Jan M. Olsen

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

August 4, 2022

In this photo provided by NASA, NASA's Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022, at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.. NASA's Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency's deep space exploration systems.

NASA Aims for Saturday Launch of New Moon Rocket

August 31, 2022

BAE Systems’ Combat System Mission Crew Workstation (CSMCW) is now qualified for the P-8A Poseidon Multi-mission Maritime Patrol Aircraft – adding to the aircraft’s mission capability.

BAE Systems’ Workstation Qualified for P-8A Poseidon Aircraft

August 30, 2022

Gerresheimer Invests Some $94M in U.S. Expansion

August 18, 2022

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

Industrial Media Unboxing Video

IEN Unboxed is a new show in which our editors unbox new tools on the market and discuss their features.

August 4, 2022

In this Oct. 21, 2020 file photo, minks that have been culled, at a farm in Farre in the southern part of Jutland, Denmark. Denmark’s prime minister says the government wants to cull all 15 million minks in Danish farms, to minimize the risk of them re-transmitting the new coronavirus to humans. She said Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, a report from a government agency that maps the coronavirus in Denmark has shown a mutation in the virus found in 12 people in the northern part of the country who got infected by minks.

Lockdown Over Mutated Virus in Danish Mink Farms

More than a quarter million people went into lockdown Friday.

November 6, 2020

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Food Companies Threatened

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

April 24, 2019

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.

January 29, 2019

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.

October 22, 2018

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.

September 5, 2018

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.

August 23, 2018

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.'

March 8, 2018

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.'

January 16, 2018

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.

December 1, 2017

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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.

October 25, 2017

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.

September 5, 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.

August 23, 2017

In this computer rendered image provided by the Norwegian Coastal Administration on Thursday, April 6, 2017, a ferry approaches the entrance of a tunnel for ships. Norway plans to build the world's first tunnel for ships, a 1,700-meter (5,610-feet) passageway burrowed through a piece of rocky peninsula that will allow vessels to avoid a treacherous part of sea. Construction of the Stad Ship Tunnel, which would be able to accommodate cruise and freight ships weighing up to 16,000 tons, is expected to open in 2023.

Country Will Build World's First Ship Tunnel

It will be burrowed through a piece of rocky peninsula that will allow vessels to avoid a treacherous part of sea.

April 6, 2017