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The $25,000 Electric Truck; Pyrex Plant Closes; MEP Funding Turmoil | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 216

3 days ago | ien.com | Jeff Reinke |Anna Wells |David Mantey

Editor's note: Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manufacturing podcast. The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN). This episode is brought to you by Loadsmart. When dock scheduling gets jumbled, the costs add up quickly. Overbooked appointments lead to trucks on standby, which means detention fees, overtime hours, and lost customers.
5 Minutes with MNET: Dunchadhn Lyons SpotAI

6 days ago | manufacturing.net | Anna Wells

Industry-wide, we see companies trying to find solutions that target the overlap of their biggest concerns – and for many that includes keeping their operations safe and secure in order to preserve and protect talent. But there’s also been a massive shift in industrial work environments toward incorporating technology that both adds efficiency and solves problems. So how to marry these objectives becomes key.
5 minutes with MNET: Cody

1 week ago | manufacturing.net | Anna Wells

The goal of manufacturing data collection is to monitor, measure, and optimize various aspects of the manufacturing process to improve efficiency, quality, and overall productivity. Unfortunately, not all data collection systems are equal.
132-Year-Old Pyrex Plant Closes for Good After Four Shutdown Delays

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Anna Wells

The Anchor Hocking Glass Plant in Charleroi, Pennsylvania has roots going back 132 years, but the last two have brought with it a unique kind of whiplash. The 300+ workers supply Pyrex glass – a product line owned by Instant Brands until a 2023 bankruptcy led to the sale of its housewares division to a company called Centre Lane Partners, owner of glass company Anchor Hocking.
Whirlpool's Layoffs; Torpedo Bat Demand Skyrockets; TI Cuts Jobs | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 215

1 week ago | ien.com | Jeff Reinke |Anna Wells |David Mantey

Editor's note: Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manufacturing podcast. The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN). This episode is brought to you by Loadsmart. Despite being a global leader in lawn and garden care, Scotts Miracle-Gro previously managed logistics and dock schedules on spreadsheets and printed schedules.
5 Minutes with ID: Ballistix Justin Roff-Marsh

1 week ago | inddist.com | Anna Wells

What if your efficiency-improvement initiatives were actually damaging the profitability and handicapping the growth of your organization? That is the claim of today's guest, Justin Roff-Marsh, who argues that managers should be optimizing their departments for speed rather than efficiency (or cost). Justin's new book, explains how to install a speed-based framework for all management decisions and how to ensure that departments are synchronized to maximize profitability without cost escalation.
132-Year-Old Pyrex Plant Closes for Good After Four Shutdown Delays

1 week ago | mbtmag.com | Anna Wells

TranscriptThe Anchor Hocking Glass Plant in Charleroi, Pennsylvania has roots going back 132 years, but the last two have brought with it a unique kind of whiplash. The 300+ workers supply Pyrex glass – a product line owned by Instant Brands until a 2023 bankruptcy led to the sale of its housewares division to a company called Centre Lane Partners, owner of glass company Anchor Hocking.
DeepMind’s AI-Enabled Bots Can Reason, Create “Instant Solutions” (Video)

2 weeks ago | thomasnet.com | Anna Wells |Audrey Altmann

For the most cutting-edge combination possible, we see Google’s DeepMind marry robotics with artificial intelligence — and they say the benefits are vast. Two recently launched AI models — called Gemini Robotics and Gemini Robotics-ER — have been developed to help robots better perceive and interact with their surroundings. And while they’re both designed to enhance robot control, they do so in different ways.
Q&A: Endries CEO Michael Knight on Today's 'Increasingly Chaotic' Trade Environment

2 weeks ago | impomag.com | Anna Wells

Endries International has grown tremendously since its founding in 1970, adding companies and capabilities in order to respond to the market as it shifts. Today we’re joined by Endries CEO Michael Knight to chat about some of the trends that this firm has its eye on, including supply chain issues, tariffs and the company's expectations for the coming years. For more information on Endries, visit www.endries.com.
Q&A: Endries CEO Michael Knight on Today's 'Increasingly Chaotic' Trade Environment

2 weeks ago | inddist.com | Anna Wells

Endries International has grown tremendously since its founding in 1970, adding companies and capabilities in order to respond to the market as it shifts. Michael Knight, the distributor's CEO, joins the latest "5 Minutes with Industrial Distribution" to chat about some of the trends that the firm has its eye on, including supply chain issues, tariffs and the company's expectations for the coming years. For more information on Endries, visit endries.com.