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Every week, we cover the five biggest stories in manufacturing, and the implications they have on the industry moving forward. This week:

- Quaker to Shutter IL Plant, Lay Off More Than 500
- U.S. Residents Admit to Scheme to Send Aircraft Parts to Russia
- Philips, Which Made Millions of Defective CPAP Machines, Ordered to Overhaul Manufacturing
- VW's New Tech Could Keep You from Hitting a Deer
- Largest Global Industrial Wood Pellet Supplier Files for Bankruptcy

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