Alex Shanahan

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Video Producer at Industrial Equipment News (IEN)

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5 Min with IEN: Rexroth

2 months ago | ien.com | Alex Shanahan |Anna Wells

Control systems in manufacturing have more demands than ever based on requirements of data handling, cybersecurity, and connectivity, along with the elements of AI that are coming down the pipeline. Joining us today is Dave Cameron, Director of Product & Project Management at Bosch Rexroth - Automation & Electrification Solutions, to discuss with us some of the trends surrounding industrial controls and why they need to be different from solutions past.
1 in 5 Vehicles on U.S. Roads Have Unfixed Safety Recall

2 months ago | ien.com | Nolan Beilstein |Alex Shanahan

According to AutoInsurance.com, carmakers issued an average of 21 recalls each in 2024. And while auto manufacturers are on the hook for these repair costs – representing a multi-million-dollar hit to their bottom line – vehicle buyers play a role, too: they must actually bring their vehicles in to have the service performed. It’s been well documented that many of them don’t, and a recent study by Carfax illustrates just how many that is.
Undersea Cable Plant Canceled Among Shift in Political Offshore Winds

Jan 22, 2025 | ien.com | Nolan Beilstein |Alex Shanahan

Italian company Prysmian Group announced its decision to cancel plans for an undersea cable manufacturing plant in Somerset, Massachusetts. The Fall River Herald News reported that Prysmian representatives delivered the news to the Somerset Board of Selectmen on Jan. 17.
Beverage Company Closes Facility Without Notice

Jan 7, 2025 | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Nolan Beilstein |Alex Shanahan

Beverage manufacturer Joriki Beverages announced that it closed its packaging facility in Pittston, Pennsylvania. Local station Newswatch 16 reported that the company notified its 229 affected workers of the immediate shutdown on New Year’s Eve through email. Joriki stated in the WARN notice that it could not provide the traditional 60-day warning.
Beverage Company Closes Facility Without Notice

Jan 7, 2025 | ien.com | Nolan Beilstein |Alex Shanahan

Beverage manufacturer Joriki Beverages announced that it closed its packaging facility in Pittston, Pennsylvania. Local station Newswatch 16 reported that the company notified its 229 affected workers of the immediate shutdown on New Year’s Eve through email. Joriki stated in the WARN notice that it could not provide the traditional 60-day warning.
Electric Bus Co. Suspends Production at Brand New Plant

Dec 6, 2024 | manufacturing.net | Alex Shanahan |Anna Wells

It was just July of last year when Illinois governor JB Pritzker cut the ribbon at the Lion Electric EV bus plant in Joliet. At the time, the company touted plans to produce 20,000 electric buses annually – claims that hit noticeable snags almost immediately. Within little more than a year of opening Joliet, Lion had announced four rounds of layoffs company-wide.
Security Breach: Data is Your Most Vulnerable Attack Surface

Dec 4, 2024 | manufacturing.net | Alex Shanahan |Jeff Reinke

Big Data. It’s one of those terms that was way overused and therefore simultaneously became an easily recognizable term, as well as something that, while critically important, was talked about so much that it became easy to ignore. The good and the bad is that not everyone suffered from this fatigue - especially the hackers.
Famed Workwear Maker Moving from Texas to California

Dec 4, 2024 | ien.com | Alex Shanahan |Andy Szal

A longtime manufacturer of workwear and other apparel is relocating its headquarters from Texas to California — reversing a highly publicized trend of companies moving in the opposite direction in recent years.
Activists Rage After Coca-Cola Drastically Changes Plastic Pledge

Dec 4, 2024 | finance.yahoo.com | Alex Shanahan |Anna Wells

Coca-Cola has faced backlash from environmental groups after revising its sustainability goals, including reducing its target for using recycled plastic materials from 50% by 2030 to 35-40% by 2035, and changing its recycling goal from collecting the equivalent of every bottle sold to collecting 70-75% of bottles and cans without a specific timeline.
Cargill to Cut 8,000 Jobs

Dec 2, 2024 | foodmanufacturing.com | Alex Shanahan |Anna Wells

Another multinational company, another pledge towards “streamlining.”Cargill has revealed that it plans to cut 5% of its global workforce – most of which will take place in the coming year. It’s a move that will result in the elimination of some 8,000 jobs.