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Cleveland-Cliffs looks to recover after challenging 2025
The steel producer expects to return to a healthy cash flow due in part from facility and asset sales, a pending deal with South Korea-based POSCO and Canada’s new tariff policies.
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Sponsored by KatanaAI has crossed the budget wall for product businesses
AI is no longer "big play exclusive": it's showing up in everyday SMB workflows.
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Can reshoring deliver manufacturing sustainability benefits?
Manufacturers may be weighing tariff costs, but they’re also assessing whether domestic production investments can help achieve supply chain resilience, procurement and labor goals.
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US, trading partners forge pacts to lock in critical minerals
The EU, Japan and Mexico pledged to cooperate with the U.S. on mining, processing and stockpiling minerals essential to the countries’ industries and economies.
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Amprius Technologies reaches deal to scale US battery cell production
The manufacturing agreement with Nanotech Energy would allow the drone battery maker to comply with sourcing restrictions under the National Defense Authorization Act.
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2025 saw the most industrial M&A deals over $500M since 2021: KPMG
The company’s data shows that the number of high-value mergers and acquisitions steadily increased throughout last year. However, there were fewer deals overall.
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Rockwell Automation confirms Wisconsin factory location, part of $2B US expansion
The facility will house more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing and warehouse space and allow customers to see its automation and digital solutions in action on-site.
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Stanley Black & Decker beat expectations in 2025, but will reassess prices
The tool manufacturer’s tariff mitigation strategy, which included raising prices, alleviated the duties’ impact. The company will next focus on refining prices as it monitors consumer behavior.
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EPA reconsiders Good Neighbor Plan that limited industrial emissions
The agency seeks to roll back the Biden-era program, which sought to cut ozone-forming emissions of nitrogen oxides from power plants and industrial facilities.
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Texas Instruments to acquire TSMC customer for $7.5B
The deal would reshore Silicon Labs’ integrated circuit manufacturing from Asia-based foundries. The acquisition is expected to close in the first half of 2027.
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Trump’s tariffs: Tracking the status of international trade actions
The U.S. has rolled out a deluge of tariffs, sparking responses from trading partners. Here's where each tariff – threatened or realized – currently stands, including updates about the European Union and India.
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Trump launches $12B critical mineral reserve to curb foreign reliance
The federal initiative will build the stockpile with government-backed financing and private partners to protect key U.S. industries from supply shocks.
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Commerce hits China, Vietnam with duties for molded fiber products
The duties of up to 540% on certain imported bowls, clamshells and other products follow a determination that Chinese and Vietnamese producers engaged in dumping and received subsidies from their governments.
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Teradyne reports ‘striking’ Q4 revenue growth, driven by AI demand
Artificial intelligence-related demand in computing, networking and memory within the company’s semiconductor testing business accounted for $883 million in revenue.
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Defense Department inks contractor deals for missiles production expansion
Lockheed Martin and L3Harris Technologies each reached agreements with the agency to accelerate production of THAAD interceptors and other weapon systems in the U.S.
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EPA says Deere can’t cite Clean Air Act to limit farm equipment repairs
The agency’s guidance is a direct response to the tractor maker’s request last summer on how manufacturers should interpret the law when it comes to repairs.
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Edgewell completes $340M sale of North American feminine care business
The sale is part of the Schick razor manufacturer’s restructuring plan that includes shuttering four factory sites and combining them into a single automated plant.
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Eli Lilly chooses rural Pennsylvania for $3.5B weight-loss drug production
The development is the fourth announced by the pharmaceutical giant since September as competitors look to reshore operations and upgrade their facilities in the U.S.
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PMI expands in January, reaching highest point in four years
Orders and production drove the industry’s expansion, as businesses submitted requests to restock shelves or get ahead of tariffs, according to ISM’s survey respondents.
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Council on Environmental Quality launches permitting exclusion pilot
The program aims to speed up the environmental permitting process by helping agencies complete categorical exclusion determinations.
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Dow to cut 4,500 jobs as part of $2B savings plan
The chemical manufacturer anticipates spending up to $1.5 billion implementing the new strategy, which also includes using automation and AI to streamline its operations.
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Caterpillar’s Q4 sales hit record high and build momentum for 2026
The heavy-equipment maker recently struck a deal to supply generators for a multibillion-dollar data center development in West Virginia.
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The manufacturing outlook for 2026
Investment is rising in domestic production, automation, M&A and more. At the same time, manufacturers are navigating a complex environment due to trade policies and changing regulations.
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Corning, Meta ink $6B deal supporting US manufacturing
The deal would expand Corning’s optical cable facility in Hickory, North Carolina, where the Facebook app developer will serve as an anchor customer.
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The physical AI craze and other automation trends to watch in 2026
As companies lean further into automated software, sensor technologies and robots to fill labor gaps and remain competitive, they also are using AI tools to bolster their cybersecurity.
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Industry reps push for environmental permitting reform at Senate hearing
Witnesses called for reforming the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act and Clean Water Act to save time and money.
