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  • A white hard hat helmet with The Chemours Co. red and orange logo in the center, laying next to a pair of tan gloves.
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    Retrieved from The Chemours Co. on March 28, 2024.

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    Chemours resumes production at Mexico plant

    The chemical maker resumed titanium dioxide production at its Altamira facility after Tropical Storm Alberto brought relief amid the country’s ongoing drought.

    By July 2, 2024
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    Rogue Valley Microdevices receives $6.7M in CHIPS funding

    The federal investment will nearly triple the company’s manufacturing capacity and support its Palm Bay, Florida, facility.

    By Joelle Anselmo • July 2, 2024
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    Trendline

    Controlling rising manufacturing costs

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

    By Manufacturing Dive staff
  • Agco, headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, is focusing more on precision agriculture and margin-rich opportunities.
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    Agco to lay off 6% of workforce, citing ‘weakening demand’

    The farm equipment maker expects to cut its salaried workforce signicantly just days after disclosing some production in Kansas will move to Mexico.

    By July 1, 2024
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    Boeing to acquire Spirit AeroSystems for $4.7B

    The aircraft component supplier will also sell production assets to customer Airbus for $559 million.

    By July 1, 2024
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    Manufacturing is ‘stuck’: June PMI

    Caution continues to run through the industry as manufacturers hesitate to spend on labor and production with interest rates still high.

    By July 1, 2024
  • Bite-sized slices of cooked cultivated chicken from Upside Foods sit on a bed of greens.
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    1 year later: Strides and hiccups for the cultivated meat industry

    Two chicken products were approved for sale in the U.S. last June, but factory-grown meat products are still facing headwinds like access to capital.

    By Elizabeth Flood • June 28, 2024
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    Courtesy of Condair Group.

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    Condair Group to build evaporative technology plant in Virginia

    The Richmond facility is part of the humidifier maker’s goal to better serve customers in the data center, market such as Microsoft and Amazon.

    By June 28, 2024
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    Entegris to get $75M in CHIPS funding for Colorado plant

    The semiconductor materials plant aims to recruit half its workforce from veterans and military families.

    By Joelle Anselmo • June 27, 2024
  • A fluffy ginger kitty drinking out of a gray and yellow-striped plastic bowl.
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    Courtesy of Petmate.

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    Petmate faces $279K in fines for safety violations at Texas plant

    The Labor Department investigated the Arlington, Texas, facility after an employee suffered severe burns while cleaning a foam machine.

    By June 27, 2024
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    Retrieved from Emergent Biosolutions on June 25, 2024
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    Bora Pharmaceuticals acquires Emergent Biosolutions’ Maryland facility

    Approximately 350 employees will transfer to the Taiwan-based drug manufacturer as it looks to expands its North American presence.

    By Joelle Anselmo • June 26, 2024
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    Courtesy of Topsoe.

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    Topsoe, ABB, Fluor to build joint electrolyzer facility in Virginia

    The collaboration aims to develop a facility with reduced costs and improved safety for making e-fuels.

    By June 26, 2024
  • A large group of dosing pens for subcutaneous injection of anti-obesity medication piled in a heap.
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    Novo to spend $4B on US plant, adding to obesity drug production push

    The planned facility in North Carolina is Novo’s latest multibillion-dollar investment in the manufacturing of weight loss drugs, demand for which continues to outstrip supply.

    By Jonathan Gardner • June 25, 2024
  • Raw steaks are seen from the perspective of inside a deli case.
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    Cargill to lay off 178 workers ahead of California meat plant sale

    The company last month inked a deal to sell its Fresno meat facility to Central Valley Meat, the state’s largest beef producer.

    By June 24, 2024
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    Courtesy of GKN Aerospace.

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    GKN Aerospace to expand California plant

    The aircraft component maker plans to double production capacity for F-35 fighter jet canopies at its Garden Grove facility.

    By June 24, 2024
  • An aerial view of Toyota's manufacturing campus in San Antonio, Texas.
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    Toyota plans new drivetrain parts facility in Texas

    The automaker is investing $531 million to add a 500,000-square-foot plant to its San Antonio campus.

    By June 21, 2024
  • A working parent, surrounded by children, sits tiredly at a laptop
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    Photo by Ketut Subiyanto from Pexels

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    Have employers ‘hit a wall’ on reducing worker burnout?

    Employees continue to cite workloads and a lack of flexibility as the driving factors behind burnout, Eagle Hill Consulting’s CEO said.

    By Laurel Kalser • June 20, 2024
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    Athletic Brewing buys second San Diego facility

    The nonalcoholic beer category leader is expanding its manufacturing footprint in order to capitalize on the growth of its brews.

    By Chris Casey • June 20, 2024
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    Quality control at Boeing

    Boeing CEO grilled at Senate hearing: ‘The problem’s with you’

    David Calhoun admitted whistleblowers had been retaliated against for speaking out as senators blamed him for fostering an unsafe company culture.

    By Joelle Anselmo • June 20, 2024
  • A rendering of Intel's upcoming New Albany, Ohio, manufacturing campus.
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    Intel chip equipment ‘super load’ makes its way across Ohio

    The delivery is one of 24 massive loads bringing air processing machinery to the upcoming $28 billion manufacturing campus.

    By June 18, 2024
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    Westrock Coffee debuts Arkansas beverage factory

    The $315 million facility is part of the coffee manufacturer's strategy to vertically integrate its operations.

    By Joelle Anselmo • June 18, 2024
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    Tupperware shutters only US manufacturing facility

    The iconic food storage company will lay off nearly 150 employees as executives worry about its ability to continue operating.

    By Joelle Anselmo • June 17, 2024
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    Ransomware attacks hit manufacturing hard in 2023

    The sector was among the top industries to pay ransom demands. The average payment increased 88% to almost $2.4 million last year, Sophos found.

    By Matt Kapko • June 14, 2024
  • A rendered photo of the outside of Kyowa Kirin's new biologics manufacturing facility in Sanford, North Carolina.
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    Kyowa Kirin will build $530M Research Triangle Park biologics facility

    The North Carolina site will create 100 jobs and have room for future expansion to scale drug manufacturing capacity.

    By Joelle Anselmo • June 14, 2024
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    Screenshot: [U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation/YouTube]

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    Quality control at Boeing

    FAA was too ‘hands off’ with Boeing: agency chief

    The agency's administrator said that more inspectors will be sent to Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems’ factories to maintain tighter oversight before production can ramp up.

    By June 13, 2024
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    Fixing engagement? Consider employee workload, report says

    Heavy workloads can interfere with workers’ plans to use paid time off and vacation, may cause burnout too, said a McLean & Co. leader.

    By Carolyn Crist • June 13, 2024