Inversión fija muestra señales mixtas: avance moderado y caídas persistentes

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

En noviembre de 2025, la inversión fija bruta aumentó un 0.4 % a tasa mensual, pero a tasa anual disminuyó un 5.7 %.

From Part Handling to Paint Booth: Modifying Cobots for Hazardous Applications

Julia Hider | Manufacturing Connected

Cobots bring fast, simple automation to a range of applications, including, as of recently those in the finishing industry. New explosion-proof cobot models are enabling industries that work with VOCs to take advantage of easy-to-implement cobots. 

Valor de importación: máquinas‑herramienta que despuntaron en 2025

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

El impulso más fuerte se dio en la categoría de las Demás rectificadoras de superficies cilíndricas de control numérico, que registraron un crecimiento superior al 124% en su valor de importación.

Bericap lanza easyconnect, tapa CTS para fitosanitarios

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Bericap anunció el lanzamiento de easyconnect, una solución de tapa con sistema de transferencia cerrada (CTS) que permite la transferencia de productos fitosanitarios sin riesgo de contaminación.

Vulcan Shield presents alumina fibers for composite structures, thermal management systems

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

JEC World 2026: Vulcan Shield Global educates the composites industry on its latest alumina fiber developments, and how they can support high-temperature and extreme-environment applications.

AkzoNobel Single-Coat Basecoat Addresses Performance-Critical MRO Environments

| Products Finishing

AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings’ alternative to the two-coat approach optimizes application control, film build consistency and finish quality for MRO paint facilities.

Video: 3D Printing with Metal Powder Embedded in Polymer Sheets

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Researchers have developed a process for manufacturing sheets of metal powder bound with polymer, which could serve as an alternative feedstock.

A+ Composites demonstrates innovation with customized UD TPC tape variant portfolio

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

JEC World 2026: From concept to series production, A+ Composites supports with more than 250 tape variants and expertise across fiber reinforcement and TPC systems.

Alloy Ranger TE-4000 de Koslow agiliza la verificación de metales

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El analizador portátil Alloy Ranger TE-4000 emplea el efecto Seebeck para identificar aleaciones en segundos, sin radiación y con diseño de fácil uso en control de calidad e inspección en campo.

MSS Publishes Errata Sheet for MSS SP-160-2024

| Valve Magazine

The standard relates to valves for hydrogen fluoride alkylation service.

IMI to Supply Specialty Filtration Equipment for C EPR reactor

| Valve Magazine

The order is for the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk, England.

Nearshoring impulsaría inversión en autopartes en México en 2026

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

La INA prevé que México capte 2,400 millones de dólares en inversión extranjera directa (IED) en 2026 por el nearshoring y un mayor contenido regional automotriz.

NRC Announces Reorganization to Support Efficiency and Innovation

| Valve Magazine

The agency will be organized under new reactors, operating reactors and nuclear materials and waste.

UTComp NDE enables Nexxis buried FRP pipe inspection

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Evaluating the condition of buried large-diameter pipelines is difficult and unreliable but UTComp’s ultrasonic technology is altering this inspection landscape.

Fives, Prestige Equipment partnership expands customer options for equipment life cycle management

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Metal and composites manufacturers will be more comprehensively supported with high-quality used machine tools, asset recovery and modernization.

SGL offers flax noncrimp fabrics, partners with Circular Structures

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

SNAPSHOT: Legacy supplier leverages decades of NCF experience, provides reliable, bio-based composite solutions.

Toray achieves NCAMP qualification for 3960 prepreg system

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Approved prepreg, featuring Torayca T1100 intermediate modulus plus carbon fiber, is qualified for primary aircraft, launch vehicle and satellite structures.

Former CEAD Experts Launch Dutch Boat Factory

Grace Stubbins | Additive Manufacturing

 Maarten Logtenberg and Charlène van Wingerden take the helm at the newly established Dutch Boat Factory B.V. The goal: to efficiently, sustainably build scalable 3D printed boats.

Hexagon Purus divests aerospace business to SpaceX

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Hexagon Purus relinquishes 100% of the shares of subsidiary Hexagon Masterworks Inc., involved in composite storage cylinders production, for $15 million to boost financial strength and liquidity.

Fraunhofer LBF realignment bolsters end-to-end, single-source R&D services

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Structural durability, smart structures and plastics expertise is being shifted into a unified, interdisciplinary structure to more efficiently support customers along the entire value chain.

Uplift360 secures €7.4 million seed round for ChemR composite regeneration process

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Uplift360 navigates Europe’s growing ecosystem of dual-use and strategic-materials innovators with a chemical technology that could help reduced supply chain bottlenecks.

NASF/AESF #123.2: Pathway for Flexible Hybrid Electronics with Confined Electrochemical Printing Q4

| Products Finishing

From porous YSZ ceramics to high-conductivity copper patterns, this NASF-funded project outlines a repeatable electrodeposition method for clean transportation and power.
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