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Honda has scrapped production plans for its Civic Hybrid in Mexico, shifting production to an Indiana facility. Japan’s second-largest automaker makes the shift with tariffs and trade wars in mind—President Donald Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on Mexican-made products. About 80% of Honda’s Mexican exports wind up in the United States, selling 1.4 million cars and trucks in the U.S. last year. Furt...

The automaker just recalled vehicles that were recalled last year to fix a problem that occurred during the previous recall.

One down, one to go.  A little more than two weeks ago, reports surfaced regarding Boeing’s refocused effort on closing the plane maker’s shadow factories, sites where some of the company’s top talent fix, maintain, and update planes instead of building new ones. The company had two sites still working on some 115 aircraft, one that services 737 MAX jets in Moses Lake and one that was working on 7...

Volvo buyers in China got an unwelcome surprise recently when they discovered some irregularities in a standard component. According to Chinese media outlet Sohu , as reported by Carscoops, several owners posted concerns on social media about the speakers installed in their S60 sedans. One customer reported that his upgraded, premium quality speakers from the brand Bowers & Wilkins weren’t the...

ABB Robotics recently partnered with UK construction technology company Automated Architecture (AUAR) to build ConstrucThor, a new research facility in Belgium, to showcase the future of sustainable construction. 

On January 8, 2024, a fire broke out in the engine room aboard the 598-foot-long Stride​ cargo vessel while it was refueling at the Barbours Cut Marine Terminal in La Porte, Texas, about 25 miles east of Houston. Crewmembers cut all ventilation to the engine room to extinguish the fire, but not before two crewmembers, a chief engineer and a third engineer, lost their lives. Another worker was seri...

While no vehicle is entirely theft-proof, Ford is so confident in its ability to prevent your F-150 from being stolen that it’s willing to put its money where its mouth is.

Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing , a podcast that asks young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry and what they are looking for from an employer. This episode welcomes Emily Molstad, a 27-year-old CEO and co-founder at VALIS Insights , a startup and member of Manufacturing USA Institute REMADE that develops AI-powered software...

The company was slated to receive $7 billion in funding to help develop six U.S. hydrogen hubs.

RBW EV is a UK-based manufacturer of hand-crafted electric sports cars. It's a nearly eight-year-old family business, and family is important to founder Peter Swain. For example, the company's name, RBW, actually represents the first letter of each name of Swain's children, Rose, Becky and Wesley. The EV, well, you know what that means.  For years, RBW has hand built its GT and Road...

Bloomberg reported that the co-founder of modular home manufacturer Samara plans to donate $15 million to an initiative that aims to provide prefabricated homes to victims of the wildfires that struck Los Angeles. The donation will come from Joe Gebbia [Jebbia], who also co-founded Airbnb and serves as a board member of Tesla

Motor Authority has pointed out a Stellantis patent published in January by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that takes the form of the iconic Ram’s head hood ornament, originally featured on the Dodge brand trucks, though notably modernized.

Boeing admitted that its production cannot keep up with its aircraft sales. However, the aircraft manufacturer aims to restore jet production to the pre-crisis levels it achieved before deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019 and last year’s midflight door plug detachment. To accomplish this, the Wall Street Journal reported that Boeing wants to empty the aircraft stored in its shadow factories. The compa...

Toyota has issued a fairly substantial recall for its Tacoma pickup truck and the problem is a particularly dirty one. According to the recall filed with the NHTSA, the affected 4-wheel drive vehicles are equipped with 16-inch brake systems with hoses that transfer brake fluid under hydraulic pressure to the calipers for braking. The positioning of the components, paired with 17-inch wheels, means...

The headlines these days are awash with cost-cutting news, and it appears that one big name in oil & gas is jumping head-first into slashing its overhead. Chevron revealed Wednesday that it plans to cut a significant number of jobs in order to shore up as much as $3 billion in cost savings. The cuts are projected to include between 15% and 20% of Chevron’s global workforce. They will reportedl...

Stark Future, a Spanish motor vehicle manufacturer with Swedish roots, launched in 2020, began sales and production in 2023 and reported in 2024 that it expected to eventually reach an annual revenue of more than $93 million. However, Stark’s latest development did not involve the electric Stark Varg , the company’s flagship electric motocross bike. Instead, Stark revealed the Klinga Sabre , a swo...

Is the Artemis program doomed? When the first Trump administration announced a pledge to reestablish America’s human presence on the Moon, the goal was to create a permanent base on the lunar surface, which could be used to help facilitate missions to Mars. In 2019, the cost estimate for the program – dubbed Project Artemis – was suggested by NASA to be between $20 and $30 billion. And while that’...

More than a year ago, the U.S. Air Force took on the unique task of taking two wrecked aircraft and Frankensteining them together into one operational F-35A Lightning II. Now, after a whole lot of weird science, it’s alive! In late 2023, the F-35 Joint Program Office assembled a “dream team” consisting of the 388th Fighter Wing, the Ogden Air Logistics Complex and Lockheed Martin. The mission: reb...

Minnesota-based H.B. Fuller Company provides adhesives, sealants and specialty chemicals to customers in a wide range of industries – everything from medical and hygiene products to transportation, energy and construction.  Despite the diversity of its end markets, H.B. Fuller’s leaders recently expressed disappointment in its Q4 earnings statement, pointing to sluggish customer behavior, pricing...

Sometimes the simplest solutions produce the most significant results. And the U.S. Air Force is close to implementing a very basic feature that could end up saving millions. The C-17 Globemaster III is a flexible aircraft used to carry troops and all types of cargo from point A to point B. It’s also a massive plane and not particularly fuel efficient. But a small 3D-printed device could help with...

One of the world’s largest cosmetics firms is in trouble. In the Fall of 2024, Estee Lauder – parent company to major brands like Clinique and MAC lipstick – announced a planned turnaround after declining sales led the company to withdraw its forecasts and reduce its dividend. At the time, the company – which employs around 62,000 – said it would cut 3,000 jobs to reduce millions in costs.

According to AutoInsurance.com , carmakers issued an average of 21 recalls each in 2024. And while auto manufacturers are on the hook for these repair costs – representing a multi-million-dollar hit to their bottom line –  vehicle buyers play a role, too: they must actually bring their vehicles in to have the service performed. It’s been well documented that many of them don’t, and a recent study...

A resurrected, electrified automotive brand is preparing to begin selling the SUVs made at its forthcoming South Carolina factory in two years’ time. But barring a change in state law, residents of the Palmetto State won’t be among its customers — at least directly. CarScoops noted recently that South Carolina is one of the some 20 states that contin ue to restrict direct-to-consumer vehicle sales...

"This year, Spangler shifted away from the no-label lifestyle with its " Commitment Hearts, "  which feature artificial intelligence scanning technology that lets consumers express their desire for cohabitation, symbolic headstones and even matrimony. The new candies read "MOVE IN?", "MARRY ME" and "4EVER EVER?". After buying these new sweethearts, cust...

Alleima is a Swedish steelmaker that makes products out of advanced stainless steel and special alloys. The company, formerly Sandvik Materials Technology, was officially spun out of Sandvik in 2022 and has more than 900 active alloy recipes. The company typically makes seamless steel tubes for the energy, chemical and aerospace industries, precision strip steel for white goods and even ultra-fine...