Dan Sewell

Associated Press
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Toto Expands U.S. Toilet Production, Leans Heavily on Automation to Make Luxury Loos
August 22, 2025
Apache attack helicopter launching missiles.
Lockheed Martin Awarded $720 Million Contract for Joint Air-to-Ground Missiles, Hellfire Production
August 22, 2025
L3Harris Technologies Chair and CEO Christopher E. Kubasik speaks at the opening of the 94,000-square-foot satellite integration and test facility.
L3Harris Expands Florida Facility to Support America’s Golden Dome
August 22, 2025
Bosch Rexroth
Bosch Rexroth Breaks Ground on Pennsylvania Expansion
August 22, 2025
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In this file photo, President Donald Trump, left, speaks during a meeting with manufacturing executives at the White House, including Merck CEO Kenneth Frazier, center, and former Ford CEO Mark Fields. Frazier is resigning from the President’s American Manufacturing Council.
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In this July 19, 2017 photo, heavy machinery clearing land at the Interstate 94 Industrial Park in Detroit. The park is former vacant land that the city is marketing to manufacturing and industrial companies. Auto parts supplier Flex-N-Gate is expected to bring 750 jobs to Detroit when it completes its 350,000-square-foot plant at the industrial park.
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Detroit Lure Businesses to Vacant Land
In this Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017 photo, whiskey is poured at the 'Milk and Honey' whiskey distillery in Tel Aviv, Israel. Israel has been known as the land of milk and honey since Biblical times. But could it become known as the land of single malt whiskey? One appropriately named distillery is trying to turn Israel into a whiskey powerhouse.
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In this Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2000 file photo, visitors of the world exhibition Expo 2000 stand in front of a robot display at the 'Planet of Visions' exhibit at the Expoground in Hanover, northern Germany. Use of robotics in manufacturing and other sectors is increasing in countries from the United States and China, and robots have long been embraced for a variety of uses in countries such as Japan. There also has long been “robophobia,” stoked by science fiction writers and moviemakers.
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Are Humans Plagued by 'Robophobia'?
For now, deaths by robot are very rare among industrial accidents.
August 16, 2017
In this Friday, April 14, 2017 photo, Herbie Mays pauses during an interview at the Ohio Means Jobs employment assistance offices in Cincinnati. Mays voted for Donald Trump, drawn to his pledges to stop American jobs from going overseas and to revitalize manufacturing in the United States. Trump's election, though, 'was too late to help us,' Mays said. 'If you don't keep up with the times, you're out of luck,' he said.
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New Mfg Jobs Not for Working Class
At 62, Herbie Mays is unemployed and wants to work, but despite 30+ years in the manufacturing industry, he lacks the in-demand skills.
August 15, 2017