Food Manufacturing: Last Week in Review (July 31-August 6)

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Facility Manager Sentenced to Prison for $20M Kickback Scheme
December 6, 2023
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December 6, 2023
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VW Audit Finds No Signs of Forced Labor at Plant in China
December 6, 2023
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Nearly 200-Year-Old Gun Factory Shutting Down
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How a Candle Manufacturer Grew from Kitchen Table to 7 Figures
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How a Candle Manufacturer Grew from Kitchen Table to 7 Figures
Having grown to 7 figures in just 5 years, 70% of Fontana Candle’s business takes place during the holiday season.
December 1, 2023
The company logo shines off the rear deck of an unsold 2020 Model X at a Tesla dealership in Littleton, Colo, on April 26, 2020.
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Norwegian Unions to Join Sweden in Tesla Tiff
The move sends "a clear signal to Tesla."
December 6, 2023
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VW Audit Finds No Signs of Forced Labor at Plant in China
The U.S. government has blocked imports from Xinjiang.
December 6, 2023
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Nearly 200-Year-Old Gun Factory Shutting Down
The news was not welcomed by local union officials.
December 5, 2023
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Automation
Tyson Opens New Cooked Poultry Plant
The company said the Virginia facility is one of its most-automated to date.
December 5, 2023
TK Holdings Inc. headquarters is seen, June 25, 2017, in Auburn Hills, Mich.
Safety
U.S. Agency to Watch Unrecalled Takata Inflators
One of them recently exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously injured a driver in Chicago.
December 5, 2023
Tesla vehicles line a parking lot at the company's Fremont, Calif., factory, on Sept. 18, 2023.
Automotive
Tesla's Swedish Union Conflict Spreads to Denmark
Some speculated that Tesla would deliver its cars to Danish ports and transport them on trucks to Sweden.
December 5, 2023
Associated Press reporter Michael Liedtke sits in the back of a Cruise driverless taxi that picked him up in San Francisco's Mission District, Feb. 15, 2023.
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GM's Cruise Robotaxi Service Faces Fine in Alleged Cover-Up
The service allegedly covered up the severity of an accident involving one of its driverless cars.
December 5, 2023
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Maintenance Error Leads to $1.2 Million Fire
On a 600-foot-long chemical tanker.
December 4, 2023
Driller Helper Chris Palmer, right, attaches a core sampling tube to a drilling rig at the Talon Metals Corporation drilling site, June 7, 2023, near Tamarack, Minn.
Operations
Nickel Ore Processing Plant That Will Supply Tesla Strikes Deal to Spend $115M in Federal Funds
The recent agreement was the result of over a year of negotiations.
December 4, 2023
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December 4, 2023
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Supply Chain
Western Arms Companies Failed to Ramp Production in 2022 Due to Ukraine War
Labor shortages, soaring costs and supply chain disruptions have been exacerbated by Russia's invasion.
December 4, 2023
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Energy
U.S. Joins Other Nations in Swearing Off Coal Power
Coal power plants have already been shutting down across the nation due to economics.
December 4, 2023
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BMW Recalls SUVs After Takata Air Bag Inflator Blows Apart
It hurled shrapnel and injure a driver.
December 4, 2023
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Company Accused of Using Same Equipment to Make Hand Sanitizer, Brake Parts Cleaner
The company contends that the alleged issue was related to a "documentation error."
December 1, 2023