Amy Beth Hanson

Manufacturing Quoting – Improvement Tips for Small Businesses

Manufacturing Quoting – Improvement Tips for Small Businesses

June 20, 2025

This image taken Jan. 7, 2024, and released by the National Transportation Safety Board, shows the section of a a Boeing 737 Max where a door plug fell while Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 was in flight.

NTSB Set to Meet on Door Plug Investigation of Terrifying Boeing Flight

June 24, 2025

A Ford Mustang Mach-E sits in the players' parking lot Thursday, May 29, 2025, at the Denver Broncos' headquarters in Centennial, Colo.

Ford Recalls Nearly 200,000 Mustang Mach Es Due to Faulty Door Latches

June 23, 2025

A THOR-5F female crash test dummy is shown in a drivers seat at Humanetics in Farmington Hills, Mich., Tuesday, June 10, 2025.

Crash Dummies Used in Car Safety Tests Are Still Modeled After Men Despite Higher Risks for Women

June 23, 2025

Manufacturing Quoting – Improvement Tips for Small Businesses

Manufacturing Quoting – Improvement Tips for Small Businesses

Quoting is a vital part of any operation – get it wrong, and risk lost sales, wasted resources, and costly pricing mistakes.

June 20, 2025

The Stillwater Mining Company, the only platinum and palladium mine in the United States, stands near Nye, Mont., on May 2, 2013. The owner of two precious metals mines in south-central Montana is stopping work on an expansion project and laying off about 100 workers because the price of palladium fell sharply in the past year, mine representatives said Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023. Sibanye-Stillwater announced the layoffs Wednesday at the mine near Nye, Mont., and other Sibanye-owned facilities in Montana, including a recycling operation.

Montana Miner Axes Expansion, Initiates Layoffs Instead

The price of palladium has fallen sharply in the past year.

December 1, 2023

Workers stand near train tracks, Sept. 27, 2021, next to overturned cars from an Amtrak train that derailed a few days prior near Joplin, Mont., killing three people and injuring others.

Bent Track a Factor in Montana Amtrak Crash

The problem got worse as freight trains traveled over the area before the crash.

February 23, 2023

More U.S. drivers could find themselves stuck on snowy highways or have their travel delayed this winter due to a shortage of snowplow drivers as some states are having trouble finding enough people willing to take the jobs.

Labor Shortage Hits Snowplow Drivers

One state's transportation department is short about 90 drivers.

December 10, 2021

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Aluminum Shortage Disrupts Montana License Plate Production

Others who have the metal don’t want to sell it because of the same supply shortage.

November 1, 2021

Cars from an Amtrak train that derailed the day before are shown illuminated by floodlights, late Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, as they rest near a train signal near Joplin, Mont. The westbound Empire Builder was en route to Seattle from Chicago with two locomotives and 10 cars.

Investigators Seek Cause of Deadly Montana Train Derailment

The train was carrying about 141 passengers and 16 crew members.

September 27, 2021