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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Study Helps Robots Understand When to Take Over and When to Hand Off to a Human

- Forklift Companies Charged With Dodging Tariffs, Defrauding U.S. Out of $1M

- Ag Equipment Maker, Citing Tariffs, to Shift Work Out of U.S.

- Midair Emergency Sparks New Alarm Over Safety of Boeing Dreamliner

- EV Prototype Explodes, Damages Company HQ

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- From Composting to Solar Panels, NFL Stadiums Are Working to Be More Sustainable

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The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN).

This week's episode is brought to you by Redzone. In this exclusive video, Claremont Foods discusses some of the exciting ways in which manufacturers are leveraging the latest tools to make productivity gains. Watch Claremont Foods Shares the Secret to OEE, right now.

Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- BlueOval Accused of Making Employees Work Off the Clock

- If Trump's America First Program Works, Where Will We Get the Workers?

- Thieves Steal $1M Worth in Craft Whiskey from Washington Distillery

- 50-Year-Old Skateboarding Legend Hits 65 MPH as He Flies Down 22-Story Building

- Fatal Workplace Incident: Robotic Machine Crushes Manager

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- Police Pulled Over a Self-Driving Waymo But Had No One to Ticket

- Lufthansa to Replace 4,000 Jobs Using AI, Digitalization

- Engineers Make a Working Parachute Cut from a Sheet of Plastic

The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN).

This week's episode is brought to you by Redzone. Watch the webinar, How Coil Specialist Tackled Employee Reliability by 'Leading Well', right now.

Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Manufacturing CEO Convicted in International Bribery, Money Laundering Scheme

- Former Employee at DVD Maker Gets Nearly 5 Years for Stealing 'Blockbuster Movies'

- It's 'Do or Die' for EV Maker Rivian

- Tesla Faces Lawsuit After Factory Worker Knocked Out by Robot

- Distillery Reportedly Flushed 5,000 Bottles of Expensive Whisky

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- White House Says it Blocked U.S. Steel’s Decision to Stop Processing at Illinois Plant

- Edwards Vacuum Laying Off 128 Workers in Oregon

- Meet Frasky, a New Robot for Vineyard Applications

Please make sure to like, subscribe and share the podcast. You could also help us out a lot by giving the podcast a positive review. Finally, to email the podcast, you can reach any of us at David, Jeff, Nolan or Anna [at] ien.com, with “Email the Podcast” in the subject line.