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Every week, we cover the three biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:
Refrigerator Factory Lays Off 1,500 Ahead of Switch to Washers - @2:44
Electrolux, a home appliance manufacturer based in Sweden, will lay off 1,500 employees later this year at a refrigerator factory in South Carolina—but not all is lost.
Why This New Factory Looks Like Rolling Hills - @11:32
JST just announced a new project, a $500 million expansion effort in Guntersville, Alabama. This is the company that made a giant treehouse near Detroit.
Rocket-Powered Concept Car Goes 0-60 mph in Less Than a Second - @21:50
Dreame Technology debuted an extremely fast concept car at an event in San Francisco. The Nebula NEXT 01 JET Edition is a rocket-powered electric vehicle equipped with a dual solid-fuel rocket booster system that responds in 150 milliseconds, generates a peak thrust of 100 kilonewtons and delivers a 0-to-100 km/h time of 0.9 seconds.
In Case You Missed It
Why Some Workers Are Embracing AI While Others Won't Use It, According to a New Gallup Poll - @34:20
Roughly 3 in 10 employees say they are frequent users of AI in their jobs.
Sub-Zero to Boost U.S. Manufacturing Capacity at a Factory That Isn't Open Yet - @42:48
Sub-Zero's manufacturing footprint in Cedar Rapids is growing before the plant opens its doors.
Kellogg is Putting Toys Back into Some Cereal Boxes as a Toy Story 5 Tie-In - @48:25
Manufacturers phased out plastic toys in cereal amid cost-cutting efforts and potential hazards.
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