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    Meyer Burger scraps Colorado solar cell plant expansion

    The Switzerland-based company will instead shift focus to its Arizona facility, which began production in June.

    By • Aug. 28, 2024
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    Interfor to cut down Georgia, South Carolina lumber plants

    The company will lay off 181 employees as it continues to curtail production due to rising prices and weak demand.

    By • Aug. 27, 2024
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Manufacturing Dive

    Check out five of our biggest stories of 2024 so far, including how manufacturers are navigating rising costs and boosting workforce innovation. 

    By Manufacturing Dive staff
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    Exedy America to shutter Tennessee plant next spring

    The torque converter plant’s closure will include 223 job cuts following sluggish sales in North America.

    By • Aug. 26, 2024
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    American Vanguard to end global production of Dacthal weedkiller

    The sole U.S. maker of the herbicide is pulling the product after an EPA ban went into effect earlier this month.

    By • Aug. 26, 2024
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    Judge strikes down FTC noncompete ban nationwide

    The ruling came just 15 days prior to the ban’s Sept. 4 effective date.

    By Ryan Golden • Aug. 22, 2024
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    UAW threatens Stellantis with nationwide strike

    The labor union said workers are ready to file grievances over the automaker’s failure to keep job commitments related to its Belvidere, Illinois, plant.

    By • Aug. 22, 2024
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    Stellantis taps Rivian exec to lead North American manufacturing

    Tim Fallon will step into the role on Sept. 2, after leading the EV startup’s manufacturing for more than two years.

    By • Aug. 21, 2024
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    Tyson cuts more jobs at North Carolina chicken plant

    The meat processing giant is initiating another round of layoffs at its Wilkesboro facility after cutting 250 jobs in September 2023. 

    By Nathan Owens • Aug. 20, 2024
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    GM to lay off 1,000 from its software and services unit

    The job cuts impact around 600 salaried employees at the automaker’s Warren Tech Center in Michigan and another 400 globally.

    By Eric Walz • Aug. 20, 2024
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    Heliene, Premier Energies to build joint Minnesota solar plant

    The upcoming facility aims to meet growing demand for solar modules and projects due to Inflation Reduction Act tax credits.

    By • Aug. 19, 2024
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    Natron Energy to build $1.4B sodium-ion battery plant in North Carolina

    The 1.2-million-square-foot facility is expected to create 1,000 jobs. 

    By • Aug. 19, 2024
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    Ebon Solar to build $942M New Mexico plant

    The manufacturer is the second company to make a massive investment in Albuquerque’s solar sector.

    By • Aug. 13, 2024
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    Stellantis laying off thousands at Michigan factory

    The automaker warned up to 2,450 workers could be affected starting Oct. 8.

    By Eric Walz • Aug. 12, 2024
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    Quality control at Boeing

    Boeing’s chaotic factory culture on display at NTSB hearings

    The agency revealed the plane maker pressured its workers to forgo quality in favor of speed during manufacturing.

    By • Aug. 9, 2024
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    WK Kellogg Co. to shutter Nebraska cereal plant as profits slide

    The Frosted Flakes maker also plans to cut production at a Memphis, Tennessee, facility while boosting output at other factories.

    By Chris Casey • Aug. 8, 2024
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    Nikon opens advanced manufacturing technology center in California

    The Long Beach facility offers metal additive manufacturing services to produce parts for aviation, aerospace and defense clients.

    By • Aug. 8, 2024
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    3M names Otis exec as new CFO

    Anurag Maheshwari will succeed Monish Patolawala, who left for an executive role at ADM.

    By • Aug. 6, 2024
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    Bell Textron ordered to face claim it allowed racist taunting

    A lawsuit alleges the manufacturer fired a worker who reported the abuse forced him to alter his route to work.

    By Ginger Christ • Aug. 5, 2024
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    Cleveland-Cliffs moves ahead with $150M electric transformer plant

    The steelmaker will offer roles to more than 600 workers previously employed at the idled Weirton plant.

    By • Aug. 5, 2024
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    Pfizer lays off 210 employees in North Carolina

    The job cuts were spurred by a gene therapy trial failure and lower demand for some of its sterile injectable drugs.

    By • Aug. 5, 2024
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    Budget constraints may be behind hiring uncertainty in 2024, survey says

    Although most hiring managers have a positive outlook on the remainder of the year, some reported their companies don’t have enough money to hire.

    By Carolyn Crist • Aug. 5, 2024
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    Boeing lost $1.4B during a bruising Q2

    The company continues to burn through billions of dollars in a bid to address quality issues in its factory and supply chain.

    By • Aug. 2, 2024
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    Intel to cut 15% of workforce in restructuring plan

    The chipmaker plans to lay off roughly 15,000 workers as it cuts billions in spending and bolsters its internal foundry business. 

    By • Aug. 2, 2024
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    Factories’ AI adoption plans must be intentional to reap benefits

    Early user engagement, solution champions and user groups can help sustain implementation, said Jennifer Peters, director of BI and data analytics at Nestlé Purina.

    By Kelly Stroh • July 31, 2024
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    Austal USA spending $288M to expand Alabama ship plant

    The investment will enable the Mobile facility to produce large steel modules for U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships.

    By • July 31, 2024