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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.

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Food Companies Threatened

The writer threatened to poison the companies' products if demands were not met.

Workers erect a fence along the Denmark Germany border. Denmark has begun erecting a fence along the German border to keep out wild boars in an attempt to prevent the spread of African swine fever.

Border Fence to Stop Swine Fever

Denmark is the only EU country where pigs outnumber people.

In this Thursday, April 25, 2013 file photo, Norwegian war hero and resistance fighter Joachim Roenneberg holds a Union flag as he walks in a park near the Palace of Westminster, after receiving the Union Jack Medal for his efforts and cooperation with the British during the second World War. Norway's leader says World War II saboteur Roenneberg has died at 99, it was reported on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018. In 1943, Roenneberg headed the four-man team that blew up a plant producing heavy water, which Nazi Germany could have used to produce nuclear weapons.

Hero Who Blew up Nazi Plant Dies at 99

He was tapped to destroy key parts of a heavily guarded plant.

This April 30, 2008 file photo shows a submarine and its owner Peter Madsen. Danish submarine inventor Peter Madsen, who was found guilty of the torture, sexual assault, murder and dismemberment of a Swedish reporter, appeared before an appeals court Wednesday Sept. 5, 2018, to fight against his life sentence.

Inventor Convicted of Murder Appeals Sentence

Peter Madsen lured journalist Kim Wall onto his home-made submarine with the promise of an interview.

Danish shipping group A.P. Moller-Maersk says it will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice. Janina von Spalding, spokeswoman for the world's biggest shipping company, said Thursday, Aug. 23, 2018, the new ice class container vessel would embark on 'a one-off trial designed to explore an unknown route for container shipping.'

World's Biggest Shipping Firm to Test Arctic Route

The company will send a cargo vessel through the Russian Arctic for the first time as a result of melting sea ice.

The Wednesday, March 7, 2018 photo shows the submarine UC3 Nautilus of Danish inventor Peter Madsen in Copenhagen, Denmark. Madsen goes on trial Thursday, March 8, for the killing of journalist Kim Wall in his submarine.

Inventor Testifies at Submarine Murder Trial

The maker is an intelligent man 'with psychopathic tendencies.'

In this April 30, 2008 file photo, submarine owner Peter Madsen stands inside the vessel. A Danish prosecutor said Tuesday Jan. 16, 2018 that inventor Peter Madsen has been charged with murdering Swedish journalist Kim Wall during a trip on his private submarine, saying he either cut her throat or strangled her. Prosecutor Jakob Buch-Jepsen said Tuesday the case is 'very unusual and extremely gross.'

Inventor Charged in Submarine Murder

The case is 'very unusual and extremely disturbing.'

In this Oct. 23, 2013, file photo of A.P. Moller-Maersk's oil rig in the North Sea named Halfdan. Danish conglomerate AP Moller-Maersk said Friday it will invest 21 billion kroner ($3.4 billion) together with British-Dutch oil producer Shell, among others, to redevelop and extend the production life cycle of Denmark's largest gas field in the North Sea. Maersk, whose oil company is being taken over by France's Total, said the investment will extend production at the Tyra field, which was slated to close this year, for at least 25 years.

Maersk, Partners to Invest $3.4B in North Sea Gas

The investment will extend production at the Tyra field, which was slated to close this year, for at least 25 years.

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Prosecutor Appeals Bombardier Bribery Acquittal

The case centers on accusations of bribery in winning a railroad signaling contract worth $340 million.

In this Tuesday, April 5, 2016 file photo, an employee sorts Legos in the the new LEGO flagship store unveiled as part of the new Les Halles shopping mall during the press visit in Paris. Danish toy maker Lego said Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2017, it will cut 1,400 jobs, or about eight percent of its global workforce, after reporting a decline in sales and profits in the first half of 2017.

Lego Cuts 1,400 Jobs

The company reported a rare decline in sales and profits in the first half of 2017.

In this Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017 photo, a private submarine sits on a pier in Copenhagen harbor, Denmark. Danish police say a DNA test from a headless torso found in the Baltic Sea matches with missing Swedish journalist Kim Wall, who is believed to have died on the private submarine.

Missing Journalist's Body Found

She was last seen on a Danish inventor's submarine.