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Gen Z in Manufacturing: Promote a Culture of Care – It’s Okay Not to be Okay

Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I interview young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry and what they are looking for from an employer.For this episode, I welcome William Stewart, a 25-year-ol ...  Show more

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Gen Z in Manufacturing: Promote a Culture of Care – It’s Okay Not to be Okay

Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I interview young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry and what they are looking for from an employer.For this episode, I welcome William Stewart, a 25-year-ol ...  Show more

LISTEN: Fruit Juice Exec Pleads Guilty for Selling Tainted Beverages to School Programs

This week, Mary Ann Bliesner, the 83-year-old former president and primary owner of Valley Processing Inc. (VPI) pleaded guilty to charges related to the manufacture and sale of tainted fruit juice products in violation of federal food safety laws. Bliesner operated a now-shutter ...  Show more

LISTEN: Colgate Testing New Toothpaste on Fake People

Digital twins are making an incredible impact on the manufacturing industry. By simulating the factory using real-time data from sensors and other IoT technology, manufacturers can iterate faster during the product design, improve efficiency, forecast potential equipment failures ...  Show more

LISTEN: Honda, Nissan in Merger Talks

Honda and Nissan represent the second and third largest Japanese automobile companies – behind only Toyota in global sales volume. Still, Nissan has notably lost its footing in the past year. Last month, the automaker reported a net earnings decline of more than 90% for the first ...  Show more

LISTEN: Butterball to Close Arkansas Plant

According to estimates, Americans eat 46 million turkeys each year on Thanksgiving alone – about a fifth of the birds raised annually.But less than a week after the holiday wrapped this year, Butterball held a town hall meeting at its Jonesboro, Arkansas facility – and it wasn’t ...  Show more