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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Star SU Hob Cutter Enables Precision Gear Hobbing on Swiss-Type Machines

| Modern Machine Shop

Star SU introduces the Louis Bélet 8100 Series hob cutter, designed for fine-pitch gear cutting in microtechnology applications across watchmaking, automotive and medical markets.

LK Metrology Blue Laser Scanner Enhances Inspection Accuracy

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

LK Metrology’s L100NX scanner with advanced blue laser technology offers precision and efficiency for aerospace and automotive applications.

Get to Know APSX LLC

| MoldMaking Technology

Compact Injection Molding Solutions – Booth 436

Stäubli machinery advances future technical composite textiles

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

JEC World 2026: Visitors can explore how the company’s reliable, high-speed Unival 100 and TF series weaving machines support the development of next-gen composites and other material innovations.  

SPE MTD Celebrates the People Behind the Molds at PTXPO 2026

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

The 2026 Moldmaking Distinction Awards honor the skilled individuals whose craftsmanship, dedication and innovation drive the future of moldmaking.