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    TSCA 10-year review offers chance for industry-sought reform

    Chemical makers hope next year’s review pushes chemical reviews to be faster and more transparent. 

    By April 30, 2025
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    Merck invests $1B in Delaware drug manufacturing facility

    The biologics project will be the future home for cancer treatment drug Keytruda.

    By April 30, 2025
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    Controlling rising manufacturing costs

    How companies across the country are managing increased operational and supply costs to remain competitive. 

    By Manufacturing Dive staff
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    IBM to invest $150B in US manufacturing, R&D

    The technology giant plans to allocate $30 billion to mainframe and quantum computing production, as well as research and development.

    By April 30, 2025
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    Spirit AeroSystems, Airbus reach $439M divestiture deal

    The agreement includes the sale of some fuselage assets and production at Spirit AeroSystems’ Wichita, Kansas, factory.

    By April 29, 2025
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    The Trump administration restored Manufacturing Extension Partnership funding. Will it stick?

    MEP program funding is guaranteed for affected centers through the next six months. Lawmakers are looking for a more permanent solution.

    By April 29, 2025
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    Tariffs could spike costs for domestic automakers by $108B

    A new report estimates that higher import duties on automotive parts will impact nearly all of the 17.7 million vehicles built in the U.S. annually.

    By Kalena Thomhave • April 29, 2025
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    Dow expands restructuring plan to save $6B

    The chemical maker is delaying a multi-billion-dollar project in Canada as part of additional cost-cutting actions amid ongoing tariff concerns.

    By April 28, 2025
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    Regeneron expands US manufacturing with $3B Fujifilm partnership

    The deal nearly doubles the pharmaceutical giant’s domestic capacity as demand for biologics surges.

    By April 28, 2025
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    Sponsored by WypAll®

    3 ways to boost efficiency through better facility maintenance and hygiene

    Better tools, better habits, better uptime. Discover three ways to drive efficiency on the floor.

    April 28, 2025
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    Intel turns to layoffs as it looks to slash expenses

    The cuts are part of newly appointed CEO Lip-Bu Tan’s plan to overhaul the chipmaker’s corporate structure and focus on its core products.

    By April 25, 2025
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    Thermo Fisher commits $2B to US manufacturing

    The company said the investment will create high-paying jobs and add lab services capacity to its domestic healthcare supply chain.

    By April 25, 2025
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    Danaher predicts $350M tariff impact, moves to mitigate impact on profits

    The company is planning manufacturing footprint changes, supply chain adjustments, surcharges and cost cutting to limit the impact of the tariffs.

    By Nick Paul Taylor • April 25, 2025
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    3M expects up to $850M tariff hit

    The company is leaning on its 90 days of inventory to soften the blow, hoping to cut the impact cost in half.

    By April 25, 2025
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    Tracking tariffs: The latest frontier in AI

    Avanade, Enterra and others are rolling out new tools to help manufacturers track the impact of tariffs on their supply costs and improve decision-making. 

    By April 24, 2025
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    Boeing Q1 revenue jumps to $19.5B as tariff impacts loom

    The company is successfully ramping back up production, but is dealing with fallout from the U.S.’s trade war as China customers refuse to accept deliveries.

    By April 24, 2025
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    Clean energy manufacturers cancel projects as Trump-era policies take hold

    Companies canceled, closed or downsized nearly $8 billion in projects in Q1.

    By April 23, 2025
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    Boeing to sell some digital businesses for $10.55B

    The sale to private equity firm Thoma Bravo comes as the aircraft maker strains to shore up its finances.

    By April 22, 2025
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    Roche, answering tariff threat, pledges $50B to US drug production

    The big pharma joined several of its peers in committing to invest billions of dollars in new and expanded manufacturing facilities in the U.S. 

    By Jonathan Gardner • April 22, 2025
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    Cranky the robot and shorter work weeks: What manufacturers see as the value of AI

    Deere & Co. and Procter & Gamble are leveraging new strategies to galvanize their workers around the future of work, rather than fuel job security concerns.

    By April 22, 2025
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    Chobani to spend $1.2B on New York dairy processing plant

    The 1.4 million-square-foot facility is the largest site investment in the yogurt giant’s history.

    By Christopher Doering • April 22, 2025
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    How chemical manufacturers can train AI models

    Companies can use AI to summarize lengthy regulations, such as TSCA, but need to continually verify data accuracy, panelists said at last week’s GlobalChem conference.

    By April 21, 2025
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    TSMC, unbothered by tariffs, holds 2025 outlook

    The chipmaker says it has yet to see a change in customer behavior driven by the Trump administration's tariffs.

    By April 21, 2025
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    Sponsored by Imprivata

    Productive by design, secure by default: Industrial access for federal standards

    Frictionless access meets audit-ready compliance for teams managing IT and OT environments.

    By Chip Hughes, Chief Products Officer • April 21, 2025
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    Sponsored by Commerce Bank

    Turning accounts payable departments into a competitive advantage for manufacturers and their suppliers

    Learn how AP automation directly impacts suppliers relations and enhances manufacturing operations.

    April 21, 2025
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    Abbott expects a ‘few hundred million’ in tariff costs in 2025

    The medical device maker said it’s on track to expand two new manufacturing and R&D sites in Illinois and Texas by the end of the year.

    By Elise Reuter • April 18, 2025