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IEN Radio

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

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Average duration
2 minutes
Episodes
942
Years Active
2019 - 2025
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Utz to Close Oldest Plant

Utz to Close Oldest Plant

Perhaps one of the brand names most associated with its home state of Pennsylvania, Utz potato chips are legendary, therefore the latest company news might make locals feel a little salty – Utz says …

00:02:00  |   Tue 03 Oct 2023
Boeing Settles Allegations of Shortcuts in V-22 Osprey Manufacturing

Boeing Settles Allegations of Shortcuts in V-22 Osprey Manufacturing

Boeing, one of the most recognizable names in the aerospace industry, is out millions and has some egg on its face after it was caught not fully complying with all manufacturing specifications for on…

00:02:11  |   Mon 02 Oct 2023
NASA Needs a New Spacecraft to Help the Space Station Meet Its Fiery End, Safely

NASA Needs a New Spacecraft to Help the Space Station Meet Its Fiery End, Safely

The International Space Station launched in 1998 and since then it has served as an important research facility for multiple nations. The old ISS still has some good years left but space agencies are…

00:01:50  |   Fri 29 Sep 2023
Honda Designs Tiny EV for Children's Hospitals

Honda Designs Tiny EV for Children's Hospitals

Honda’s latest project sees the automaker partnering with its local dealer associations to produce small, electric ride-on vehicles that will be distributed to children’s hospitals throughout the U.S…

00:01:50  |   Wed 27 Sep 2023
77-Year-Old Boat Maker Announces Layoffs

77-Year-Old Boat Maker Announces Layoffs

St. Peter, MN – a town of about 12,000 people – is home to the headquarters of one of the oldest operating boat manufacturers in the United States.

While the Alumacraft name is well known on the recre…

00:02:08  |   Tue 26 Sep 2023
OSHA Says Concrete Pipe Maker Could Have Prevented Teen’s Death

OSHA Says Concrete Pipe Maker Could Have Prevented Teen’s Death

The Department of Labor has revealed the findings of an OSHA investigation that discovered a concrete pipe manufacturer could have prevented an incident at one of its job sites in Florida.

According t…

00:01:22  |   Mon 25 Sep 2023
Toyota Gigacasting Prototype Builds Third of a Car Body in Three Minutes

Toyota Gigacasting Prototype Builds Third of a Car Body in Three Minutes

Toyota wants to achieve annual electric vehicle sales of 3.5 million by the end of the decade. To accomplish this goal, the automaker is looking to cut its plant investment, production processes, and…

00:01:40  |   Fri 22 Sep 2023
China's Export of Two Key Rare Earth Minerals Drops to Zero

China's Export of Two Key Rare Earth Minerals Drops to Zero

New challenges are facing an already tenuous market for semiconductors as China is making some changes in the name of national security.

As a key exporter of certain rare earth minerals that are criti…

00:01:50  |   Thu 21 Sep 2023
Space Factory Denied Re-Entry to Earth

Space Factory Denied Re-Entry to Earth

A space factory designed to manufacture pharmaceuticals while in orbit around Earth will now be hanging out off planet a little longer than expected.

That’s because the U.S. Air Force denied Varda Spa…

00:01:39  |   Wed 20 Sep 2023
Agility to Open World's First Humanoid Robot Factory

Agility to Open World's First Humanoid Robot Factory

Agility Robotics yesterday announced plans to open RoboFab, a robot manufacturing facility in Salem, Oregon. The company behind the bipedal Digit isn't just making a few of these things; they plan to…

00:02:32  |   Tue 19 Sep 2023
Defense Contractor to Pay $4.4M for False Claims Violations

Defense Contractor to Pay $4.4M for False Claims Violations

The Department of Justice announced that Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation, an engineering and technical services provider, will pay $4.4 million to settle allegations of False Claims Act violation…

00:01:33  |   Mon 18 Sep 2023
Cybertruck Loses Wheel Cover on Freeway

Cybertruck Loses Wheel Cover on Freeway

In July, Tesla announced that its first production Cybertruck electric pickup rolled off the assembly line, nearly four years after its initial unveiling and two years behind the original timetable.

A…

00:01:29  |   Thu 14 Sep 2023
Ford Changes Iconic Blue Oval

Ford Changes Iconic Blue Oval

Ford this week unveiled the 2024 F-150 and eagle-eyed observers noticed a subtle change to the automaker’s iconic blue oval that came along with it.

Car and Driver noticed that the new logo removed th…

00:01:48  |   Thu 14 Sep 2023
Manufacturer Fined $298K for Not Fixing Hazards that Led to Amputation

Manufacturer Fined $298K for Not Fixing Hazards that Led to Amputation

In March 2022, an Air Starter Components Inc. worker in Texas suffered a finger amputation. The incident occurred when the worker's hand became caught in a polishing machine that did not have the req…

00:01:26  |   Tue 12 Sep 2023
Man-Made Hamster Wheel Tries to Cross the Atlantic Ocean

Man-Made Hamster Wheel Tries to Cross the Atlantic Ocean

An extreme runner is in a bit of trouble following an ocean voyage. The runner, Reza Baluchi, was trying to traverse the Atlantic Ocean in a structure that resembles an adult-sized hamster wheel when…

00:01:57  |   Mon 11 Sep 2023
Lack of Maintenance Sunk $6M Barge

Lack of Maintenance Sunk $6M Barge

It turns out a lack of ambition sunk the “Ambition,” a crane barge that was declared a total loss after capsizing in the Gulf of Mexico last year.

The Ambition was being towed when it sank on June 15,…

00:02:11  |   Mon 11 Sep 2023
Lucid CEO's Salary a Staggering $379 Million

Lucid CEO's Salary a Staggering $379 Million

The CEO of EV startup Lucid Motors had a really good year in 2022. A new CEO compensation survey from Automotive News and Equilar says the head of the luxury EV company's compensation package is valu…

00:02:41  |   Thu 07 Sep 2023
Toyota Reveals Cause of Factory Shutdown

Toyota Reveals Cause of Factory Shutdown

 Toyota suffered a major production setback last month when it had to shut down all 28 vehicle assembly lines at all 14 of its automotive plants in Japan. The company is now saying that this bad memo…

00:02:04  |   Wed 06 Sep 2023
Engineers Hack Voice Recognition with PVC

Engineers Hack Voice Recognition with PVC

Automatic speaker identification has gained popularity in security applications due to its proficiency in detecting and countering fraudulent attempts to mimic a user’s voice through digital manipula…

00:01:56  |   Tue 05 Sep 2023
Whirlpool Out $11.5M Due to Stoves that Turn On by Themselves

Whirlpool Out $11.5M Due to Stoves that Turn On by Themselves

One of the biggest appliance manufacturers in the country, with nine U.S. factories including five in Ohio, is out millions after mishandling a serious defect with some of its products.

Whirlpool, whi…

00:02:20  |   Tue 29 Aug 2023
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