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IEN Radio

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

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every day
Average duration
2 minutes
Episodes
942
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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Raytheon to Create ‘Energy Webs’ to Charge Aircraft in Flight During Battle

Raytheon to Create ‘Energy Webs’ to Charge Aircraft in Flight During Battle

Energy harvesting is a novel way to keep devices charged, primarily in remote and harsh environments. Well, it doesn't get more harsh or remote than aerial warfare, which makes a new deal between Ray…

00:02:32  |   Tue 12 Dec 2023
Medical Device CEO Guilty After ‘Publicity Blitz’ Bilks Investors

Medical Device CEO Guilty After ‘Publicity Blitz’ Bilks Investors

Before the COVID-19 pandemic hit, California medical device company Decision Diagnostics (DECN) was in trouble. Keith Berman, the 70-year-old CEO of the manufacturer of low-cost home testing devices …

00:02:09  |   Mon 11 Dec 2023
VW EVs Can Now Power Your Home for Up to 2 Days

VW EVs Can Now Power Your Home for Up to 2 Days

Bi-drectional charging is one of those concepts that sound really good in theory. When your power goes out, an electric vehicle with a full battery could send power back to your home, eliminating the…

00:02:09  |   Fri 08 Dec 2023
Gen Z in Manufacturing: Gen Z Wants More Responsibility, Sense of Purpose

Gen Z in Manufacturing: Gen Z Wants More Responsibility, Sense of Purpose

Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I interview young workers about their jobs in the manufacturing industry and what they look for from an employer.

For this episode…

00:14:51  |   Thu 07 Dec 2023
Facility Manager Sentenced to Prison for $20M Kickback Scheme

Facility Manager Sentenced to Prison for $20M Kickback Scheme

A 69-year-old facility manager has been sentenced to 42 months in federal prison following a guilty plea for a kickback scheme that defrauded his employer of over $20 million. 

According to a Departme…

00:02:37  |   Wed 06 Dec 2023
Nearly 200-Year-Old Gun Factory Shutting Down

Nearly 200-Year-Old Gun Factory Shutting Down

RemArms, the gun maker behind the Remington brand, has decided to shut down its manufacturing facility in Ilion, New York.

RemArms anticipates the plant will close in March 2024, according to a letter…

00:02:12  |   Wed 06 Dec 2023
Maintenance Error Leads to $1.2 Million Fire

Maintenance Error Leads to $1.2 Million Fire

On April 29, 2022, the 600-foot-long chemical tanker, the Endo Breeze, was in the Raritan Bay between New York and New Jersey when oil spray from a fuel injector pump on the starboard main engine ign…

00:02:22  |   Tue 05 Dec 2023
Company Accused of Using Same Equipment to Make Hand Sanitizer, Brake Parts Cleaner

Company Accused of Using Same Equipment to Make Hand Sanitizer, Brake Parts Cleaner

The FDA sent a warning letter to a Wisconsin chemical company, accusing it of manufacturing hand sanitizer with the same equipment used to produce automotive brake parts cleaner. The FDA contends tha…

00:01:54  |   Tue 05 Dec 2023
U.S. Steel to Permanently Idle Steelmaking at Ill. Facility

U.S. Steel to Permanently Idle Steelmaking at Ill. Facility

Back in September, U.S. Steel announced that it would be temporarily idling a blast furnace in Granite City, Illinois and pointed the finger at the UAW. At the time, leadership at the plant called th…

00:01:51  |   Thu 30 Nov 2023
Firearms Manufacturer Abandons Plans for Florida Facility

Firearms Manufacturer Abandons Plans for Florida Facility

In June 2021, firearms maker Dark Storm Industries announced plans to relocate manufacturing from New York to Titusville, Florida. The company intended to build a new 25,000-square-foot headquarters …

00:01:51  |   Thu 30 Nov 2023
Handheld Radio Battery Fire Causes Millions in Damage

Handheld Radio Battery Fire Causes Millions in Damage

On November 13, 2022, at about 3:30 pm, a fire broke out on the bridge of the S-Trust, an oil tanker that was docked in Baton Rouge. While no one was injured, the accident caused some $3 million in d…

00:01:52  |   Mon 27 Nov 2023
Manufacturer Sticks with 4-Day Workweek

Manufacturer Sticks with 4-Day Workweek

Based in Willoughby, Ohio, Advanced RV isn't your typical small manufacturer. The company makes luxury custom motorhomes out of Mercedes cargo vans. 

Last year, the company was one of some 200 compani…

00:02:27  |   Tue 21 Nov 2023
Calif. City Buys, Shutters Asphalt Factory After Years of Odor Complaints

Calif. City Buys, Shutters Asphalt Factory After Years of Odor Complaints

Residents of an Irvine, California neighborhood are breathing a sigh of relief after finally reaching a conclusion to years of contentious debate over a factory.

All American Asphalt set up shop in 19…

00:02:08  |   Mon 20 Nov 2023
GM Scoops Up Vital Tesla Supplier

GM Scoops Up Vital Tesla Supplier

Gigacasting is changing the automotive industry. The technology was pioneered by Tesla and gave the EV maker a substantial lead in the EV market by cutting out several components and processes with a…

00:02:00  |   Thu 16 Nov 2023
Autonomous Electric Truck Now Working Full-Time at GE Appliances

Autonomous Electric Truck Now Working Full-Time at GE Appliances

Last year, GE Appliances and Einride successfully completed a pair of pilots that employed a heavy-duty, autonomous, electric vehicle from Einride driven on public roads to move finished goods from a…

00:02:47  |   Wed 15 Nov 2023
Tesla Threatens to Sue Would-Be Cybertruck Resellers

Tesla Threatens to Sue Would-Be Cybertruck Resellers

After years of anticipation, Cybertruck delivery day is almost here. But anyone thinking about flipping their new electric truck for a profit better check the fine print on Tesla’s order agreement.

Th…

00:01:56  |   Tue 14 Nov 2023
The Google of Hyper-Local Food Manufacturing

The Google of Hyper-Local Food Manufacturing

In April, supermarket company Southeastern Grocers (SEG) announced a collaboration with a Canadian startup called Relocalize. The collaboration focused on a pilot ice manufacturing project that would…

00:05:17  |   Mon 13 Nov 2023
Fake Safety Checks, Barefoot Workers at Plant Blamed for Contaminated Eye Drops

Fake Safety Checks, Barefoot Workers at Plant Blamed for Contaminated Eye Drops

An Indian factory stands accused of being the source of contaminated eye drops that have consumers on edge.

The US Food and Drug Administration recently released an alert, claiming that more than two …

00:01:59  |   Mon 13 Nov 2023
Folks Lining Up for Elon Musk's Brain Implants

Folks Lining Up for Elon Musk's Brain Implants

Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink has attracted lots of criticism and skepticism but it also seems to have generated a lot of optimism for the thousands of potential patients interested in …

00:02:16  |   Thu 09 Nov 2023
3M Knew Process Was Dangerous Before Fatal Accident, OSHA Says

3M Knew Process Was Dangerous Before Fatal Accident, OSHA Says

In February 2022, a 63-year-old worker was killed at a 3M (NYSE: MMM) plant in Alexandria, Minnesota. The worker became entangled with a machine during the overnight shift. 

A few months after the acc…

00:02:51  |   Wed 08 Nov 2023
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