Will Weissert

Latest in Supply Chain
Industrial Media Unboxing Video
Sponsored
Industrial Media Unboxing Video
August 4, 2022
Blue Modern Semi Truck Reefer Trailer Carry Cargo On Highway 492741128 2122x1416
5 Ways LTL Shipping Has Impacted E-Commerce
August 30, 2022
Shipping containers at the Port of Baltimore, Aug. 12, 2022.
Six Months into War, Russian Goods Still Flowing to U.S.
August 26, 2022
Walmart store in Derry, N.H., Nov. 18, 2020.
Walmart Reports Strong Earnings as Americans Continue Spending
August 16, 2022
Related Stories
Amazon campus in Kent, Wash.
Supply Chain
Amazon Sues Labor Agency Over Alleged Hazards
The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen outside of OPEC's headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 3, 2022. A cut in oil production is on the table when OPEC oil-producing countries meet Wednesday, Oct. 5.
Supply Chain
OPEC+ Weighs Large Oil Cutback to Boost Sagging Prices
A salesman talks with customers in an Acura dealership lot in Wexford, Pa., on Sept. 29, 2022.
Supply Chain
U.S. Auto Sales Fell in 3Q
Industrial Media Unboxing Video
Sponsored
Industrial Media Unboxing Video
More from Will Weissert
Today in Manufacturing Podcast
Sponsored
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.
August 4, 2022
President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, July 12, 2022.
Supply Chain
Mexico Agrees to Invest $1.5B in 'Smart' Border Technology
The country will spend $1.5 billion over the next two years to make improvements.
July 14, 2022
Electricians with IBEW Local 3 install solar panels on top of the Terminal B garage at LaGuardia Airport, Nov. 9, 2021, in the Queens borough of New York. President Joe Biden plans to invoke the Defense Production Act to increase U.S. manufacturing of solar panels while declaring a two-year tariff exemption on panels from Southeast Asia.
Regulation
Biden Waives Solar Panel Tariffs to Boost Production
Some say that solar is being slowed by supply chain problems due to an ongoing inquiry into possible trade violations.
June 6, 2022
A banner encouraging workers to vote in labor balloting at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Ala., March 30, 2021.
Operations
Amazon Union Head, Others Meet at White House
They discussed growing efforts to form unions in the workplace.
May 6, 2022
Democratic presidential candidate, former Vice President Joe Biden departs after speaking at Alexis Dupont High School in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, June 30, 2020.
Operations
Biden Wants US to Produce More Pandemic Supplies
The presumptive presidential candidate promises to shift production of key pandemic-fighting products “back to U.S. soil."
July 7, 2020
In this image made from a Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018, video by KTRK-TV, Cody Wilson walks out of the Harris County Jail in Houston.
Product Development
Owner of 3D Gun Company Resigns
Cody Wilson submitted his resignation to tend to "personal matters."
September 26, 2018
Resident Engineer Steve Sherrill, with the US Army Corps of Engineers, shows how much height will be added to some of the levees and seawalls near a refinery Thursday, July 26, 2018, in Port Arthur, Texas. The oil industry wants the government to help protect some of its facilities on the Texas Gulf Coast against the effects of global warming. One proposal involves building a nearly 60-mile “spine” of flood barriers to shield refineries and chemical plants. Many Republicans argue that such projects should be a national priority. But others question whether taxpayers should have to protect refineries in a state where top politicians still dispute whether climate change is real.
Operations
Sea Wall Would Protect Big Oil
The proposal for a 60-mile "sea wall" along the Texas Gulf Coast would shield some of the crown jewels of the petroleum industry.
August 23, 2018
Carlos Gonzalez Gutierrez, center, Mexico's consul general in Austin, waits to give testimony to the Committee on International Trade and Intergovernmental Affairs at the Texas Capitol, Monday, March 6, 2017, in Austin, Texas. Officials from Mexico and Texas are urging the state's lawmakers to defend the North American Free Trade Agreement against President Donald Trump's administration, which has been wary of it.
Regulation
Officials Urge Texas to Defend NAFTA
Rolando Pablos, the Texas secretary of state, said Texas-Mexico trade accounts for nearly $200 billion annually and that there is a "shared destiny" through deep family and cultural connections.
March 7, 2017