Food Manufacturing: Last Week in Review (May 15-21)

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Jesse Osborne
May 22, 2017
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Firearms Manufacturer Abandons Plans for Florida Facility
November 30, 2023
In this photo provided by Japan Coast Guard, debris believed to be from a U.S. military Osprey aircraft is seen off the coast of Yakushima Island in Kagoshima Prefecture in Japan Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023.
Osprey Flights Suspended after Fatal Crash of U.S. Air Force Aircraft
November 30, 2023
United Auto Workers members walk the picket line during a strike at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, in Sterling Heights, Mich., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. A six-week United Auto Workers strike at Ford cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7 billion in lost profits this year, Ford said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023.
Ford: UAW Strike Ate Up $1.7B in Profits
November 30, 2023
An electric van drives past a visible in-road wireless charging coil to be installed in a street in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. A demonstration of the first electric vehicle charging road in the U.S. took place Wednesday on a quarter-mile stretch of a Motor City street.
Nation's First EV-Charging Roads Installed in Detroit
November 29, 2023
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United Auto Workers members walk the picket line during a strike at the Stellantis Sterling Heights Assembly Plant, in Sterling Heights, Mich., Monday, Oct. 23, 2023. A six-week United Auto Workers strike at Ford cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles and cost the company $1.7 billion in lost profits this year, Ford said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023.
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Ford: UAW Strike Ate Up $1.7B in Profits
The six-week strike at Ford cut sales by about 100,000 vehicles.
November 30, 2023
An electric van drives past a visible in-road wireless charging coil to be installed in a street in Detroit, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023. A demonstration of the first electric vehicle charging road in the U.S. took place Wednesday on a quarter-mile stretch of a Motor City street.
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Nation's First EV-Charging Roads Installed in Detroit
Copper inductive charging coils allow vehicles equipped with receivers to charge up their batteries while driving, idling or parking above the coils.
November 29, 2023
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U.S. Steel to Permanently Idle Steelmaking at Ill. Facility
Initially, the company blamed UAW strikes.
November 29, 2023
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Consumer Reports: EVs Less Reliable, on Average, Than Conventional Cars and Trucks
A survey found that EVs encountered nearly 80% more problems than ICE vehicles.
November 29, 2023
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Stratolaunch Awarded Flight Test Contract for Navy's Hypersonic Program
The Leidos-led team intends to deliver an affordable solution for hypersonic payloads.
November 29, 2023
A logo of Toyota Motor Corp. at a dealer Wednesday, May 11, 2022, in Tokyo. Toyota is selling a part of its stake in components maker Denso to raise cash for its drive toward electric vehicles and other innovations, Japan's top automaker said Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023.
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Toyota to Sell $2B Denso Stake
The automaker is working to shore up cash for EV investments.
November 29, 2023
United Auto Workers members join the picket line, in Detroit, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. General Motors says pretax earnings took a $1.1 billion hit this year from a six-week strike by autoworkers, but the company expects to absorb the costs of a new contract and is even raising its dividend. The Detroit automaker on Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2023 reinstated its full-year earnings forecast that was withdrawn after the United Auto Workers began targeting the factories of Detroit automakers with strikes on Sept. 15.
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Despite $1.1B in Strike Costs, GM Bullish on Year
The Detroit automaker says it can absorb the agreed-upon pay hikes.
November 29, 2023
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U.S. Gas Prices Have Fallen or Remained Steady for 10 Weeks Straight. Here's Why
A gallon of gas costs 30 cents less than it did this time last year.
November 28, 2023
A Virgin Atlantic Boeing 787-9 passenger airplane arrives following a flight from London to Seattle, March 27, 2017, at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in Seattle. The first commercial airliner to cross the Atlantic on a purely high-fat, low-emissions diet flew Tuesday Nov. 28, 2023 from London to New York in a step toward achieving what supporters dubbed as “jet zero.'
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Jetliner Crosses Atlantic Without Fossil Fuels
The high-fat fuel was made up largely of tallow and other waste fats.
November 28, 2023
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The company is facing a reckoning.
November 28, 2023
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Failed Wheel Bearing Caused Kentucky Train Derailment
But the faulty bearing didn't trigger alarms beforehand.
November 28, 2023
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Elevator Drops 650 Feet in Deadly Platinum Mine Accident
It happened at the end of the shift.
November 28, 2023
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Next on UAW's To-Do List: Add More Members from Nonunion Factories
It's a formidable objective, but it looks like the UAW has the money, know-how and institutional infrastructure to launch these organizing campaigns.
November 28, 2023