Manufacturing

Global supply chain woes are beginning to recede, but shipping, manufacturing and retail executives say that they don’t expect a return to more normal operations until next year and that cargo will continue to be delayed if Covid-19 outbreaks disrupt key distribution hubs.

Ford and manufacturer GlobalFoundaries (GF) have announced a partnership to tackle the growing demand for computer chips during a significant shortage that has stalled car sales nationwide.

Supply chain bottlenecks are “changing the calculus” for companies who have been forced to shift their business models amid shipping backlogs, inflation and more, with one small business owner telling FOX Business that decisions are “no longer all about price” but instead “reliability.”

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters is set to elect this week its first new leader in more than two decades. With nearly 1.4 million members, it is one of the largest unions in the country, representing workers from delivery drivers to airline staff to warehouse employees.

In the run-up to the U.N. climate talks in Glasgow, host Britain announced one of its goals of the conference was to consign coal to history. That turned out to be easier said that done

Goya CEO Bob Unanue told FOX Business he had “no choice” but to increase prices for goods as manufacturers and shoppers have been feeling the pinch of the rising cost of food due to supply chain disruptions, labor shortages and inflation.

FOX Business takes a look at the upcoming events that are likely to move financial markets in the coming days.

The FDA announced this week that the recall of more than 2.2 million at-home COVID-19 tests by digital diagnostics firm Ellume is being classified as a class 1 recall, which is the most serious type due to the potential for "serious adverse health consequences or death."

Republican Sen. Josh Hawley is rolling out a measure amid the supply chain crisis that would identify key goods critical to U.S. national security and impose local content requirements for them.

The shipping backlog at the Los Angeles and Long Beach, California, ports is not expected to ease up any time soon. Many western manufacturing and production companies ship in products from overseas by ship, and many of their products have been sitting on those ships for weeks to months.

Amid reports of diaper 'shortages' in the U.S., FOX Business asked around to find out what's going on

United Auto Workers for John Deere are on strike threatening major disruptions for the farm equipment maker.

Japan's industrial output fell for the second straight month in August as COVID-19 outbreaks elsewhere in Asia disrupted supply chains for carmakers already facing headwinds from a prolonged chip shortage.

Phantom Space, a Tucson, Arizona-based space transportation and rocket manufacturing startup, has reached a deal valued at up to $240 million to design, build and launch a 72-satellite constellation that will carry Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) payloads for wireless network provider Ingenu.

The National Association of Manufacturers stopped short of endorsing President Biden’s plan requiring large companies to mandate vaccinations on Thursday, even as the prominent business group backed his call for all Americans to be vaccinated.

U.S manufacturers unveiled a six-figure ad campaign this week aimed at squashing vital parts of Democrats' $3.5 trillion reconciliation bill that include steeper taxes on corporations.

Michigan state and Ford company officials have determined a Ford plant as the source of benzene vapor in sewers that forced almost a dozen homes and a school in a Detroit suburb to evacuate.

Gun sales climbed during the COVID-19 pandemic, creating an ammunition shortage in the United States as manufacturers still struggle to keep up with demand.

Logjams at seaports around the world are leaving some American toy companies scrambling this summer to ensure sufficient supply will reach retail shelves come this year’s holiday shopping season.

Ford Motor Co. revved up surprise second-quarter profits this year – powered by climbing pickup and SUV prices even as a global computer chip shortage forced it to pump the brakes on production.