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#1 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...

#2 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...

#3 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...

#4 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...

#5 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...

#6 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...

#7 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...

#8 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...

#9 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...