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1:50

LISTEN: Syngenta Ending Production of Herbicide...

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2026/03/06

Swiss agricultural manufacturer Syngenta announced it will end global production of paraquat, an herbicide used to control weeds in farming operations, by the end of June. The company plans to phase out production at its facility in Huddersfield, UK, its only manufacturing site for the ingredient. Syngenta cited significant competition from global producers, which put pressure on the company’s competitiveness, as the reason for the decision. The release, however, did not mention ongoing...

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LISTEN: Stanley Black & Decker Closing Last Factory...

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2026/03/05

Stanley Black & Decker plans to close its last manufacturing facility in New Britain, Connecticut, the city home to the company’s headquarters. Connecticut Public Radio reported that the action will impact nearly 300 workers at the factory, which primarily makes single-sided tape measures. Company spokesperson Debora Raymond told CPR that the facility’s products “are becoming obsolete” as more people rely on electronic devices to measure distance. The Hartford Courant reported that New B...

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1:47

LISTEN: Regulators Raid Farm Turned ‘Skinny Jab’...

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2026/03/04

Officers from a UK medicine regulator raided two sites in February during an ongoing investigation into a criminal network that manufactures and distributes unlicensed weight-loss medicines, also known as “skinny jabs.” The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) stated that the operation, which targeted farm and residential properties in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire, resulted in the seizure of nearly 2,000 doses of unauthorized weight-loss medicines, including retatrut...

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2:22

LISTEN: Stellantis Workers, Union Fume Over $0 Bonuses

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2026/03/03

Big 3 auto workers tend to rely on annual profit-sharing checks as a part of the compensation plans negotiated through the United Autoworkers Union. This year, Ford employees are taking home just shy of $7,000. GM’s union workers were just awarded $10,500. So how does Stellantis - the other piece of this Detroit auto trifecta – stack up when it comes to these bonus payouts? They’re not even on the board. Stellantis reported a significant annual loss for its 2025 fiscal year, which meant it fe...

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1:35

Mexican Cement Giant Making a Push in the U.S.

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2026/02/28

Mexico’s largest cement producer — and one of the leading building materials manufacturers globally — hopes that a newly announced acquisition will bolster its position in the U.S. construction market. Cemex said Thursday that it reached an agreement to buy Omega Products International, a top provider of stucco in the western U.S. Omega, based in Southern California, operates four production facilities across California, Colorado and Nevada, and serves both residential and commercial constr...

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1:22

LISTEN: PepsiCo to Shutter Southern California...

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2026/02/27

Eight months after PepsiCo relegated a longtime Frito-Lay plant in Southern California to a distribution hub, the food and beverage giant is now reportedly closing the campus entirely — and laying off hundreds of workers. Frito-Lay halted snacks production at the Rancho Cucamonga plant last summer — one of several closures across the country as PepsiCo dealt with sluggish demand and rising costs — but left its warehouse and distribution operations in place. Earlier this month, however, the co...

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4:44

LISTEN: ‘Completely Preventable Mistake’ Caused Fatal...

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2026/02/26

On October 10, 2024, at around 4:23 p.m., some 27,000 pounds of toxic hydrogen sulfide gas were released during a maintenance activity at the PEMEX Deer Park Refinery in Deer Park, Texas. The refinery makes more than a quarter of a million barrels per day of motor fuels, like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel, that are exported to the U.S., Mexico, and Latin America. The toxic release fatally injured a pair of contract workers and injured several others. So, what happened? Instead of opening a p...

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1:45

LISTEN: Dead Vehicle Crowned America’s New Cheapest Car

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2026/02/25

U.S. consumers looking for the least expensive new vehicle option are facing both bad and good news. The bad news is that the U.S. market no longer has a new vehicle with an average MSRP below $20,000. According to Kelley Blue Book, the all-but-gone Mitsubishi Mirage was the last hope. The good news is that the new cheapest car, the Nissan Versa, carries a fairly reasonable MSRP of $22,315. But the other bad news is that the Versa is dead. As Kelley points out, Nissan reportedly ended p...

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1:33

LISTEN: Tennessee Volkswagen Workers Ratify First...

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2026/02/24

Nearly two years after its workers voted to establish one of the first unions at an auto factory in the South, employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, have approved their first contract. The United Auto Workers union announced Thursday that 96% of workers at the Chattanooga plant voted in favor of the deal, which was hashed out over months of often slow-moving talks between the union and the German automaker. It reportedly includes immediate bonuses of more than $6,500, ...

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LISTEN: Gen Z in Manufacturing: The Reason Machinists...

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2026/02/24

Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I talk to young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry and what they are looking for from an employer. For this episode, I welcome Colton Harnar, a 29-year-old CNC programmer for SendCutSend, an on-demand, custom sheet metal and CNC machining manufacturing company. Harnar has been in the machining industry for 10 years and CNC programming for five years. He started as a...

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1:36

LISTEN: Brewing Giant Expects Aluminum Tariffs to...

