Michael Rubinkam

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

September 30, 2025

Ag Equipment Maker, Citing Tariffs, to Shift Work Out of U.S.

October 2, 2025

A SEPTA Regional Rail train sits after the train caught fire Feb. 6, 2025 in Ridley Park, Pa.

Federal Safety Board Tells Philadelphia's Mass Transit Agency to Shelve Aging Railcars Implicated in Fires

October 2, 2025

Elon Musk speaks during an event with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 11, 2025, in Washington.

Tesla Reports Surprise Increase in Sales in Third Quarter

October 2, 2025

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Industrial Media Unboxing Video

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September 30, 2025

A steel worker manufactures 155 mm M795 artillery projectiles at the Scranton Army Ammunition Plant, Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, in Scranton, Pa.

Pennsylvania Ammo Plant Boosts Production of Key Artillery Shell in Ukraine's Fight Against Russia

The Scranton facility increased production from 24,000 rounds per month to 36,000 rounds per month.

August 28, 2024

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, left, and Tristan Brown, deputy administrator of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration, crouch down to look at part of a burned traincar, Thursday, Feb. 23, 2023, in East Palestine, Ohio, at the site of a Norfolk Southern train derailment.

Probe: Train Crew Had Little Warning Before Ohio Wreck

An alarm sounded just before it went off the tracks.

February 24, 2023

Craig Stevens holds a bottle of brown water as he speaks with members of the media outside the Susquehanna County Courthouse in Montrose, Pa., Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022. Pennsylvania's most active gas driller has pleaded no contest to criminal environmental charges in a landmark pollution case. Houston-based Coterra Energy Inc. entered its plea Tuesday.

Gas Driller Pleads No Contest to Polluting Town's Water

Residents say their aquifer was ruined by Houston-based Coterra Energy Inc.

November 30, 2022

$Ray Kemble talks about his water issues in his home in Dimock, Pa., Feb. 14, 2022. Kemble recently met with officials in the Pennsylvania attorney general's office regarding the criminal case against a gas driller charged with polluting Dimock's groundwater with methane. Faulty gas wells drilled by Cabot Oil & Gas were blamed for leaking methane into the groundwater in Dimock, in one of the best-known pollution cases ever to emerge from the U.S. drilling and fracking boom.$

'Irreversible': No Easy Fix for Water Fouled by Gas Driller

One of the best-known pollution cases ever to emerge from the U.S. drilling and fracking boom has entered a difficult new phase.

February 18, 2022

A sign announces another playground closed due to coronavirus concerns as caution tape is wrapped around the swings at Ohio Township Community Park, Tuesday, April 7, 2020, in Ohio Township, Pa.

PA to Seize Medical Supplies

The order requires private and public health care facilities, manufacturers and other companies to provide an inventory to the state.

April 9, 2020

Logan Snyder bottles hand sanitizer made at the Eight Oaks Farm Distillery in New Tripoli, PA on Monday, March 16. The distillery's owner, Chad Butters, grew increasingly angry as he saw the skyrocketing price of hand sanitizer. So he's temporarily converting his operation into a production line for the suddenly hard-to-find, gooey, alcohol-based disinfectant.

Distilleries Making Hand Sanitizer

Eight Oaks Farm Distillery filled its first 20 bottles on Monday, a batch destined for charitable groups that need hand sanitizer

March 17, 2020