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In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

Did one of the plant-based meat industry's major players deploy private investigators to spy on a potential rival?

U.S. regulators have given Elon Musk's brain implant company the greenlight to begin testing devices in people.

In less than a year, the security product maker will close its manufacturing plant in Milwaukee.

The Bark Europa, a 112-year-old tall sailing ship, last week tipped over while undergoing maintenance in Cape Town, South Africa.

The Ocean Guardian was conducting a sea trial near Seattle on May 27, 2022 when a diesel generator engine suffered a mechanical failure.