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Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing Podcast

Today in Manufacturing has a new podcast brought to you by the editors of Industrial Media. In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward.

A worker arranges the business suits at Shandong Daiyin Textile and Garment Group factory in Tai'an in east China's Shandong province on Saturday, May 29, 2021. China's manufacturing held steady in May, a survey showed Monday, adding to signs a post-pandemic rebound is leveling off.

China's Manufacturing Rebound is Leveling Off

Consumer spending is back above pre-pandemic levels but has recovered more slowly than manufacturing and exports.

A woman walks by an H&M clothing store at a shopping mall in Beijing on March 26, 2021. An American business group warned Tuesday, May 11, 2021 that government-instigated consumer boycotts of foreign shoe, clothing and other brands in China are making companies less willing to invest. Brands including Swedish retailer H&M, Adidas and Nike have been targeted by demands online for consumer boycotts. That came after state media criticized them for expressing concern about reports of possible forced labor by ethnic minorities in the Xinjiang region of China's northwest.

China's Boycotts Are Spooking Investors

Retailers like H&M, Adidas and Nike have been targeted for boycotts after they voiced concerns over Chinese labor issues.

In this March 25, 2021, file photo, a 'No Olympics' banner is placed by protesters in Tokyo during a demonstration against the going ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. An online petition calling for the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled has gained ten of thousands of signatures since being launched in Japan just a few days ago. The rollout comes with Tokyo, Osaka and several other areas under a state of emergency with coronavirus infections rising — particularly new variants.

Pfizer Donating Vaccines for Olympic Athletes

Doses will help to inoculate athletes and officials preparing for the Tokyo Olympics.

A volunteer vaccinator prepares to administer a dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at a vaccine centre in the Swaminarayan School in Neasden, north London, Saturday, May 1, 2021.

EU Assessing Pfizer Vaccine for Younger Kids

The drug regulator said it has begun evaluating a request to extend approval to children as young as 12.

Workers put together electronic gears at a factory in Zhangye in northwestern China's Gansu Province on April 17, 2021. Two surveys show Chinese manufacturing expanded in April but growth appeared to be slowing after a rebound from the coronavirus pandemic.

China Manufacturing Growth May Be Slowing

Two surveys show manufacturing is still expanding but at a slower pace.

A wall of election posters for candidates of the upcoming election to Greenland parliament, in Nuuk, Greenland, Tuesday March 30, 2021. The autonomous territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, Greenland, will hold an election to its Parliament consisting of 31 members, on April 6, 2021.

Election Shows Divide Over Rare-Earth Metals Mine

Greenland has the world’s largest undeveloped deposits of rare-earth metals.

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$50M Payment Settles Drug Purity Probe

The plant makes cancer drugs distributed in the U.S.

Microsoft Bringing Workers Back to Headquarters

More than 50,000 people work at the campus in suburban Seattle.

The Amazon Fresh grocery store opens in London, Thursday March 4, 2021, where a sign explains for shoppers to pick up items and walk out of the store, contactless, without the need for a till. Customers will scan a QR code on their way into the store, with cameras and technology identifying the items that shoppers take from the shelves and their account automatically paid.

Amazon Opens First UK Checkout-free Grocery Store

It's the first in a wave of shops in London that will use its automated checkout technology.

Workers wearing face masks polish bicycle wheel rims at a factory in Hangzhou in east China's Zhejiang province on Feb. 19, 2021. China's manufacturing recovery weakened for a third month in February as exports and new orders declined, according to two surveys released on Monday, March 1, 2021.

China Manufacturing Weakens for Third Month

The economic outlook and renewed disease outbreaks abroad that have prompted governments to reimpose business and travel curbs.

This Oct. 27, 2010 file photo, shows a Boeing 737 being delivered to flydubai in Seattle, Washington. The United Arab Emirates, a key international travel hub, announced on Wednesday it has lifted its ban on Boeing's 737 Max, allowing the plane to return to its skies after being grounded for nearly two years following a pair of deadly crashes.

UAE Clears Boeing Max Jet

The 737 Max returned to American skies last December.