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Radio for manufacturing and engineering professionals. New industrial products, news and technical articles.

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2 minutes
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942
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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State Tests Surveillance Method to Tax EV Drivers

State Tests Surveillance Method to Tax EV Drivers

Electric vehicles may be good for the environment, but there is an unwanted side effect that’s been bad for the budgets of many states that rely on the gas tax.

And while some are finding ways around …

00:02:08  |   Wed 05 Jun 2024
NOW: Boat Manufacturer Lays Off Nearly 300 at Wisconsin Facility

NOW: Boat Manufacturer Lays Off Nearly 300 at Wisconsin Facility

Boat and engine maker  . has announced a mass layoff for its facility in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. The company stated in a Notice of Workforce Reduction that the move affected 298 employees at the facto…

00:02:15  |   Tue 04 Jun 2024
$25,000 Jeep EV to Hit U.S. Market 'Very Soon'

$25,000 Jeep EV to Hit U.S. Market 'Very Soon'

In the age of uber-expensive vehicles, the CEO of Stellantis is making a bold pledge.

In March of this year, the average sale price of a new vehicle was more than $47,000 – a sum that’s out of reach f…

00:02:00  |   Mon 03 Jun 2024
Campbell's to Close Plant, Cut 415 Jobs

Campbell's to Close Plant, Cut 415 Jobs

The biggest name in canned soup – Campbell’s – has announced that it will be making some big cuts to its operations in an effort to eliminate what it refers to as “inefficient” sites.

One of these is …

00:02:05  |   Fri 31 May 2024
Gen Z in Manufacturing: How to Make Manufacturing Cool for Young People

Gen Z in Manufacturing: How to Make Manufacturing Cool for Young People

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…

00:17:11  |   Wed 29 May 2024
Hershey Sued Over Deceptive Carvings on Reese's Products

Hershey Sued Over Deceptive Carvings on Reese's Products

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 c…

00:02:14  |   Wed 29 May 2024
Boeing Subsidiary's New X-Plane Sprints to Next Design Phase

Boeing Subsidiary's New X-Plane Sprints to Next Design Phase

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 conc…

00:02:08  |   Fri 24 May 2024
Panera Sued After Teen's Cardiac Arrest Linked to Charged Lemonade

Panera Sued After Teen's Cardiac Arrest Linked to Charged Lemonade

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 warnin…

00:02:09  |   Wed 22 May 2024
Sports Equipment Scandal Impacts At Least 100 Schools

Sports Equipment Scandal Impacts At Least 100 Schools

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 cont…

00:01:31  |   Tue 21 May 2024
New Airbus Aircraft Is Half Plane, Half Helicopter, All Fast

New Airbus Aircraft Is Half Plane, Half Helicopter, All Fast

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 cro…

00:02:00  |   Tue 21 May 2024
These Edible 3D-Printed Cookies Are Made of Plastic Waste

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

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 answe…

00:03:26  |   Fri 17 May 2024
Hot Sauce Maker Halts Production Due to Chili Pepper Color

Hot Sauce Maker Halts Production Due to Chili Pepper Color

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 …

00:02:03  |   Thu 16 May 2024
NASA's Starliner Launch Facing 'Disaster,' Contractor Warns

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

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 public…

00:02:20  |   Wed 15 May 2024
CEO Convicted in Shipbuilding Scheme

CEO Convicted in Shipbuilding Scheme

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, Jame…

00:02:45  |   Tue 14 May 2024
Rivian Gets Nearly $1 Billion to Help Expand Operations in Illinois

Rivian Gets Nearly $1 Billion to Help Expand Operations in Illinois

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 …

00:02:49  |   Mon 13 May 2024
Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Fake Military Parts Scheme

Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Fake Military Parts Scheme

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 De…

00:01:53  |   Fri 10 May 2024
Milwaukee Tool Work Gloves Allegedly Tied to Forced Labor

Milwaukee Tool Work Gloves Allegedly Tied to Forced Labor

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 Sa…

00:03:15  |   Thu 09 May 2024
Changing Traditional Views on Lubrication, One Step at a Time

Changing Traditional Views on Lubrication, One Step at a Time

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…

00:06:32  |   Tue 07 May 2024
Report: Tyson Dumping Millions of Pounds of Waste into U.S. Waterways

Report: Tyson Dumping Millions of Pounds of Waste into U.S. Waterways

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 …

00:03:18  |   Tue 07 May 2024
Poultry Processors Agree to One of the Largest Wage Violation Settlements in History

Poultry Processors Agree to One of the Largest Wage Violation Settlements in History

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…

00:03:16  |   Mon 06 May 2024
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