Latest Manufacturing Headlines
All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
2 Hurt in Explosion at Northern Oklahoma Manufacturing Plant
Dec 29 2016 // Authorities say two workers were injured after an explosion and fire at a manufacturing plant in northern Oklahoma. The fire broke out Tuesday afternoon at the ICES Corporation plant in Cleveland, about 80 miles northeast...
Insurance Crime Watchdog Reveals Mystery Device Used by Vehicle Thieves
Dec 7 2016 // Insurance crime investigators recently went on a crime spree, breaking into vehicles and stealing them. It was all part of an effort to draw attention to technology that the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) says is...
Supreme Court Orders Refiguring of Samsung’s Damages in Patent Fight with Apple
Dec 6 2016 // The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday sided with Samsung in its big-money smartphone patent fight with Apple, throwing out an appeals court ruling that said the South Korean company had to pay a $399 million penalty to its...
Who Pays When Driverless Cars Crash? UK Insurers Call for Int’l Standards
Nov 22 2016 // Cars of the future will need to collect a basic set of core data to prevent drivers being unfairly blamed if technology goes wrong, according to the Association of British Insurers (ABI). The ABI supports the formation of...
The Right Cyber Coverage Can Protect a Business from Financial Ruin
Nov 16 2016 // A recent report on cybersecurity still shows many companies are unprepared for cyberattacks. The report, conducted by KPMG and British Telecom, reveals only 22 percent of companies have a comprehensive plan in place to...
Safety Advocates Frustrated that Accident-Prevention Technologies Remain Optional
Nov 15 2016 // Computerized sensors that warn drivers they’re about to rear-end another vehicle or prevent other types of accidents are available on models made by every major auto manufacturer. The problem, according to a U.S....
Pricing Insurance for Autonomous Vehicles
Nov 8 2016 // “This is a new world for insurers. The industry will need a whole new set of data tools to deal with this.” So says Michael Macauley, CEO of Quadrant Information Services, a supplier of pricing analytics to...
Texas Company Hit with $224K in Fines for Workplace Safety Violations
Nov 3 2016 // A Mineral Wells, Texas-based manufacturer is facing more than $224,000 in fines levied by federal safety officials after an investigation found the company failed to protect workers from safety and health hazards. The U.S....
Ohio Manufacturer Faces Nearly $215K in Fines Over Workplace Hazards
Nov 3 2016 // Federal safety officials have alleged that for at least two years, an Ohio manufacturer of thermoplastic lining systems for truck bodies and trailers exposed workers to the risk of amputation and other serious injury by...
XL Catlin Launches Consumer Products Recall Solution in UK
Nov 1 2016 // XL Catlin’s insurance operations announced the launch of its Consumer Products Recall solution. It has been designed to meet the needs of manufacturers of a broad range of consumer products including toys, clothing,...
Automakers, Chipmakers Race to Equip Autonomous Vehicles
Oct 21 2016 // Tesla Motors Inc.’s decision to equip all of its vehicles with self-driving hardware has intensified competition among rival camps of technology and auto companies over what equipment will be on board cars of the...
Citing Shield Law, Judge Dismisses Sandy Hook Families’ Suit Against Gun Manufacturer
Oct 17 2016 // A Connecticut judge threw out a lawsuit by families of victims of the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting, a major victory for the gun industry and in particular Remington Arms Co., maker of the assault weapon used in the...
Louisiana Chemical Manufacturer Fined $92.6K for Serious Safety Violations
Oct 14 2016 // Federal safety officials have cited a Louisiana chemical manufacturer for nine serious and two other violations, and issued fines of more than $92,000. The U.S. Department of Labor Occupational Safety and Health...
Supreme Court Will Hear Apple-Samsung Patent Damages Dispute
Oct 11 2016 // After five years of litigation, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on Tuesday in the bitter patent dispute between the world’s two top smartphone manufacturers over the amount Samsung should pay Apple for...
Houston Machinery Rebuilder Fined $155K for Workplace Hazards
Oct 4 2016 // A machinery rebuilding company in Houston was cited by federal safety regulators on Sept. 28 for exposing employees to workplace hazards. The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Insurance Agents Among Missouri’s Top 10 New Business Creators
Oct 3 2016 // Missouri saw an increase in private sector employers last year, and insurance agents and brokers were among the top 10 new business creators in the state. In 2015, Missouri gained more than 8,700 private-sector employers,...
Midwest Employment Profile: Missouri
Oct 3 2016 // In 2015 the state of Missouri gained more than 8,700 private-sector employers compared with the previous year, according to a report by the state’s economic development agency. That gain represents a 5 percent growth...
QBE North America Adds Manufacturing E&O Endorsement to Product Liability Coverage
Sep 23 2016 // QBE North America’s Commercial Insurance business has introduced a manufacturing E&O endorsement to its product liability product offering. The manufacturing E&O endorsement is a claims made coverage form...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Remove Asbestos from New York Factory
Sep 22 2016 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working to stop the potential spread of asbestos at the former Arkell and Smiths Sack Co. facility in Canajoharie, N.Y. Exposure to asbestos can lead to lung cancer and...
What They’re Saying About Non-Manufacturing Economic Activity
Sep 6 2016 // Economic activity in the U.S. non-manufacturing sector grew in August for the 79th consecutive month, according to the nation’s purchasing and supply executives in the Non-Manufacturing Institute for Supply...
