It's clear that many in the IndustryWeek manufacturing community are focused on finding content related to the upcoming presidential election. However, those weren't the only topics to garner attention in this week's IW Weekly Reads.
What follows is the Top 10 most-consumed content over the past seven days.
Hurricane Helene Exposes a Rare-Earth Supply Chain Vulnerability: Quartz mining in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, highlights the problem of 'single point of failure.'
Trump Wants More Tariffs. Is That a Good Idea for US Manufacturing? With the election rapidly approaching, we examine the signature manufacturing economic policies of candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris to see what’s at stake for the companies that make things in the United States.
How Stanley Black & Decker Would Deal with New Trump Tariffs: Moving production to the United States, CEO Don Allan said, is unlikely “because it’s just not cost-effective.”
How Big Should a President Go on Manufacturing Policy? As the campaigns round the home stretch, experts weigh in on priorities for the next administration.
Four Steps to Supercharging Sustainable Battery Manufacturing: Evaluate the entire supply chain to craft the best strategy.
IndustryWeek Best Plants Awards Winners: Lessons in Operational Excellence: Representatives of Raymond Corp, Sandvik Coromant, Intertape Polymer Group and Toyota Material Handling discuss how they achieve and maintain operational excellence in manufacturing.
How Ford Uses AI for Quality Control: The automaker's advanced manufacturing director discusses vision systems and other AI technologies used by Ford engineers to boost quality.
Huge US Lithium Mine Gets Government Approval: Operations at the Nevada site will produce enough lithium to supply the batteries for more than 370,000 electric vehicles every year, the Australian mining company says.
Washing-Machine Tariffs Come Out Clean, Sparkling for US Manufacturing: Trade experts can learn from the success of this Trump-era policy.
Ford Leaders Trim Profit Forecast as Operational Problems Persist: Given the overall automotive environment, CFO John Lawler tells analysts that “right now, it’s the right thing to hang onto cash.”
