Battery Manufacturer Fined for False ‘Made in U.S.A.’ Claims

A Florida battery manufacturer is the first company to be sanctioned under a rule cracking down on products falsely labeled “Made in the U.S.A.”

Lithionics Battery LLC of Clearwater was ordered to pay more than $105,000 for violating the new Federal Trade Commission rule.

Federal officials said that...



Energy researchers invent chameleon metal that acts like many others

A team of energy researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities has invented a groundbreaking device that electronically converts one metal into behaving like another to use as a catalyst for speeding chemical reactions. The fabricated device, called a "catalytic condenser," is the first to demonstrate that alternative...



Shifting supply chains settle on Mexico

China is still the manufacturer to the world, accounting for 28.7% of global manufacturing output in 2019. But after a pandemic, a trade war and rising wages in China, many manufacturers have been looking for other options.

One increasingly strong option is...