China’s factory activity slumped for the longest streak in more than nine years, prompting fresh calls for greater policy support even as the country reached a trade truce with the US.The official manufacturing purchasing managers’ index fell more than expected to 49 in October,

Factory workers involved in a pay dispute plan more strikes over a three-month period after receiving what their union called an "insulting" offer. Unite said more than 250 workers at James Walker in Cockermouth, Cumbria, would strike over 18 dates in November, December and January after rejecting the latest proposals.

General Motors is confirming that about 1,200 people will be laid off from its Factory ZERO facility spanning parts of Detroit and Hamtramck in January.

Four former employees at the oldest manufacturing plant in Rockford are reopening the once-shuttered factory that laid them off.

A former coffin factory is for sale in Olde Kensington.

U.S. defence firm Anduril Industries on Friday opened a new manufacturing facility in Sydney to produce undersea drones known as “Ghost Sharks” and deliver on its A$1.7 billion ($1.1 billion) supply contract with Australia’s navy.

General Motors has shut down Factory Zero until Nov. 24 as the Detroit automaker eases back on electric vehicle production. After a temporary return to work, about 1,200 workers will be placed on indefinite layoff, the company confirmed Oct. 29.

The former Federal Screw Works site in Chelsea, west of Ann Arbor, is being transformed into a community space with a skatepark, climbing structures, and sports courts, with construction expected to finish in 2026.