Latest Manufacturing Headlines
All the headlines from our Manufacturing Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Michigan Auto Parts Manufacturer Sued for Discrimination
Sep 17 2025 // An auto parts manufacturer with a facility in Plymouth, Michigan, violated federal law when it refused to allow an older, female worker with a disability to re-enter its apprenticeship program, the U.S. Equal Employment...
Fire and Explosion at North Carolina Manufacturing Site Under Investigation
Sep 16 2025 // Authorities were investigating a fire and explosion at a Fiberon plant in North Carolina that injured four workers late last week. The Queen City News and other sites reported that the facility in New London, which makes...
Michigan Manufacturer to Pay $460K to Settle Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
Sep 10 2025 // East Jordan Plastics, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic horticultural containers, will pay $460,000 and provide other relief to settle a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
Mexico Seeks to Impose Tariffs on Auto, Manufacturing Imports
Sep 10 2025 // Mexico’s government will propose a bill to impose import tariffs on some sectors, including automotives and manufacturing, in a bid to address trade imbalances, a top official said on Tuesday. The move would also...
Owner of Water Machine Manufacturer Charged in $275 Million Fraud Scheme
Aug 25 2025 // The Securities and Exchange Commission has charged Ryan Wear, of Marysville, Washington, and his entities, Water Station Management LLC and Creative Technologies, Inc., for operating two related Ponzi-like schemes between...
US Plans $750M Fly Factory in Texas to Stop a Flesh-Eating Cattle Parasite
Aug 18 2025 // The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging the American cattle...
Wisconsin Paper Manufacturer Cited for Safety Violations
Aug 4 2025 // The U.S. Department of Labor has cited an Appleton, Wisconsin paper products manufacturer for allegedly exposing employees to dangerous energy and machine guarding hazards after an employee suffered two finger-tip...
Michigan Manufacturer Sued for Sexual Harassment
Jul 29 2025 // East Jordan Plastics, Inc., a manufacturer of plastic horticultural containers, violated federal law when it subjected female production employees to sexual harassment before taking untimely remedial action, the U.S. Equal...
Owner of Tenn. Factory Where Workers Drowned in Helene Won’t Face Charges
Jul 21 2025 // NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The owner of a factory where six workers died last year in flooding from Hurricane Helene won’t face charges after a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation found no criminal wrongdoing. First...
Billionaire-Backed California City Pitches Plans for Factory Hub
Jul 18 2025 // California Forever, the proposed futuristic community backed by billionaire venture capitalists, is now billing itself as a manufacturing center a year after local opposition forced it to withdraw plans to incorporate a...
OSHA Cites Florida Missile Manufacturer After Fire Injures Workers
Jul 15 2025 // The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported that it has cited an Orlando, Florida target-missile manufacturer for exposing workers to fire, burn, and inhalation hazards. Aerojet Rocketdyne was...
Car Manufacturer Sued for Refusing to Allow Jewish Employee to Observe the Sabbath
Jul 8 2025 // FCA US, LLC, an international automobile manufacturer of Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, Ram and Fiat car brands, violated federal law by refusing to accommodate an employee’s request to observe the Sabbath and take unpaid...
Elon Musk Says First Tesla Drove Itself From Factory to Customer
Jul 1 2025 // Tesla Inc. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said a Tesla Model Y SUV drove itself from the company’s factory near Austin to a customer’s home in the company’s latest move to showcase its push into...
India’s Sigachi Factory Fire Death Toll Rises to 39; Cause Still Unknown
Jul 1 2025 // HYDERABAD, India –– The death toll from the explosion and fire at Sigachi Industries’ chemical factory in southern India has risen to at least 39, officials said on Tuesday, forcing the supplier of pharma...
Michigan Paper Manufacturer Agrees to $300K Settlement Over PFAS Contamination
Jun 27 2025 // Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced a settlement agreement with Domtar Industries, LLC and E.B. Eddy Paper, Inc. (together, Domtar) to address releases of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at the...
Michigan Battery Manufacturer to Pay $95K Over Disability Discrimination Suit
Jun 20 2025 // Navitas Systems, LLC, an Ann Arbor, Michigan battery manufacturer, will pay $95,000 and furnish other relief to resolve a disability discrimination lawsuit filed by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission (EEOC), the federal...
UK Car Theft Crisis Pits Manufacturers Against High-Tech Gangs
Jun 20 2025 // To the untrained eye, the red shipping container at Felixstowe looked no different to the thousands of others stacked up at Britain’s busiest seaport. Destined for Africa, its contents were listed as “household...
Illinois Manufacturer to Pay $520K Settlement Over Clean Air Act Violations
Jun 19 2025 // The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced a settlement with manufacturer Eakas Corp. for alleged Clean Air Act emissions violations at the company’s facility in Peru, Illinois. The company will pay $520,200...
Manufacturer Fined $500K for Violating OSHA Rule Leading to Ohio Worker’s Death
Jun 12 2025 // Fabcon, a Delaware corporation with a manufacturing facility in Ohio, was sentenced to pay a $500,000 fine, the statutory maximum, after pleading guilty to willfully violating an Occupational Safety and Health...
Tariff Gloom Weighs on US Manufacturing; Delivery Times Lengthening
Jun 3 2025 // U.S. manufacturing contracted for a third straight month in May and suppliers took the longest time in nearly three years to deliver inputs amid tariffs, potentially signaling looming shortages of some goods. President...
