Tag: Manufacturing
Indonesia’s Danantara bets a new $6B SOE can save a textile industry from Trump tariffs and foreign competition | Fortune
Indonesia plans to establish a new state-owned enterprise (SOE) to rejuvenate its struggling textile and garment industry and shield it from fallout from U.S....
How reality crushed Ÿnsect, the French startup that had raised over $600M for insect farming | TechCrunch
French startup Ÿnsect shot into the spotlight when “Iron Man” star Robert Downey Jr. touted its merits on the Late Show during Super Bowl...
Despite Trump’s best efforts to reshore manufacturing, blue-collar employment is plunging for the first time since the pandemic with 59,000 lost jobs | Fortune
Back in April, President Donald Trump touted his aggressive tariff policy as a catalyst for the reshoring of manufacturing jobs. Eight months later, reshoring...
The Zipper Is Getting Its First Major Upgrade in 100 Years
The teeth were redesigned, the manufacturing process rewritten, and new machinery developed to attach the closure to garments. “The absence of the tape posed...
How high-cost Switzerland stayed a manufacturing powerhouse in the offshore era | Fortune
It’s a site you may not expect in one of the world’s most expensive cities. But on the outskirts of Geneva, known for its...
The CEO of U.S.-made electric truck company Slate says removal of EV tax credit is ‘opening up capacity’ from battery suppliers | Fortune
The elimination of the electric vehicle federal tax credit may end up becoming a benefit to some of the newer players trying to compete...
Trump’s EV tax credit cuts are fueling a U.S. battery surplus that could lead to factory cancellations, ‘a poison pill for U.S. manufacturing hopes’
President Donald Trump’s crackdown on electric vehicle tax credits has contributed to a growing battery surplus that may hinder U.S. manufacturing, experts warn.
The lack...
Why China Builds Faster Than the Rest of the World
And that requires swallowing our pride here, right? Like we actually need to learn from China, even though US politicians don’t want to admit...
The Trump-Intel Deal Is Official
The United States government is making an $8.9 billion investment in Intel, representing a 9.9 percent stake in the company, according to a press...
The real problem gripping rural America and the jobs of the future: A sitdown between Mike Rowe of ‘Dirty Jobs’ and a top labor analytics CEO
America’s AI future won’t be stopped by China, energy shortages, or a lack of investment. It will be stopped by a lack of workers.
That...
