Ivan Moreno

Associated Press

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

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.

In this photo provided by the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office, Tyler Huffhines is pictured in a booking photo. Huffhines is accused of manufacturing thousands of counterfeit vaping cartridges a day with THC oil for almost two years, running the operation with 10 employees, authorities said.

WI Man Charged for Fake Vapes

He was arrested earlier this month after his parents tipped off police.

In this photo, Sandra Swint, right, campus security associate for Fulton County School District and Paul Hildreth, background, the district’s emergency operations coordinator, work in the emergency operations center at the Fulton County Schools Administration Center in Atlanta. Artificial Intelligence is transforming surveillance cameras from passive sentries into active observers that can immediately spot a gunman, alert retailers when someone is shoplifting and help police quickly find suspects. Schools, such as the Fulton County School District, are among the most enthusiastic adopters of the technology.

AI Cameras Used Against Shootings

AI is transforming surveillance cameras from passive sentries into active observers.

$This Monday, May 15, 2017, file photo shows Marcus Hutchins, a British cybersecurity expert during an interview in Ilfracombe, England. Hutchins, credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus in 2017 is about to learn his sentence for creating malware designed to steal banking information. He appears in federal court in Milwaukee on Friday, July 26. He pleaded guilty in May to conspiring to distribute malware called Kronos from 2012 to 2015.$

No Prison for British Hacker

A judge said the misconduct was outweighed by his help in stopping a worldwide computer virus in 2017.

In this Jan. 14, 2019, photo, Trevor Stevens works in the bottling room at Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee. The federal shutdown is impacting the federal agency Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which approves licenses for new breweries, some ingredients and labels for beers sent out of state. The brewery is now waiting for the federal agency to approve the 'My Turn: Chuck' beer label, so they can sell it out of state.

Craft Beer Taps Squeezed in Shutdown

The partial shutdown halted operations at the federal agency that regulates alcohol production and distribution.

MillerCoors, Pabst Settle Lawsuit

Pabst claimed the bigger brewer lied about its ability to continue brewing Pabst's beers to put that company out of business.

In this photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018, cases of Pabst Blue Ribbon and Coors Light are stacked next to each other in a Milwaukee liquor store. Pabst Brewing Company and MillerCoors are heading to trial starting Monday, Nov. 12, to settle a contract dispute in which Pabst accuses the brewing giant of trying to undermine its competitor by breaking a contract to make their products.

Pabst-MillerCoors Go to Trial

Pabst says its very existence relies on a partnership where MillerCoors produces, packages and ships nearly all its products, but MillerCoors wants to end the agreement.

In this Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018, photo, Paul Buzzell points to a machine used to make the levels that Johnson Level and Tool manufactures, in Mequon, Wis. But about half the levels the company sells are imported from China and tariff increases on those products could cost the business an estimated $3.7 million annually, Buzzell said.

Trade War Anxiety for Some WI Manufacturers

"This is costing us a fortune," said one business exec.

Floor sensors may be tracking your movements at brick-and-mortar stores.

Floor Sensors Are Being Used as a Retail Data Source

The sensors help stores know where customers linger the longest.

Tammy Graceffa, 51, owner of the Hiawatha Bar and Grill, talks in her restaurant on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 in Sturtevant, Wis., about Foxconn's announcement of the location of its planned manufacturing plant in nearby Mount Pleasant. Graceffa owns land in the development site and said the news was bittersweet because she stands to benefit economically but she might lose the land where she grew up.

Town Prepares for Foxconn Plant

'It's the Foxconn train. Get on or get run over.'

In this July 26, 2017, file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks in the East Room accompanied by House Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, left, Foxconn CEO and founder Terry Gou, and Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., at the White House in Washington. Foxconn Technology Group is being enticed to come to Wisconsin with numerous regulatory waivers that are raising concerns from environmentalists wary of the company’s reputation in China, where company has been accused of pollution.

Foxconn Raises Environmental Worries

This being Foxconn's first plant in the U.S., the assurances from the company and its supporters have done little to quell worries about the long-term impacts.

WI Looks to Fill High-Skill Jobs at Foxconn

Rust Belt state will have to quickly transition to a more highly skilled workforce.