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2026/02/21

One of the nation’s largest brewers says it expects tariffs on the aluminum used in its cans to dent its profits this year. Molson Coors said in its latest financial results that an 8.1% jump in its average cost of goods sold in the quarter, in part, reflected increases in the U.S. Midwest aluminum premium, and noted that commodity inflation would continue to affect profitability this year. Company officials estimated at an industry conference Wednesday that aluminum costs would impact profi...

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LISTEN: "Boiling Blood and Death" Odors Detected 10...

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2026/02/20

The State of Texas filed a lawsuit against Darling Ingredients, accusing the company of illegally emitting odors and air contaminants from its rendering facility near Austin, Texas. The complaint noted that the smells can be detected up to 10 miles away, with some described as resembling “boiling blood and death.” Founded in 1882 and based in Irving, Texas, Darling Ingredients converts materials from animal agriculture and food industries into ingredients for animal and human consumption, cro...

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2:13

LISTEN: Outspoken Critic of Offshoring to Move Ohio...

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2026/02/19

Last month, Conn-Selmer – a manufacturer that’s said to be the last to produce brass musical instruments in the United States – announced that it would be closing its plant in Eastlake, Ohio. And while it’s not exactly an unfamiliar story, this situation has a bit of an interesting twist: the production is reportedly going to a Conn-Selmer plant in China, and the company’s owner, John Paulson, has been an outspoken critic of offshoring. On the line are 150 union jobs and Conn-Selmer workers, ...

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1:56

LISTEN: Unexploded Artillery and Lasers Await...

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2026/02/18

The U.S. Army’s Yuma Proving Ground in Arizona is filled with all manner of things that can seriously hurt or kill a person. And the U.S. military would really appreciate it if people would stop trespassing there. The giant desert training facility, which was formed by General George S. Patton during World War II, is used as a test center for just about every piece of equipment used in ground combat. The 1,300-square-mile facility is well marked with warning signs about trespassing but Sgt. G...

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2:25

LISTEN: Wind Turbine Graveyard in Texas Sparks Lawsuit

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2026/02/17

The State of Texas filed a lawsuit against industrial waste recycler Global Fiberglass Solutions for illegally compiling approximately 3,000 wind turbine blades and parts at two disposal sites in Sweetwater, Texas. The lawsuit claims that Global and other entities violated the Texas Solid Waste Disposal Act and Texas Water Code. Court documents state that Global, a Texas corporation with a principal place of business in Washington, is hired by companies to break down, transport and recycle tu...

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LISTEN: Cargill to Shutter Wisconsin Plant, Cut More...

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2026/02/14

Cargill says it plans to shut down its beef plant in Milwaukee and lay off more than 200 workers amid turmoil in the U.S. beef industry. Reuters reports that the agribusiness giant notified Wisconsin officials that it intends to halt production at the facility in mid-April and close it entirely at the end of May. The move would affect 221 workers, although some could shift to a nearby plant in suburban Butler, Wisconsin — one of seven other Cargill facilities in the Badger State. Cargill in...

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LISTEN: Brewing Giant to Slash Thousands of Jobs Amid...

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2026/02/13

The world’s second-largest brewer says it plans to combat a sluggish beer market by using technology to make its operations more efficient — and, in turn, slash thousands of jobs. Heineken, which announced its latest financial results Wednesday, said that it expects to cut between 5,000 and 6,000 jobs over the next two years — amounting to up to 7% of the Dutch brewer’s global workforce. Company officials indicated that some of the cuts would stem from previously announced cost-cutting effo...

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LISTEN: Investigation Opened Into Woodland Pulp...

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2026/02/12

The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has opened an investigation into a fatal chemical release at Woodland Pulp in Baileyville, Maine. On January 27, 2026, 20-year old intern Kasie Malcolm, a chemical engineering student at the University of Maine, was killed and nine other workers were injured when a highly toxic gas was released into the facility. Two employees were also seriously hurt, one still remains hospitalized, according to the CSB. Based on initial inf...

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LISTEN: Waymo Workers in the Philippines Are Helping...

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2026/02/11

The race for the first viable driverless taxi fleet is still moving forward at a rapid pace, with players like Tesla and Waymo generating regular headlines highlighting the good and the bad. And though the vision is there, the technology that’s being tested now in a handful of American cities is not perfect just yet. Recent reports point to comments made by Waymo’s chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, regarding the degree of independence his company’s autonomous vehicles really offer. In an e...

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2:12

LISTEN: DOJ Thwarts Potential Bagged Ice Monopoly

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2026/02/05

A proposed merger between two of the largest packaged ice companies in the U.S. has been met with a list of divestiture requirements from the U.S. Justice Department’s Antitrust Division. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/justice-department-requires-reddy-ice-divest-assets-proceed-proposed-acquisition-arctic Reddy Ice, the biggest bagged ice manufacturer in the U.S., is looking to acquire Arctic Glacier, the country’s third largest packaged ice maker, for $126 million. The two companies combined...

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