The Last Baseball Glove Maker in America

Nokona baseball gloves are made in Nocona, Texas using a number of different leathers including kangaroo, cowhide and buffalo. From hot stamping, to embroidering, to lacing, Nokona has been handcrafting ball gloves since 1934.

Nov 5th, 2018

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.

House Panel Alleges Cover-Up by Contract Vaccine Maker

They had to trash 400 million doses of coronavirus vaccines.

This aerial image taken with a drone, shows a Carvana car retail 'vending machine' and vehicle parking lot in South Fayette, Pa, on March 15, 2021. Online automotive retailer Carvana Co. says it's letting go about 2,500 workers, roughly 12% of its workforce, as it tries to bring staffing and expenses in line with sales. The Phoenix company said in a regulatory filing Tuesday, May 10, 2022, that its executive team is giving up salaries for the rest of the year to help fund severance pay for the workers.

Carvana Cuts 2,500 Jobs

Despite auto market headwinds, the company still hopes to change the way people buy and sell cars.

Baby Formula Supply 400 Percent Worse

Production short-falls and recalls are doing significant damage.

Tesla Recalls 130K Vehicles

The problem can increase the chance of a crash.

Rescuers gather at Galawa Beach, 35 kilometers from Moroni, Comoros, July 1, 2009, as they prepare to search the area after a Yemenia Airbus passenger plane crashed into the Indian Ocean off the island nation of Comoros, early Tuesday, as it attempted to land in the dark amid howling winds. The lone survivor of a 2009 plane crash that killed 152 other people is expected to attend the trial of Yemen's main airline which is opening Monday May 9, 2022 in Paris.

Trial Opens for Plane Crash that Killed 152 Passengers

The aging Airbus A310 crashed about 9 miles off the Comorian coast on June 30, 2009.

Caution Safety I Stock 1186732502

Power Co. to Pay $500K Fine for Deadly Explosion

Workers had been performing maintenance on a slag tank when the substance unexpectedly poured out.

An Amazon Prime truck passes by a sign outside an Amazon fulfillment center March 19, 2020 in Staten Island, N.Y. The National Labor Relations Board has found merit to a complaint that Amazon violated labor law in New York City’s Staten Island by holding mandatory worker meetings to persuade its employees not to unionize. The agency’s determination was shared Friday, May 6, 2022 with an attorney representing the Amazon Labor Union, which filed the charge in the lead-up to the first successful U.S. organizing effort in the retail giant’s history.

NLRB: Amazon Union's Meeting Complaints Have Merit

The board believes “captive audience meetings" should be outlawed.

SpaceX Competitor Wants Another Shot at Helicopter Catch

The company would prefer to avoid dropping the rocket into the ocean.

Debris rests at the spillway of the Sanford Dam in downtown Sanford, Mich., Thursday, July 30, 2020. The failure of two Michigan dams that forced evacuation of 10,000 people and destroyed 150 homes was “foreseeable and preventable,” resulting from errors and miscalculations over nearly a century, an expert panel said Wednesday, May 4, 2022.

Report: Michigan Dam Failures Were 'Preventable'

Two dams failed, forced an evacuation of 10,000 people and destroyed 150 homes.

About $61 million is being set aside for Dominion Energy South Carolina after the utility sold a number of properties as part of the settlement of a class-action lawsuit by 1.1 million of its customers over the never completed plants at the V.C. Summer Nuclear Station near Columbia.

$61M in Refunds for Customers in SC Nuclear Debacle

The plants never produced a watt of power.

The three pumps were manufactured between December 2017 and May 2018.

Medtronic Flags Issues with Ventricular Device After Patient Deaths

The three pumps were manufactured between December 2017 and May 2018.