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    House passes trio of critical minerals bills, including battery updates

    Other bills focused on recovering critical materials at contaminated waste sites and updating the Solid Waste Disposal Act. The National Association of Manufacturers previously said these bills aligned with its policy agenda.

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    ‘We’re going to stop talking about AI,’ and other industrial predictions

    Executives and leaders from Fanuc America, Honeywell, Generac and Briggs and Stratton discussed the current impacts and future of artificial intelligence at IMTS in Chicago.

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    4 states open manufacturing workforce facilities, expand programs

    New York, Illinois, New Mexico and Ohio officials have passed laws and formed industry partnerships with local schools to boost workforce development in their respective states.

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    Fed hikes main interest rate by quarter point, citing stubborn inflation

    The monetary tightening provoked criticism from President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly called on the Fed to cut the main interest rate regardless of price pressures.

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    Tracking CHIPS and Science Act awards

    IBM on Wednesday finalized its $1 billion award with the Department of Commerce. The funds will go toward Anderon’s research and development efforts to advance quantum wafer manufacturing.

    Updated Sept. 16, 2026
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    NIST awards over $30M to 12 Manufacturing Extension Partnership sites

    The money will back MEP centers in 11 states and Puerto Rico to assist small- and medium-sized businesses with adopting advanced technologies such as AI, automation and robotics.

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    Coca-Cola to spend $10B on US manufacturing by 2030

    The soda giant and its bottlers are planning to expand production and distribution in part of its largest market.

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    Supersede opens Indiana facility to boost production for RV manufacturers

    The company’s new 100,000-square-foot facility is located in “the epicenter of the U.S. RV industry” and expected to create 50 jobs. Supersede makes engineered building materials as an alternative to plywood and other products.

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    The Elmet Group nabs $2.5B in DOD agreements

    The agency’s deals aims to safeguard the domestic supply of the metal supporting over 100 programs. The funds will also go toward upgrading the supplier’s manufacturing plants in Maine, Michigan and Ohio. 

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    Honeywell Aerospace settles with DOJ for $2M over cybersecurity claims

    The agency accused the manufacturer of failing to comply with contract requirements that fall under DOD’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program to receive payments.

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    How advances in AI are affecting manufacturing ERP systems

    Enterprise resource planning systems are considered ripe for efficiencies from artificial intelligence, but data quality and sensitive decisionmaking still limit the pace of change.

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    Honda invests in US maker of rare-earth-free magnets

    Niron Magnetics, which recently celebrated the start of construction of a manufacturing plant in Sartell, Minnesota, confirmed the automaker’s investment.

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    How Baker Industries and its 101-year-old founder fuel a talent pipeline

    The growing Pennsylvania nonprofit employs a host of people with disabilities, criminal justice backgrounds or other factors that may limit their job options. 

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    Chemours, DuPont, Corteva reach $455 PFAS settlement with North Carolina

    The agreement resolves contaminant claims that Chemours’ Fayetteville Works facility released into the water and air. The three chemical giants also established a $135 million reserve fund.

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    Nearly $2B in facility investments by US Steel, USA Rare Earth and more

    Array Technologies, Covenant, Siemens Healthineers, SteelFab and Curia also announced expansions and new factories in recent weeks.

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    Ford invests $1B in its key Kentucky plant for truck, SUV production

    The new paint shop for Ford’s highest-revenue assembly plant will boost efficiency, the automaker says.

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    Transportation secretary urges Ford to cut technology ties with China

    In a letter to Ford CEO Jim Farley, the DOT said it remains “deeply alarmed” by the automaker’s continued reliance on licensed technology from China-based battery manufacturer CATL.

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    Rare earths recycler opens first US facility in Arizona

    Cyclic Materials’ $20 million site can recover magnets from wasted automotive parts, robotics and other electronics and repurpose them into rare earths and critical minerals.

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    Qualcomm to make custom chips for Amazon as part of $4B deal

    The e-commerce giant could buy up to $60 billion in processors to support its buildout of data centers over the next 10 years, according to a securities filing.

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    5 manufacturing professionals talk AI and technology trends

    Leaders from Google Cloud, Powerus, Furnace Record Pressing and more recently weighed in on the quickly evolving technology landscape.

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    Trump escalates Canada trade war with new tariffs, import bans

    The U.S.’ latest measures came the same day Canada started charging retaliatory tariffs matching levies the Trump administration installed last month.

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    Industrial Equity Mapper shows who bears the brunt of facility pollution

    An Industrious Labs tool covering more than 2,400 industrial facilities indicates that two in three U.S. residents live in the same county as a major emitter.

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    US manufacturing adds 16,000 jobs in August

    The machinery manufacturing sector gained the most workers at 6,100 jobs, while the motor vehicles and parts industry lost 4,500.

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    More OEMs plan reshoring investments despite tariff, cost uncertainty

    While 36% of manufacturers say they’re actively reshoring, another 31% have no plans to do so, per a report from the Reshoring Initiative.

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    Trump’s tariffs: Tracking the status of US trade actions

    President Donald Trump has rolled out a deluge of tariffs in his second term and is promising more. Here’s where each tariff — whether in place or proposed — currently stands.

    Updated Sept. 9, 2026