IEN Radio
Radio for manufacturing and engineering professionals. New industrial products, news and technical articles.
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- Years Active
- 2019 - 2025
U.S. Residents Admit to Scheme to Send Aircraft Parts to Russia
The Department of Justice announced that two Russian nationals who are Florida residents pleaded guilty to conspiring to acquire and illegally export controlled aviation technology to Russia without …
EV Startup Spends More Than It Makes on CEO's Jet
Canoo, like many other electric vehicle startups, is struggling to survive. And as is often the case in the early days of a company, expenditures exceed revenue. But one cost in particular stood out …
California Man Guilty of Selling $3.5M in Counterfeit Electronics for Military Use
The Department of Justice announced that a California man pleaded guilty to a scheme that involved selling more than $3.5 million worth of deceptive fan assemblies to the Department of Defense’s Defe…
Century-Old Meat Producer Goes Bankrupt After 'Temperature Abuse'
Freirich Foods has been in the meat business since 1921, when it was founded by young German sausage maker Julian Freirich on Long Island. The company, now based in Salisbury, North Carolina, makes a…
Tyson Targeting Immigrants, Refugees for Factory Jobs
Tyson Foods is looking to refugees and immigrants to fill some of its factory jobs that handle duties such as placing cuts into trays, inspections for bones and washing meat, Bloomberg reported.
The …
Can the World’s Largest Plane Save Wind Power?
Offshore wind power projects set up shop in the water because it’s often too much of a logistical nightmare to transport their massive turbine blades inland. But that could change in the future if on…
Gen Z in Manufacturing: A Sustainability-First Generation Looks to Influence 3D Printing
For this episode, I welcome Daniel Huang, an 18-year-old student in Florida. Huang is the creator of his high school’s 3D printing club that finished runner-up in SME’s 2023 Digital Manufacturing Cha…
The Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants of 2023
Last week, the EPA recognized the 103 U.S. factories to earn Energy Star certification in 2023. The award recognizes manufacturing plants in the top 25% of energy efficiency in their sector.
Accordin…
Figure’s OpenAI-Powered Robot Is Already Having Conversations
Robotics company Figure and ChatGPT maker OpenAI are only two weeks into their partnership but the collaboration is already producing some astounding and slightly unsettling results.
Figure this week …
Ford Pays $365 Million to Resolve Trade Fraud Allegations
The Department of Justice announced that Ford Motor Company agreed to pay the U.S. government $365 million to resolve allegations of Tariff Act of 1930 violations. According to the DOJ, the American …
GM, Major Carmakers Are Telling Insurers How You Drive
When a driver gets a speeding ticket or is involved in an accident, their car insurance rates are expected to increase. However, most drivers would not expect to see their rates increase for every in…
Chinese EVs Are Getting Weird
The Chinese EV market is a wild west of innovation. Well, maybe it's more like throwing everything against the wall to see what sticks in their own version of a lagging EV market. According to an art…
Chemours Execs Allegedly Manipulate Cash Flow to Influence Bonus Pay
At the end of February, chemical company and the maker of Teflon, Chemours, made headlines when the company’s board of directors placed its CEO, CFO and controller and principal accounting officer on…
Airbus Debuts NextGen Air Taxi Ahead of First Flight
Airbus today unveiled the prototype of its fully electric CityAirbus NextGen, an electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle (eVTOL) designed to operate in major cities. With its first flight sched…
Large Pork Producer Faces Shocking Worker Retaliation Allegations
Tosh Pork is the largest pork producer in Tennessee, and with 38,000 sows in 2022, it was the 25th largest pork producer in the U.S., according to a report from Genesus and Swineweb. Based in Henry, …
EV Startup Gets Cash Infusion Following Bankruptcy Scare
EV startup Polestar was recently flirting with bankruptcy. The company, which started as an engineering team modifying Volvos for racing in the late 2000s, was spun out of Volvo in October 2017 as a …
Toyota Practically Giving Away its Hydrogen Vehicles
Toyota Practically Giving Away its Hydrogen Vehicles
The Apple Car Is Dead
On Tuesday, Apple cut bait on the long rumored, but never delivered electric vehicle project after about ten years of development. And Elon “production is hard’ Musk, didn't exactly dance on the grav…
LISTEN: Forgotten Flashlight Causes $4M in Damage to F-35
Small mistakes can sometimes have big consequences. That’s the lesson one maintenance team is likely taking away from a recent mishap that caused millions in damages to an F-35, a U.S. military fight…
Stellantis CEO Got a 56% Pay Raise in 2023
Stellantis – the automaker formerly known as Fiat Chrysler – posted record revenues and profits in 2023. At the time of the reporting, CEO Carlos Tavares said he wanted to “warmly thank” the Stellant…