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  • The Intel logo is displayed on a sign in front of Intel headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
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    Intel to cut 25% of its workforce, scrap European manufacturing projects

    The chipmaker is also further slowing construction of its chip campus in New Albany, Ohio, in an effort to course correct and better align with market demand.

    By July 25, 2025
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    ‘Losing steam’: Economy stalls amid trade uncertainty

    As tariff impacts hit, production output, hiring and inventory levels are flatlining, per Victoria Bloom, chief economist at the National Association of Manufacturers.

    By July 25, 2025
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    Trendline

    Top 5 stories from Manufacturing Dive

    Check out five of our biggest stories of 2025 so far, including updates on semiconductors, the Trump administration and PFAS.

    By Manufacturing Dive staff
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    Trump approves emissions exemptions for some chemical, taconite iron ore facilities

    Dow, BASF, U.S. Steel and Cleveland-Cliffs are some of the companies that received two-year delays from complying with the Environmental Protection Agency’s air pollutants regulations.

    By July 23, 2025
  • Construction progresses on a Texas Instruments semiconductor manufacturing facility in Sherman, Texas.
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    Courtesy of TI's Sherman, Texas 300mm wafer fabs
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    Texas Instruments’ earnings outlook stirs confusion, signals soft demand

    Analysts on the Q2 call noticed a “tone” shift in how executives were thinking about the semiconductor recovery cycle, asking what happened since April to warrant the change.

    By July 23, 2025
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    3M sees ‘strong’ Q2 with $6.3B net sales

    The chemical and consumer product manufacturer updated its outlook to include tariff impacts and aims to accelerate new product launches.

    By July 22, 2025
  • An AstraZeneca logo stands atop an office building in Shanghai, China.
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    AstraZeneca plans $50B in US manufacturing, R&D

    The investment includes a new factory in Virginia, as well as expansions in Maryland, Indiana and Texas.

    By Ned Pagliarulo • July 22, 2025
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    Joby scales up manufacturing in California, Ohio

    The electric air taxi maker recently closed a $250 million tranche of investment from automaker Toyota.

    By July 21, 2025
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    Cleveland-Cliffs looks to sell idle steel plants to data center developers

    During a second quarter earnings call Monday, the company also reported record-high shipments as Section 232 tariffs affected the automotive and steel markets.

    By July 21, 2025
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    TSMC’s Q2 revenue tops $30B, beats expectations

    The chip manufacturer plans to establish a semiconductor manufacturing cluster in Arizona to support customers in smartphone, AI and high-performance computing applications.

    By July 18, 2025
  • Synopsys headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. The chip design software maker has completed its $35 billion acquisition of Anys after recieving final approval from China on July 14.
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    Chip design software firm Synopsys completes $35B deal

    The acquisition will incorporate Ansys’ simulation and analysis technology to better address manufacturing innovation as products become more intelligent.

    By July 17, 2025
  • An aerial view of the  Ultium Cells battery plant in Tennessee show the company logo on the wall and numbered docking bays for trucks.
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    GM’s Ultium Cells to expand production of low-cost battery cells at Tennessee plant

    The automaker is targeting significant cost savings for electric vehicles compared to its current high-nickel battery chemistries.

    By July 17, 2025
  • Two workers in safety gear operate in an industrial warehouse. One stands atop a red mobile ladder giving directions, while the other stabilizes the ladder from below. Stacks of cylindrical graphite rods and large blocks are visible in the background. The facility has a high ceiling with exposed beams and industrial lighting.
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    Alamy
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    Nearshoring, labor among key manufacturing trends to watch in rest of 2025

    The year has brought many changes due to tariffs and other policy shifts. Experts from Streamliners Management Consulting, Southern Illinois University and the Global Supply Chain Institute look ahead to what’s next.

    By Michelle No • July 17, 2025
  • Rolls-Royce employees work on a 4000 Series engine.
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    Rolls-Royce invests $75M in South Carolina engine plant

    The 60,000-square-foot expansion will boost production of machinery used to power data centers and other industrial facilities.

    By July 16, 2025
  • Agco, headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, is focusing more on precision agriculture and margin-rich opportunities.
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    Long-standing tractor makers Agco and TAFE settle their disputes

    The companies have settled their ownership issues surrounding the Massey Ferguson brand, as well as terminated their commercial agreements and ongoing legal proceedings.

    By July 15, 2025
  • Three people assessing a display of a plane's doorplug and its parts on a blue table.
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    National Transportation Safety Board

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    Quality control at Boeing

    Boeing’s inadequate training and oversight led to doorplug blowout: NTSB

    The Federal Aviation Administration’s ineffective compliance enforcement also led to the 2024 Alaska Airlines incident, the National Transportation Safety Board said in the investigative report.

    By July 15, 2025
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    Opinion

    The US is already a manufacturing powerhouse, but shadow factories can make it the global leader

    Shadow factories can offer manufacturers a way to decrease downtime and aid others in onshoring production lines, writes Augury CEO Saar Yoskovitz. 

    By Saar Yoskovitz • July 14, 2025
  • Donald Trump holds up a pamphlet that says "Foreign Trade Barriers" while speaking at a podium.
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    US plans 30% tariffs on EU, Mexico

    President Donald Trump unveiled the new duty rates, set to begin Aug. 1, in separate letters shared on social media Saturday morning. 

    By Max Garland , Philip Neuffer • July 14, 2025
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    Sponsored by CADDi

    A new era: Unleashing the potential of manufacturing

    Manufacturing is at a crossroads. Down one path? Stagnation. The other? Big opportunity via tech.

    July 14, 2025
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    Nissan delays EV production start at Mississippi plant

    The move was an internal decision and ‘not a specific reaction to policy changes,’ a spokesperson said.

    By Larry Avila • July 11, 2025
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    Nutella maker Ferrero to buy WK Kellogg for $3.1B

    The acquisition would give the Luxembourg-based company a presence in cereal, ice cream, protein bars, cookies and confections.

    By Christopher Doering • July 10, 2025
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    Quality control at Boeing

    Boeing’s commercial deliveries continue to improve in Q2

    While the plane manufacturer has a strong backlog, the company is keeping its focus on improving safety and quality to ramp up production.

    By July 10, 2025
  • The exterior of an industrial facility with cars in a parking lot, which is surrounded by a chain-link fence.
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    Cascades to close Niagara Falls containerboard mill, affecting 123 employees

    Aging infrastructure and high operating costs contributed to the decision to close, according to a Cascades spokesperson. This is the sixth major U.S. containerboard production facility closure in 2025 so far.

    By Katie Pyzyk • July 10, 2025
  • Intel's Gordon Moore Park at Ronler Acres in Oregon.
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    Intel plans to lay off more than 500 Oregon workers

    While the changes are happening at four locations, the cuts will largely affect software and hardware engineers, developers and managers at the company’s Jones Farm Campus.

    By July 9, 2025
  • An engineer checks and controls welding robotics automatic arms machine in intelligent factory automotive industrial with monitoring system software.
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    Opinion

    Tariffs or not, automation is still key to reshoring manufacturing

    Tariffs may accelerate reshoring, but sustainable manufacturing success depends on the competitive advantage that automation delivers, writes HowToRobot co-CEO Søren Peters. 

    By Søren Peters • July 8, 2025
  • Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks to reporters at the U.S. Capitol on June 27, 2025.
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    US preps for August return of country-specific reciprocal tariffs

    The Trump administration plans to reinstate the levies Aug. 1 after alerting individual trading partners of their specific duty rates.

    By Philip Neuffer • July 7, 2025