Ben Fox

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

September 30, 2025

Distillery Flushes Whisky; Robot Knocks Out Tesla Worker; Rivian's Critical Juncture | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 237

September 30, 2025

An Inbolt and Fanuc integration allows robots to operate with real-time 3D vision and adaptive trajectory correction, even with part variation or imperfect environments.

Your Robots Are Still Blind — And It's Costing You

September 30, 2025

U.S. Lags China in Factory Robot Deployment

September 30, 2025

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

IEN Unboxed is a new show in which our editors unbox new tools on the market and discuss their features.

September 30, 2025

An elderly Chinese man looks at map of Chinese showing its different ethnic groups and the slogan 'Ethnic Unity' in Beijing, China Monday, Jan. 11, 2021. A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in Washington claiming that government polices had freed women of the Uighur ethnic group from being 'baby-making machines.'

US to Block Cotton from China Region Targeted in Crackdown

US Customs will use its authority to block products suspected of being produced with forced labor.

January 13, 2021

A guard tower and barbed wire fences are seen around a facility in the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region.

US to Block Goods from Chinese Company Over Rights Abuses

Any U.S. company seeking to import goods from the company would have to prove they were not made with the forced labor.

December 3, 2020

A member of the Uyghur American Association rallies in front of the White House, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, after marching from Capitol Hill in Washington, in support of the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act which has passed the House and now will go on to the Senate. The bill prohibits some imports from Xinjiang and imposes sanctions for human rights violations.

Gloves Linked to Forced Labor in China Stopped at LA Port

Customs officials said the gloves were made in a region where China's government has imprisoned more than 1 million people.

October 16, 2020

Department of Homeland Security Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli testifies during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee hearing on 'Threats to the Homeland' Thursday, Sept. 24, 2020 on Capitol Hill in Washington.

Trump Administration to Sharply Limit Skilled-Worker Visas

New rules address who can obtain the visas and how much they should be paid.

October 6, 2020

In this June 5, 2019, photo, residents of the Hui Muslim ethnic minority walk in a neighborhood near an OFILM factory in Nanchang in eastern China's Jiangxi province.

US Halts Imports from China's Uighur Region for Forced Labor

U.S. Customs issued orders freezing imports from companies that produce cotton, clothing and computer parts in the Xinjiang region.

September 15, 2020

Unapproved COVID-19 tests that were seized on March 22, 2020 from the DHL Express Consignment Facility at JFK Airport.

Virus Unleashes Wave of Fraud in US

Homeland Security Investigations has opened over 370 cases and so far arrested 11 people.

May 12, 2020

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Trump Allows More Seasonal Work Visas

An additional 35,000 temporary foreign workers will be allowed into the U.S. this year to fill seasonal jobs amid a tight labor market

March 6, 2020