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Mar 9th, 2018

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

Contract Manufacturing

With the Pandemic Still Lingering, Is Contract Manufacturing an Option?

Supply chain disruptions and a lack of skilled workers remain major impediments.

Fleet Pride New

FleetPride Acquires Truck Service Company, Inc. in Chattanooga

The heavy-duty truck parts distributor.

In this May 23, 2012 photo, surveyors work next to Canadian Pacific Rail trains which are parked on the train tracks in Toronto.

Canadian Pacific-Kansas City Southern Deal Back on Track

Canadian National dropped out of the bidding war Wednesday.

An MEP waits in the plenary for the session to begin at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, Sept. 15, 2021.

Europe Outlines Ambitious Plan to Boost Chipmaking

The European Chips Act will link research, design and testing.

Injecting manure into a field as fertilizer in Lawler, Iowa. Manure management is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions from livestock.

Food Production Generates More Than a Third of Manmade Greenhouse Gas Emissions

A new framework tells us how much comes from crops, countries and regions.

National Guard Spc. Noah Vulpi, left, administers the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to Ira Young Jr. during a vaccination clinic held by the National Guard in Odessa, Texas, May 27, 2021.

Vaccine Mandate Spawns Fear of Finding, Keeping Workers

With help wanted signs up almost everywhere, businesses could lose valuable employees or won't be able to find new ones.

A private security contractor watches a NATO supply truck in the province of Ghazni, Afghanistan, Oct. 27, 2010.

Study Criticizes Post-9/11 Reliance on Defense Contractors

Up to half of the $14 trillion spent by the Pentagon in the past 20 years went to for-profit contractors.

People attend a protest against pollution and the exploitation of a lithium mine, Belgrade, Serbia, Sept. 11, 2021.

Protests Target Lithium Mining, Other Eco Problems

The region faces major pollution problems.

In this May 23, 2012, file photo, surveyors work next to Canadian Pacific Rail trains which are parked on the train tracks in Toronto. A planned shareholder vote on Canadian National's $33.6 billion offer has been delayed, Wednesday, Sept. 1, 2021, after regulators rejected a key part of the plan, so now Kansas City Southern can consider all of its options, including a competing $31 billion offer from Canadian Pacific Railway.

Kansas City Southern Picks Canadian Pacific Bid for Railroad

But it's not final yet.

In this March 24 photo, mid-sized pickup trucks and full-size vans are seen in a parking lot outside a General Motors assembly plant where they are produced in Wentzville, Mo.

August U.S. Producer Prices Soar Unprecedented 8.3% Year-Over-Year

It was the biggest annual gain since the Labor Department started calculating the 12-month number in 2010.

Chemical Weapons

Kentucky Plant Announces Destruction of Mustard Agent Projectiles

Chemical weapons at the plant date back to the 1940s.