of plastic waste. They call them µBites (microbites), and they could be the innovative answer to global problems over waste plastic and food scarcity. The process is fairly straightforward. The team mixes waste biomass and plastic, which is processed into slurry. A special yeast converts the slurry to proteins that are 3D-printed into various forms, like cookies.Download and listen ...

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2:36

Hot Sauce Maker Halts Production Due to Chili Pepper...

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2024/05/16

Another year, another potential shortage of Sriracha Hot Chili Sauce. Consumers, distributors and retailers have faced this dilemma before, but this time it has less to do with supply and more to do with color.USA Today obtained a letter sent to wholesalers by Huy Fong Foods, the company that makes Sriracha, the well-known hot sauce with the rooster on the label. It said that it would be halting production of the popular hot sauce until after Labor Day because red jalapeno peppers it uses to ...

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2:54

NASA's Starliner Launch Facing 'Disaster,' Contractor...

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2024/05/15

After the initial launch for Boeing’s Starliner was scrapped last week due to a leaky valve, NASA could be looking to give it another go later this week. But one contractor is surprisingly and publicly asking the agency to reconsider the launch, which it warned could end in catastrophe.ValveTech, a company that designs and manufactures valves and other components for aerospace and military applications, issued a press release stating that a second attempt could result in a disaster occurring ...

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3:19

CEO Convicted in Shipbuilding Scheme

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2024/05/14

On Thursday, 71-year-old Curtiss E. Jackson was convicted of a long-running scheme that bilked investors out of millions over a fraudulent boatbuilding and cruise business. Jackson and his wife, Jamey Jackson, owned Semisub Inc, a shipbuilding firm in Hawaii. Both sought investment in the company and for more than ten years told financial backers that the prototype vessel, the Semisub One, was just months, even weeks away from starting operations. Download and listen to the audio ve...

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3:23

Rivian Gets Nearly $1 Billion to Help Expand...

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2024/05/13

In early March, Rivian paused construction of a planned $5 billion electric truck plant in Georgia. The cost-cutting measure hoped to speed production, particularly of the company's midsize SUV, the R2, which will now be made at its existing plant in Normal, Illinois. To help make it happen, Rivian last Tuesday announced an incentive package worth $827 million from the State of Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity. The funds will help expand operations in Normal, im...

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2:27

Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Fake Military Parts...

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2024/05/10

The Department of Justice announced on May 8 that a Florida woman pleaded guilty to a scheme that involved fraudulently procuring government contracts to supply critical military components to the Department of Defense.The woman, Yuksel Senbol, pleaded guilty to 25 felony counts, including violating the Arms Export Control Act and the Export Control Reform Act, money laundering and wire fraud. Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manu...

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3:48

Milwaukee Tool Work Gloves Allegedly Tied to Forced...

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2024/05/09

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) last month issued a Withhold Release Order for products made by Shanghai Select Safety Products Company Limited and two of its Chinese subsidiaries, Select Safety Products and Select Protective Technology Limited. CBP officers were instructed to detain any work gloves made by the companies and deny them entry into the country. Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manufacturing podcast.

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3:52

Report: Tyson Dumping Millions of Pounds of Waste...

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2024/05/07

Tyson is one of the largest meat producers in the world, with 123 processing plants and 124,000 employees just in the U.S. The company did about $52.94 billion in revenue last year, but the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) says it came at a hefty environmental cost. A new report from UCS, a nonprofit organization made up of scientists, analysts and policy experts, says Tyson Foods has released billions of gallons of wastewater into U.S. waterways that have been filled with some heinou...

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7:06

Changing Traditional Views on Lubrication, One Step...

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2024/05/07

Plastic is not one of the most popular materials in the world right now, being branded “unsustainable.” Domestically, members of the U.S. Congress have introduced legislation to crack down on plastic production, and, globally, nations are negotiating a treaty to end plastic pollution.Despite the potential adverse effects of plastic, igus, a German motion plastics manufacturer, sees an opportunity to leverage this "unsustainable" product to promote sustainability, achieve cost and time savings...

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3:50

Poultry Processors Agree to One of the Largest Wage...

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2024/05/06

The Department of Labor yesterday announced one of the largest wage violation settlements ever reached for U.S. poultry workers. A federal court ordered a network of California poultry processors and distributors to pay $4.8 million in back wages and damages to 476 workers. They must also pay $221,919 in penalties. Under the terms of the settlement, the employers must also forfeit $1 million in profits earned from the sale of hot goods tainted by oppressive child labor and pay penalties ...

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2:49

Beermaker to Be Fined Daily Over Rotten Egg Smell

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2024/05/03

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3:03

Heineken Uproots Huge Apple Orchard as Cider Sales Slip

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2024/05/02

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2:12

Chinese Nationals Accused of Trying to Illegally...

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2024/04/30

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2:57

Boeing, Lockheed Passed Up for Air Force Drone Program

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2024/04/29

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