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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 Sara Samora • Updated May 6, 2025 -
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 Nathan Owens • April 29, 2025 -
Explore the Trendline➔
tunart via Getty ImagesTrendlineControlling rising manufacturing costs
How companies across the country are managing increased operational and supply costs to remain competitive.
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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 -
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 Sara Samora • April 28, 2025 -
Regeneron expands US manufacturing with $3B Fujifilm partnership
The deal nearly doubles the pharmaceutical giant’s domestic capacity as demand for biologics surges.
By Nathan Owens • 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 Kate Magill • April 25, 2025 -
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 Nathan Owens • April 25, 2025 -
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 -
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 Sara Samora • April 25, 2025 -
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 Nathan Owens • April 24, 2025 -
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 Sara Samora • April 24, 2025 -
Clean energy manufacturers cancel projects as Trump-era policies take hold
Companies canceled, closed or downsized nearly $8 billion in projects in Q1.
By Kate Magill • April 23, 2025 -
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 Sara Samora • April 22, 2025 -
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 -
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 Nathan Owens • April 22, 2025 -
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 -
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 Sara Samora • April 21, 2025 -
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 Kate Magill • April 21, 2025 -
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By Chip Hughes, Chief Products Officer • April 21, 2025 -
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 -
JCB plans San Antonio factory expansion to dodge Trump’s tariffs
The U.K.-based heavy machinery manufacturer said the levies will impact its business in the short term.
By Sara Samora • April 17, 2025 -
J&J expects tariff charge of $400M this year
CFO Joe Wolk told investors the charge was primarily in the healthcare giant’s medtech business.
By Ricky Zipp • April 17, 2025 -
Opinion
‘Made in America’ is not enough
The U.S. needs to go beyond tariffs to modernize the country’s trade regulations and create a forward-looking strategy for global competitiveness, writes Crowell Global Advisors’ Monica Gorman.
By Monica Gorman • April 17, 2025