Filtro FCS de Fimic para reciclaje de plásticos

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

En Plastics Recycling LATAM, Fimic introduce el FCS Filter, una tecnología diseñada para mejorar la filtración de masa fundida en materiales altamente contaminados.

MMT Tech Days: Mold Design Fundamentals: A Framework for Smarter Decisions

| MoldMaking Technology

This webinar breaks mold design down into its three essential pillars — Flow, Thermal and Mechanical. Each pillar will be covered by four leading mold builders, with each sharing their decision-making strategies for comparing common design choices, from gating and cooling to steel selection and ejection strategies.

Nuevo León muestra señales de recuperación manufacturera

| Modern Machine Shop México

El indicador de nuevos pedidos encabezó la mejora de marzo, con un avance de 6.3 puntos que lo llevó nuevamente a zona de expansión.

Stop Guessing. Start Designing Smarter.

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Experts reveal how understanding molds as physics-driven systems — balancing flow, thermal and mechanical forces — enables smarter design decisions and better performance.

Recubrimiento AlCrN para herramientas de tallado de engranes

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Star SU incorpora el recubrimiento Alcrona EVO a su portafolio de herramientas de corte de engranes para producción en alto volumen.

PCCL, Isovolta win Styrian Innovation Prize for vitrimer-based prepregs

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Austrian-based Polymer Competence Center Leoben and Isovolta win regional award for achieving economic and large-scale production of recyclable, vitrimer-based composites.

NASA, Boeing advance TTBW research in wind tunnel test

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The transonic truss-braced wing concept, originating from aeronautics-supported research and NASA and Boeing engineers, continue to shift this wing design from an idea to practical reality.

EATC releases comprehensive thermoplastic composites market study

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Developments, trends and prospects for long and continuous fiber TPC provide a systematic overview of the European market.

RVmagnetics Defence DemoKit equips defense composites with real-time structural sensing

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

SNAPSHOT: Powered by ultra-thin MicroWire sensors, the Kit provides contactless monitoring of critical parameters with zero material strength loss, with custom proof-of-concept testing in-house.

Bell Textron opens MV-75 Cheyenne Wichita Assembly Center

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Fuselage production in Kansas is underway as part of a U.S. Army initiative, in addition to accelerated manufacturing at Bell’s other facilities.

Plastics Processing Continues Q1 Momentum in March

Mike Shirk | Plastics Technology

Gardner Business Index sees minor dip in March but ends the quarter with the third consecutive month well above the growth threshold.
#economics

Moldmaking Expansion Gains Momentum in April

Mike Shirk | MoldMaking Technology

Mixed component results net out to another positive month for the Moldmaking Index.

Report: Composites and Carbon Fiber Use in Hydrogen Storage

| CompositesWorld

A first-of-its-kind technical report that assesses the materials, manufacturing processes, market and energy trends driving use of carbon fiber composites in global hydrogen (Hâ‚‚) storage applications for fuel cell-powered trucks, buses, trains and passenger vehicles.   

AMUT presenta rPO, planta para reciclaje de poliolefinas posconsumo

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

En Plastics Recycling LATAM, AMUT Group destaca su solución rPO, una planta de peletización para poliolefinas posconsumo. Su diseño integra el pretratamiento, la extrusión en tándem y la filtración automática, lo que mejora la calidad del reciclado y la eficiencia energética.

Comercio de productos para inteligencia artificial impulsa el papel de México en la cadena de suministro

| Modern Machine Shop México

México representó alrededor del 25 % de las importaciones de Estados Unidos en productos asociados a la IA en 2025.

Tooling-Free Forming Enables Flexible Factories

Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop

Machina Labs’ RoboCraftsman forms parts autonomously and without dies. But sheet metal fabrication is just the first step for these AI-powered robotic production cells.

Hainbuch ID Clamping Mandrel Boosts Machining Stability

| Modern Machine Shop

Hainbuch’s Maxxos T-212 mandrel features a hexagonal pyramid clamping interface to increase torque transmission and resistance to vibration.

Job Shop Discovers and Fills a Fishing Need

Derek Korn | Production Machining

The promise of a product line for improved mounting of electronic fish finders led this Missouri job shop to an automated turning process.
#workforcedevelopment

Championing 70 Years of Innovation for Finishers

Jessica Pompili | Products Finishing

With a life-spanning passion for surface finishing, PF Champion of the Industry Curtis Goad is focusing on the industry’s future. 

May 2026: Price Trajectory for All Resins Shifts Sharply Upward

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Shipping disruptions in the Middle East are dramatically affecting global resin trade flows, and rising prices reflect the supply squeeze.

Fresa de alto avance con mayor variedad de diámetros

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La serie DoFeedTri, de Tungaloy-NTK de México, amplía su gama de diámetros para optimizar la estabilidad en fresado de alto avance.

Indorama Ventures refuerza posición en resinas con base en shale

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La ventaja de costos de Indorama Ventures frente a productores dependientes de nafta se sustenta en su integración con materias primas de esquisto en Estados Unidos, donde genera aproximadamente el 50 % de sus ingresos. La empresa ajusta la producción y la demanda en tiempo real mediante el modelo S&OE, con la meta de consolidar los márgenes hacia 2028.