The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors from Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN). In each episode, we discuss the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- $3.5B Ford Plant Rejected Over China Ties
- Shuttered McDonalds Restaurants Reopen with Very Generic Names
- How a Company Recycles Seldom Used World’s Largest Passenger Plane
- Union: Energizer to Close Two Wis Plants, 'Deport' Jobs
- 3M to Cut About 2,500 Manufacturing Jobs Globally

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