Sara Samora

Washington, D.C., United States

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Tracking PFAS legislation across the US

2 days ago | manufacturingdive.com | Sara Samora |Kate Magill

PFAS are everywhere. Manufacturers have been using “forever chemicals” for their durability and resistance to heat and water, adding them in countless everyday products for decades, such as cell phones, laptops, medical devices, textiles and food packaging. Up until the late 1990s, the chemicals were seen as an innovative breakthrough.
Tracking PFAS legislation across the US

2 days ago | buff.ly | Sara Samora |Kate Magill

PFAS are everywhere. Manufacturers have been using “forever chemicals” for their durability and resistance to heat and water, adding them in countless everyday products for decades, such as cell phones, laptops, medical devices, textiles and food packaging. Up until the late 1990s, the chemicals were seen as an innovative breakthrough.
Kimberly-Clark, Suzano form $3.4B tissue joint venture

3 weeks ago | manufacturingdive.com | Sara Samora

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Kleenex tissue maker Kimberly-Clark and pulp producer Suzano are forming a $3.4 billion global consumer and professional tissue joint venture in an effort to bolster their long-term growth strategies, the companies announced Thursday. Suzano has agreed to pay the tissue manufacturer $1.7 billion to acquire 51% of the new entity, which will be based in the Netherlands.
GlobalFoundries commits $16B to expand New York, Vermont facilities

3 weeks ago | manufacturingdive.com | Sara Samora

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. GlobalFoundries announced plans Wednesday to invest an additional $3 billion to expand its semiconductor manufacturing and advanced packaging capabilities in Malta, New York, and Essex Junction,Vermont. The funds will go toward research and development initiatives focused on packaging innovation, silicon photonics and new gallium nitride technologies, according to the press release.
Williams International to build $1B aviation engine plant in Florida

3 weeks ago | manufacturingdive.com | Sara Samora

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Boeing supplier Williams International is spending more than $1 billion to establish a gas-powered turbine engine manufacturing site in Okaloosa County, Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced last week. The 1-million-square-foot manufacturing complex will create 336 jobs, with an average annual wage of $69,434, according to county commissioner documents.
Trump to increase steel, aluminum tariffs to 50%

3 weeks ago | supplychaindive.com | Sara Samora

President Donald Trump announced he’s increasing steel and aluminum tariffs from 25% to 50% during remarks at a U.S. Steel factory in Pittsburgh on Friday. The duties are expected to begin on Wednesday, Trump said in a May 30 Truth Social post. Trump said that raising the tariffs, which are not impacted by this week's court ruling blocking many of his levies, would further protect the U.S. steel industry. “At 25%, they can sort of get over that fence.
Trump promises 50% tariffs on steel

4 weeks ago | manufacturingdive.com | Sara Samora

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. President Donald Trump announced he’s increasing steel tariffs from 25% to 50% during remarks at a U.S. Steel factory in Pittsburgh on Friday. Trump said that raising the tariffs, which are not impacted by this week's court ruling blocking many of his levies, would further protect the U.S. steel industry. “At 25%, they can sort of get over that fence. At 50%, they can no longer get over the fence," Trump said.
Minnesota is set to impose new PFAS reporting requirements in January. Manufacturers say they need more time.

4 weeks ago | manufacturingdive.com | Sara Samora

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency held a hearing May 22 to outline further details of the state’s proposed rules that will require manufacturers to report their usage of PFAS to the state by year’s end. The rules are the second phase of Amara’s Law, Minnesota’s legislation aiming to ban products intentionally made with “forever chemicals” by 2032.
Boeing, DOJ reach $1.1B deal to drop plane crash criminal charges

1 month ago | manufacturingdive.com | Sara Samora

This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Boeing and the Department of Justice on Friday reached a $1.1 billion settlement agreement that will keep the aircraft maker from facing criminal charges related to two fatal plane crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft that killed 346, according to court filings.
Denka cites emissions compliance costs for closing production facilities

1 month ago | facilitiesdive.com | Sara Samora

Denka Co. announced last week that it suspended production indefinitely at its LaPlace, Louisiana, chloroprene rubber manufacturing facilities. Operated under its subsidiary Denka Performance Elastomer, the Japan-based company said that the factories led to an “extraordinary loss” of 16.1 billion yen (approximately $112 million) in its fiscal year 2025 earnings that ended March 31.