MOLINE, IL—United Auto Workers union members appear to be heading closer to a strike Oct. 12 after rejecting a contract offer from Deere & Co. over the weekend that would have given at least 5 percent raises to staff that build John Deere tractors and other equipment.
SPRINGFIELD, MA—Weapons maker Smith & Wesson announced last week that it will relocate its headquarters to Tennessee in 2023, citing the increasingly hostile political climate here.
CAMBRIDGE, MA—Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have developed the RoboGrammar system, which automatically generates an optimal structure and controller for an arthropod-inspired robot to traverse a given terrain.
WOOD DALE, IL—Linear motion control manufacturer Thomson Industries Inc., recently sponsored the Dirt-Torpedo, a device built by DHBW Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University students, that competed in Elon Musk's "Not-a-Boring Competition" for tunnel building last month.
CEDAR KNOLLS, NJ—New Jersey Manufacturing Extension Program Inc. has opened a new training facility in Bellmawr, NJ, to provide local manufacturers with easier access to training and consulting services.
LOUISVILLE, KY–GE Appliances has opened an assembly line for making four-door refrigerators at its plant here, part of a $60 million investment in the facility.
ANNAPOLIS JUNCTION, MD–ESAB is the sole provider of welding equipment for Season One of Metal Shop Masters, a Netflix reality TV series that premiered globally on September 10. The show features seven competitors who face off in elimination-style, metal-fabrication challenges.
HOUSTON—Local Motors, a motor-vehicle manufacturer, and SABIC, a chemical company, have completed a joint study on the feasibility of recycling scrap thermoplastic parts and shavings from the 3D printing process, rather than sending them to a landfill.
HUTCHINSON, KS—Superior Boiler, a manufacturer of industrial and commercial boilers and boiler room equipment, recently unveiled its third and newest manufacturing facility.
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