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An Amazon Prime driver makes a delivery in Pittsburgh on Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. On Wednesday, the Labor Department reports on job openings and labor turnover for December.
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Job Openings Top 11 Million
In this Oct. 13, 2018, file photo, a sign marks the entrance to the Tesla Gigafactory in Sparks, Nev.
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Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.
January 31, 2023
Intel Corp. is planning an initial investment of more than $20 billion for two semiconductor chip plants in central Ohio to help address a global shortage of semiconductor chips.
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Intel Building $20B Ohio Chip Facility Amid Global Shortage
The two factories are expected to create 3,000 jobs.
January 21, 2022
In this June 22, 2021, file photo, a mural is displayed on the wall outside the Lordstown Motors plant in Lordstown, Ohio. Foxconn Technology Group, the world’s largest electronics maker, has a deal to buy a huge auto assembly plant in Ohio from startup electric truck maker Lordstown Motors, the companies announced Thursday, Sept. 30.
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Taiwan's Foxconn Has Deal to Buy Lordstown Plant in Ohio
The plant used to be owned by GM.
October 1, 2021
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Metal Plate Flies Off World's Second-Tallest Roller Coaster
The bracket struck a woman who was standing in line.
August 24, 2021
In this July 27, 2017 file photo, an Ohio State Highway Patrol trooper removes a ground spike in front of the Fire Ball ride at the Ohio State Fair, in Columbus, Ohio. Ohio has beefed up its amusement ride inspections four years after the ride broke apart at the 2017 Ohio State Fair and killed a high school student and injured several others. But some ride operators and festival organizers say the state's inspectors are overreaching and shutting down rides over issues that aren't safety-related.
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Beefed Up Inspections After Horrific Fair Ride Accident
New mandatory checks for rust and metal fatigue after a carnival ride’s corroded steel arm snapped.
July 20, 2021
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Trump Budget Targets Lordstown Loan
Eliminating the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing Loan Program could create some issues for the administration.
February 11, 2020
In this Dec. 5, 2018 file photo, hundreds of Chevrolet Cruze cars sit in a parking lot at General Motors' assembly plant in Lordstown, Ohio. The long-struggling Rust Belt community of Youngstown, Ohio, which was stung by the loss of the massive General Motors Lordstown plant this year, wants to become a research and production hub for electric vehicles.. But Youngstown faces competition from places like Detroit and China that are taking big roles in developing electric vehicles.
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Rust Belt Banks on Electric Vehicles
The region is embarking on an ambitious plan to become a research and production hub for EVs.
December 26, 2019
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GM Lends $40M to Startup in Ohio Plant
The company wants to make electric pickup trucks at the massive Ohio assembly plant GM shut down earlier this year.
December 10, 2019
In this Nov. 27, 2018 file photo, a banner depicting the Chevrolet Cruze model vehicle is displayed at the General Motors' Lordstown plant in Lordstown, OH.
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GM Selling Closed OH Factory to EV Maker
The company called Lordstown Motors Corp. plans to hire 400 production workers at the outset, but still needs more investors before manufacturing can begin.
November 8, 2019
In this Nov. 27, 2018 file photo, a banner depicting the Chevrolet Cruze model vehicle is displayed at the General Motors' Lordstown plant in Lordstown, Ohio. An economic renaissance in the industrial Midwest promised by President Donald Trump has suffered in recent weeks in ways that could be problematic for Trump's 2020 re-election.
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Trump's Rust Belt Revival is Fading. Will it Matter in 2020?
A year away from Election Day, President Trump's promised coal and steel renaissance is not materializing.
October 30, 2019
Yolanda Jacobs, a United Auto Workers member, walks the picket line at the General Motors Romulus Powertrain plant in Romulus, MI on Wednesday.
Supply Chain
GM Workers Worry About Paying Bills Amid Strike
While pressure is intensifying to reach a deal, the losses for both sides are mounting and spilling over into the auto supply chain.
October 10, 2019
In this Nov. 27, 2018 file photo, a banner depicting the Chevrolet Cruze model vehicle is displayed at the General Motors' Lordstown plant in Lordstown, OH. It’s looking less likely that General Motors will again make vehicles at the Ohio assembly plant that shut down last winter.
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Hope of Return to Closed GM Plant Fades for Workers
Among the thousands of former Lordstown assembly plant workers now spread across GM factories in seven states, many were hoping GM revive production and rescue their old jobs.
September 27, 2019
In this March 3, 2019 file photo, Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, speaks to reporters during the Martin Luther and Coretta Scott King Unity Breakfast in Selma, Ala. Brown is rolling out a proposal that would force employers to warn workers and retrain them when their jobs are about to be eliminated by automation.
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Proposal to Help Workers Replaced by Automation
The legislation calls for employers to retrain workers and pay them severance when their jobs are eliminated by new technology.
September 9, 2019
This Oct. 5, 2011 file photo shows the cooling tower of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station in Oak Harbor, Ohio. A financial rescue for Ohio's nuclear plants and two coal-fired plants has infuriated environmentalists and conservatives. The plan signed into law it July 23, 2019 by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine calls for giving the state’s two nuclear plants $150 million a year through 2026.
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Plant Bailouts Incense Ohio Residents
Residents and industrial plants will fund the $1.5 billion effort.
August 2, 2019
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$1B Rescue of Ohio Nuclear Plants
One of the plants was the site of the worst corrosion ever found at a U.S. reactor.
July 24, 2019