Food Manufacturing's Week in Review

Stay on top of the biggest stories in the news and find out what is trending by taking a look at the most-popular stories of the week from the Food Manufacturing website.

Jesse Osborne, Editor
Oct 16, 2015
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September 26, 2024
Dockworkers from Port Miami display signs at a picket line, Oct. 3, 2024.
Dockworkers' Union Suspends Strike to Allow Time for Negotiations
October 4, 2024
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October 4, 2024
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October 4, 2024
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September 26, 2024
Dockworkers from Port Miami display signs at a picket line, Oct. 3, 2024.
Supply Chain
Dockworkers' Union Suspends Strike to Allow Time for Negotiations
The ports sweetened their wage offer.
October 4, 2024
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Operations
Raytheon to Make Super Semiconductors for DARPA
The work could advance electronic warfare, like circuitry in hypersonic weapons.
October 4, 2024
A Boeing 737 Max jet prepares to land at Boeing Field following a test flight in Seattle.
Aerospace
Senators Ask Justice Department to Take Tougher Action Against Boeing Executives Over Safety Issues
Two U.S. senators have asked to hold Boeing criminally accountable.
October 4, 2024
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Toilet Paper Panic Buying Returns Amid Dockworkers’ Strike
Amidst the frenzy, shoppers failed to look at where toilet paper is made.
October 3, 2024
Longshoremen bow for a prayer during a strike at the Bayport Container Terminal on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024, in Houston.
Labor
Dockworkers Join Other Unions in Trying to Fend Off Automation
The coal industry went through a similar reckoning as machines displaced laborers.
October 3, 2024
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Operations
Vishay Intertechnology to Close Three Facilities, Cut Direct Labor Positions
The discrete semiconductor manufacturer plans to close a Wisconsin facility in 2026.
October 3, 2024
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Technology
How to Overcome 7 Common Production Pains
Manufacturers want to remain agile, but many are mired in “the way we’ve always done it.”
October 2, 2024
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Operations
Milwaukee Tool Opens Mississippi Manufacturing Facility
The factory is the company’s largest U.S. manufacturing facility to date.
October 2, 2024
Elected officials and local dignitaries joined Pratt & Whitney on October 1 to celebrate the grand opening of the business’s new 845,000-square-foot facility in Oklahoma City, which is now the business’s largest military engines field location in the world. From L-R: Keith Coleman, Oklahoma Alliance for Economic Development; Greg Treacy, vice president of Pratt & Whitney in Oklahoma City; Jill Albertelli, president of Pratt & Whitney’s Military Engines business; Representative Tom Cole; Lieutenant Governor Matt Pinnell; Councilman Todd Stone Congresswoman Stephanie Bice and Christie Gillenwater, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber.
Operations
Pratt & Whitney Opens its Largest Military Engines Facility in Oklahoma City
This investment will create an additional 100 full-time jobs over the next five years.
October 2, 2024
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Rolls-Royce Spends Year Developing Rainbow Paint for Single Client
It's a bit over the top – even for Rolls-Royce.
October 2, 2024
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Operations
Eli Lilly Building $4.5B Pharmaceutical Factory in Indiana
The Medicine Foundry will allow Lilly to further develop solutions to optimize manufacturing processes.
October 2, 2024
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Aerospace
Toyota Investing Another $500M in Electric Air Taxi Maker Joby Aviation
The company recently broke ground on an expanded manufacturing facility in California.
October 2, 2024
Visitors look over a 2024 Cybertruck in the Tesla display at the Electrify Expo, July 14, 2024, in north Denver.
Automotive
Tesla's Global Deliveries Rose in Q3
It's the company's first increase this year.
October 2, 2024
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Operations
144-Year-Old Dairy Products Maker Forced to Relocate Due to Plant Closure
The company was established in 1880.
October 1, 2024