North Korea Touts Beer, Beauty Brands

North Korea is exploring new ground with commercially motivated adverts.

Feb 9th, 2016

North Korea is exploring new ground with commercially motivated adverts.

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.

Stellantis sign outside the Chrysler Technology Center in Auburn Hills, Mich., Jan. 19, 2021.

Stellantis CEO Expects Chip Shortage to Drag into Next Year

The shortage will force the automaker to make key parts on its own rather than rely on suppliers.

In this June 3, 2021 file photo an elderly patient receives a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, at a clinic at Orange Farm, near Johannesburg.

South African Firm to Make Pfizer Vaccine, First in Africa

The Biovac Institute will manufacture the vaccine for distribution across the continent.

A worker walks out of an Amazon Fulfillment Center, Wednesday, March 31, 2021, in North Las Vegas. Amazon said it will stop testing its workers for COVID-19 at its warehouses at the end of July, citing the availability of vaccines and free testing.

Amazon to End COVID-19 Testing at Warehouses

Nearly 20,000 workers had been infected by October 2020.

Economic Freedom Fighters protest in Pretoria, South Africa, June 25, 2021.

Inside the Cutthroat Race to Secure Vaccines

No one expected a vaccine gap between the global rich and poor that was this bad.

Ford Ranger trucks on the assembly line at Michigan Assembly, June 14, 2021, in Wayne, Mich.

Factory Output Dips on Auto Chip Shortage

The shortage pushed production of cars, trucks and auto parts down 6.6%.

Nephron Pharmaceuticals Corp. CEO Lou Kennedy, West Columbia, S.C., July 15, 2021.

Company Says Expansion to Shore Up Medical Supply Chain

Nephron Nitrile aims to be "ground zero for the effort to on-shore domestic manufacturing of PPE."

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Redefining the Distribution Center

How advanced tools and their associated strategies can offer new solutions to challenges heightened by the pandemic.

Amazon Sued to Force Recall of Dangerous Products

Safety regulators said tests found thousands of products to be hazardous.

This photo provided by the Oregon Department of Forestry shows a firefighting tanker making a retardant drop over the Grandview Fire near Sisters, Ore., Sunday, July 11, 2021. The wildfire doubled in size to 6.2 square miles (16 square kilometers) Monday, forcing evacuations in the area, while the state's biggest fire continued to burn out of control, with containment not expected until November.

Fuel Shortage Could Ground Firefighting Aircraft

The worry is that multiple bases go dry simultaneously.

This photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows boxes of long lashes seized Tuesday, July 6, 2021 at Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport. Three thousand pairs of false eyelashes have been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents after officials determined they were illegally imported from China to New Orleans. Agency spokesperson Matthew Dyman tells WVUE-TV that the four boxes of long lashes seized Tuesday were destined for a local beauty supply store.

6,000 False Eyelashes Seized

The "particularly large" shipment made officials blink twice.

In this satellite photo shot by Planet Labs Inc., the Jebel Ali Port is seen early Wednesday, July 7, 2021, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. A fiery explosion erupted on a container ship anchored in Dubai at one of the world's largest ports later Wednesday, authorities said, sending tremors across the commercial hub of the United Arab Emirates.

Fiery Explosion Erupts on Ship at Major Global Port

The blaze sent up giant orange flames on the vessel.