Latest Manufacturing Headlines
All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PFAS Manufacturers Sued by Wisconsin City Over Pollution
Mar 8 2021 // The city of La Crosse, Wisconsin, has filed a lawsuit against a host of chemical manufacturers that produced firefighting foam linked to groundwater contamination around the city’s airport. Tests have revealed at...
Missouri Auto Parts Manufacturer Cited in Worker’s Coronavirus Death
Feb 24 2021 // Federal workplace safety officials have cited a Missouri-based auto parts manufacturer for failing to maintain safe workplace conditions after worker tested positive for coronavirus and subsequently died of COVID-19, the...
Fire at Indian Firecracker Factory Kills at Least 12, Police Report
Feb 16 2021 // At least 12 people were killed in a fire at a firecracker factory in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu last Friday, police said. Raja Narayanan, a regional police official, said an investigation was under way into...
Fatal Accident Halts Production at Hyundai’s S. Korean Factory After Refit for New EV
Jan 4 2021 // SEOUL – Production at Hyundai Motor’s factory in Ulsan, South Korea, was halted on Monday after a worker died in an accident, shortly after the plant was refitted to manufacture a new electric vehicle, a labor...
SEC Fines Cheesecake Factory for Misleading Disclosures About COVID Financial Impact
Dec 4 2020 // The Securities and Exchange Commission said it has settled charges against The Cheesecake Factory Inc. for misleading disclosures about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on its business operations and financial...
Application Process for Georgia Medical Marijuana Producers Now Open
Dec 2 2020 // Georgia has opened the application process for businesses that want to manufacture cannabis oil for medical use in the state. The General Assembly legalized the treatment for a limited number of conditions five years ago,...
Missouri Couple Wins $4M Wrongful Death Suit Against Gun Dealer, Manufacturer
Nov 19 2020 // The parents of a Kansas City, Mo., man who died in a 2016 shooting have been awarded $4 million in a wrongful death lawsuit against a man who trafficked in firearms, as well as a gun dealer and manufacturer. Court...
Liability, Safety and Infrastructure Concerns Slow Development of Self-Driving Cars
Nov 5 2020 // Tesla recently made headlines with the beta launch of its Full Self-Driving system. That system comes with a disclaimer saying, “It may do the wrong thing at the worst time, so you must always keep your hands on the...
Five Hospitalized After Factory Store Evacuated in Maine
Oct 27 2020 // Five people were hospitalized after a report of chemical exposure at a factory store in Skowhegan that led to the building’s evacuation on Thursday. The exposure led to the evacuation of the New Balance Factory...
How Auto Workers Are Keeping Factories Running and Masks On
Oct 27 2020 // When the coronavirus pandemic slammed the United States in March, the Detroit Three automakers shut their plants and brought their North American vehicle production to an unprecedented cold stop. Now, four months after a...
Battery Fires Make Headlines as Electric Vehicle Sales Take Off
Oct 20 2020 // First, Hyundai Motor Co. made headlines about its electric cars catching fire. Five days later, it was General Motors Co. and Ford Motor Co. The next day, it was BMW AG. Vehicles going up in flames aren’t new to the...
Munich Re Forms Partnership to Help Create ‘Pay-Per-Part’ Model for Manufacturers
Oct 14 2020 // The TRUMPF Group and Munich Re Group are entering into a strategic partnership for a “pay-per-part” business model, which enables customers to use a full-service laser machine without having to buy or lease any...
Newfront Adds California-Based Brokers in Ag, Service and Manufacturing
Oct 7 2020 // Newfront Insurance has added a team of insurance brokers who were formerly part of Paramount Insurance in Fresno, Calif. The move reflects Newfront’s growing investment in agriculture, service and...
France Urges Parts Review After Airbus A380 Engine Blowout Caused by Metal Fatigue
Oct 1 2020 // French investigators have called for a review of the design and maintenance of titanium alloy engine parts to ensure they guard against the risks of metal fatigue following an engine blowout on an Airbus A380 exactly three...
South Carolina Wood Pellet Plant Accused of Violating Clean Air Act
Sep 24 2020 // Environmental groups threatened to sue a wood pellet factory on Tuesday, accusing it of releasing more than 100 tons of air pollution a year in violation of the Clean Air Act. A legal notice filed against Jasper Pellets...
Texas’ Blue Bell Creameries to Pay $17.25M in Penalties for Listeria Contamination
Sep 23 2020 // Texas-based Blue Bell Creameries L.P. has been ordered to pay $17.25 million in criminal penalties for shipments of contaminated ice cream products linked to a 2015 listeriosis outbreak, according to the U.S. Justice...
Why Manufacturers Cannot Underestimate the Cost of a Recall Event
Sep 21 2020 // The latest recall by Nissan of hundreds of thousands of vehicles in North America in June to resolve a latch problem that may allow the hood to fly open while the cars are moving comes on top of three previous recalls for...
Cal/OSHA Cites Food Manufacturer, Staffing Firm for Not Protecting Workers from COVID
Sep 10 2020 // Cal/OSHA has issued citations to frozen food manufacturer Overhill Farms Inc. and its temporary employment agency Jobsource North America Inc. with over $200,000 in proposed penalties to each employer for failing to...
Is It Covered? The Unimpeachable Case of What ‘Are’ Is
Sep 8 2020 // One claim dispute I was involved with I refer to in seminars as “The Unimpeachable Case of What ‘Are’ Is.” It illustrates how a single word, even the tense of a verb, in a policy form can make all...
West Texas Mass Shooting Victims’ Families Sue Gun Supplier, Manufacturer
Sep 2 2020 // Family members of two of the deceased Odessa, Texas, mass shooting victims are suing the person who supplied the AR-style firearm to the mass shooter and the gun parts manufacturer for over $1 million in damages. The...
