America Makes Posts Project Call for Defense Manufacturing Challenge

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The deadline for submissions is quickly approaching with concept papers and quad charts due Feb. 6, 2023.

High-temperature composite 3D printing facilitates design, manufacture of deployable space structures

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Opterus R&D employs an AON3D printer and OOA prepregs to build the tooling, prototypes and end-use versions of its foldable CFRP satellite structures.

Episode 28: Opportunities for Finishers in Today’s Ever-changing Automotive Landscape

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

Darrick Gula, North American regional OEM manager, and Brandon Lloyd, global product manager for paint support technology with MKS discuss challenges and opportunities for finishers in today’s ever-changing automotive landscape.

Castor Publishes Sustainability in Additive Manufacturing Trends Report

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

New research from Castor indicates manufacturers can reduce tons of carbon emissions with 3D printing.

Material Handling Totes from Recycled Mixed Waste Coming

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

UBQ material will be incorporated along with other recycled materials.

5 formas en que los plásticos ayudan a alimentar al mundo

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

Desde la granja hasta la mesa, los plásticos hacen que los sistemas alimentarios sean más seguros, más asequibles y respetuosos con el medio ambiente.

Destacan beneficios del nearshoring para El Bajío

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

De enero a septiembre de 2022, El Bajío sumó 2,700 millones de dólares de Inversión Extranjera Directa, 9% más que en el mismo periodo de 2021.

3D Inspection Software is Dedicated to Flexible Scenarios Using Universal Portable Measuring Equipment

| MoldMaking Technology

NextMeasure enables a solution for flexible, fast and efficient 3D quality control that is compatible with all sensors and portable measuring devices.  

Sussex Injection Molding Discloses Leadership Position Updates

| MoldMaking Technology

Sussex has named Megan Tzanoukakis as its presidents and CEO. Former CEO Keith S. Everson is transitioning into a chairman role.  

PCS Company Now Distributing i-mold Tunnel Gate Inserts in the US

| MoldMaking Technology

Mold component product enables automatic degating of plastic parts from hot runners during ejection.  

Velocity Composites US facility is granted AS9100, AS9120 accreditation

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

New Alabama facility will build and supply all composite material kits for Velocity aerospace programs, aid customers with their sustainability and efficiency objectives.  

Learn, Connect and Inspire at Autodesk Moldflow Summit 2023

| MoldMaking Technology

Join Autodesk experts and 11 other companies for two days packed with injection molding simulation content in a free virtual setting.   

Milliken & Co. partners with MMI Textiles to offer Tegris thermoplastic

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The commercial market partnership enables easier access to the Tegris thermoplastic composite fabric for defense customers in the quantities that they require.  

Qarbon Aerospace successfully completes icing tunnel test for Helios system

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Patented Helios Ice Protection technology uses an embedded heated graphite layer to heat composite structures significantly faster than legacy systems.  

Made in the USA - Season 2 Episode 1: A Return From China

Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop

Entrepreneur Scott Colosimo found early success in China producing parts for his Cleveland-based motorcycle company in the mid-2000s. This is the story of how IP theft issues overwhelmed the business, prompting Colosimo and his team to start over from scratch — and move production back to the United States.

Orion Sharply Reduces Air Emissions with New technology

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

This supplier of carbon black has utilized the new control technology at its Borger, Texas.  

MMT Chats: Project Engineer Applies Lean Manufacturing Principles to Growing Sustainability Role

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

MoldMaking Technology Editorial Director Christina Fuges catches up with MMT’s 30-Under-30 Honoree Katherine Pistorius, who has added Regional Sustainability Coordinator alongside her Project Engineer duties, which demonstrates the many paths one can take in a manufacturing career. Here she shares how this opportunity unfolded for her and what the job entails today and in the future.  This episode is brought to you by ISCAR with New Ideas for Machining Intelligently.
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Paul Caprio Joins LS IMM USA

| Plastics Technology

Caprio, a longtime presence in North American injection molding machine sales, was named president of sales for the North American arm of the South Korean machine maker.

Multi-Functional Coating Test Instruments Operate Like “Swiss Army Knives”

| Products Finishing

With greater flexibility than limited traditional equipment, modern analytical instruments can ensure reliable coating performance by measuring critical characteristics like friction, peel, wear, and scratch resistance.

Braskem Signs Contract with Nexus Circular for Supply of Circular Feedstocks

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

Nexus Circular’s new advanced recycling facility will supply Braskem with the sustainable feedstocks for 10 years.

Ice 3D Printing of Sacrificial Structures as Small as Blood Vessels

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Using water for sacrificial tooling, Carnegie Mellon researchers have created a microscale method for 3D printing intricate structures small enough to create vasculature in artificial tissue. The biomedical research potentially has implications for other microscale and microfluidics applications.

Precios de materiales plásticos reciclados muestran estabilidad para 2023

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology México

Después de la caída del verano, la mayoría de los precios se estabilizaron en la segunda mitad de 2022, y se proyecta la misma tendencia hacia 2023 en Estados Unidos.