IEN Radio Eric Sorensen

A brewery in Wisconsin has residents foaming at the mouth. Unfortunately, it's not after enjoying a pint. 
For the better part of nine years, a leak in a containment vessel in the City Brewing Company's bioreactor has been belching hydrogen sulfide into the air. As a result, the community in La Crosse, Wisconsin, has been subjected to a smell akin to rotten eggs. 
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Heineken is a huge multinational corporation and it’s affected by market realities like supply and demand just like any other company. But when the answer to those issues is destroying an apple orchard, it’s hard to see it as just business.
Heineken owns Penrhos Orchard, a 300-acre site in Wales that was planted in 1997. The company said last year that it wants to sell that land because demand for cider has declined and left it with a “surplus of apples.” It said the apples grown in the orchard are bittersweet, meaning they have no use besides making cider. So Heineken, in line with the Wildlife Act, uprooted the entire orchard, which was the size of 140 football pitches (or soccer fields) and shredded all the wood for biomass.
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The Department of Justice announced an unsealed indictment accusing a pair of Chinese nationals of engaging in criminal activities linked to a plot to export U.S. technology to restricted end users in China. 
According to the DOJ, 44-year-old Han Li and 64-year-old Lin Chen sought to export semiconductor manufacturing technology, including a machine for processing silicon wafer microchips made by a California-based company. The alleged actions violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) and Export Administration Regulations. 
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The U.S. Air Force has chosen two companies that it will continue to fund as part of its Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program, and the decision leaves out some major defense contractors.
The Air Force this week said Anduril and General Atomics will continue on with the program to supply detailed designs, manufacture, and testing of production test aircraft.
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Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast where I interview young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry and what they are looking for from an employer.

For this episode, I welcome Danea Buschkoetter, a 27-year-old lead welding instructor at Cloud County Community College.

In this episode, Buschkoetter discusses:
How universities and trade schools shape Gen Z (1:19)Transitioning from the field to the classroom (2:48)How to sell welding to Gen Z (4:58)Misconceptions Gen Z has about welding and manufacturing (6:22)Can Gen Z handle long work days and seven-day work weeks, or will employers need to adjust (7:31)How to keep Gen Z engaged in their work (9:12)Connecting to a Gen Z workforce on a personal level (11:43)How Gen Z sees the future of welding (13:14)Challenges of being a woman in welding and manufacturing (14:53)How employers can encourage more women to get into welding (17:34)Thank you to our sponsor QAD Redzone. Empower your frontline while growing your bottom line. QAD Redzone is the #1 Connected Workforce Solution for plants of all sizes. It's time for manufacturers to start engaging their frontline employees - resulting in reduced turnover and increased productivity. Redzone enables you to stop analyzing yesterday and start solving today’s problems now. For the first time ever, production, maintenance, and quality teams are following the same play book! Request a Demo Today

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The shift toward electric has touched nearly every corner of the automotive industry and now it’s extended its reach into Disneyland.
The amusement park earlier this month confirmed with the Los Angeles Times that the gas-powered vehicles of the Autopia ride within the Tomorrowland attraction will be swapped out for electric vehicles. Disneyland spokesperson Jessica Good said that means fully electric, not hybrid, engines will be up and running on the Autopia track within the next two to three years. The exact timeline isn’t clear, as is what the change will mean for park infrastructure and maintenance, but it’s definitely happening.
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