Manufacturing

President Biden on Friday called for the Big Three automakers to share their "record profits" with workers and resolve the ongoing United Auto Workers strike.

The National Association of Manufacturers is calling on the United Auto Workers union and Detroit's Big Three automakers to work out an agreement to end the strike.

Ford debuted the new 2024 Ford F-150 at the Detroit Auto Show. The pickup features a new pro access tailgate designed to be easier to use while a trailer is hooked up.

J.M. Smucker will buy Hostess Brands in a deal valued at $5.6 billion. Smucker said the acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter of its current fiscal year.

Despite Stellantis coming closer to UAW demands than contemporaries Ford and GM, the offer is still much less than the 46% wage hike being sought by the union.

General Motors has offered a 10% wage increase to the United Auto Workers in what the union’s president is calling an “insulting proposal."

Analysts at JPMorgan said the looming United Auto Worker (UAW) strike at Ford, GM and Stellantis would slow new vehicle production and subsequently spike the value of used cars.

Lockheed Martin lowered its outlook for F-35 deliveries amid software upgrade delays that trimmed its projected 2023 deliveries for the stealth jets to 97 from a range of 100-125.

President Biden said on Labor Day he does not think auto workers will go on strike if a new contract agreement is not reached by a looming deadline.

Jobs in a wide range of industries have been dealing with worker shortages. They include air traffic controllers, teachers, bus drivers, construction workers and others.

Hyundai Motor Group and LG Energy Solution will invest $2 billion in a joint venture to build a battery cell manufacturing plant in Georgia.

Apple has carried out 3D printing trials for some of its future watch manufacturing, according to Bloomberg. The 3D printing has reportedly been in the works for several years.

The U.S. economy is facing a shortage of skilled workers that is impacting the construction and manufacturing industries in particular, prompting a search for a new talent pipeline.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk took his Cybertruck production candidate for a spin at the company's gigafactory in Texas this week as the automaker gets ready to take on rivals GM and Ford.

Assembly of Apple's iPhone 15 has reportedly been kicked off in India by major manufacturer Foxconn, according to a Wednesday report from Bloomberg News.

The U.S. manufacturing sector is benefitting from firms reshoring their operations from overseas back to the U.S. as they try to mitigate vulnerabilities in their supply chains.

An Ohio steel conglomerate's plan threatens tens of thousands of U.S. manufacturing jobs and would increase the price of canned goods across the country.

Sales of Ford vehicles were 5.9% higher this July than last amid rising demand for hybrids and pickups, while electric vehicle sales fell 18%, the automaker said Wednesday.

Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center is up after a six-week break in production to expand and retool the plant for increased manufacturing capacity of the F-150 Lightning.

The California Privacy Protection Agency’s (CPPA) Enforcement Division is reviewing the data privacy practices of connected vehicle (CV) manufacturers and related CV technologies.