A Three-Pillar Strategy Drives Manufacturing Success

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

An exclusive look at how one of North America's hot runner manufacturers focuses on domestic production, cross-training and customer-first service.

Key Concepts of Machine Learning in Manufacturing

Tony Schmitz | Modern Machine Shop

Machine learning enables the prediction of process outcomes without explicitly being programmed.

Masterbatches plásticos: tendencias y crecimiento 2024-2031

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

El mercado global de masterbatches plásticos crecerá hasta 2031, impulsado por Asia-Pacífico, sostenibilidad e innovación en polímeros.

Kuka AMR Streamlines Transport of Heavy Loads

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

The KMP 3000P features an omnidirectional drive that provides maximum flexibility in tight spaces, with the capacity to transport loads up to three tons in any direction.

Platinum Tooling Lineup Provides Machining Flexibility

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Platinum Tooling’s premium lines include live tools and angle heads from Heimatec, Swiss-type collets/guide bushings from Tecnicrafts, mechanical, air and motor spindles from Henninger and Quick knurling and marking tools from Hommel + Keller.

Smarter Racking Design and Maintenance Strategies

| Products Finishing

As a core part of any surface finishing process, racking design, maintenance and replacement ensures your line can consistently perform at its best.

Back to Basics: Tandem Foam Sheet Extrusion

| Plastics Technology

This complex process requires precise equipment and process expertise to produce high-quality sheet. Here’s what you need to know to get started.  

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag presenta ocho máquinas eléctricas en K 2025

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

La compañía exhibe ocho máquinas IntElect eléctricas y robots propios en K 2025, con foco en flexibilidad, LSR y automatización digital.

Video: Using AR for Remote Machine Tool Troubleshooting

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Augmented reality can enable service engineers to help machine shops identify and possibly remedy issues with their machines remotely, perhaps eliminating the time and cost of an on-site diagnostic and maintenance visit.

Nagoya Institute of Technology Defluorination Method Enables Efficient Fluorine Recovery

| Products Finishing

NITech introduces a room-temperature defluorination approach for PTFE and PFAS, achieving high fluorine recovery yields under mild conditions, and thus offering recycling potential of these substances.

In the News: D.E.E.P Project Conducts Feasibility of World’s First Digitally Enabled, Additively Manufactured Propeller

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

The Digitally Enabled Efficient Propeller (D.E.E.P) concept has secured funding to launch a techno-economic feasibility study on manufacturing these propellers. Of note: While marine propellers are generally passive hardware, additive manufacturing techniques could enable them to function as active sensors. 

Tormach CNC Desktop Router Designed for Manufacturing Education

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The xsTECH Pro CNC desktop router combines professional-level machining capabilities and features with a safe, approachable design that can fit seamlessly into classrooms, STEM labs and makerspaces.
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Cutting Fluids presenta gestión integral con enfoque circular

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold: El modelo 360° de Cutting Fluids combina análisis técnico, mantenimiento, filtración y tratamiento de residuos para maximizar la eficiencia operativa del fluido de corte.

México, principal socio de la industria plástica de EE. UU., según PLASTICS

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

Durante la feria K 2025, PLASTICS presentó el informe Global Trends 2025 que destaca a México como el principal mercado de exportación y socio estratégico del sector plástico estadounidense. En entrevista con Plastics Technology México, Perc Pineda analizó el impacto de los aranceles, la dinámica del comercio regional y las oportunidades que plantea la próxima renegociación del T-MEC.

Meximold 2025 reunirá a 51 compradores en más de 300 citas de negocio

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

El Encuentro de Negocios B2B en Meximold 2025 contará con la participación de 51 empresas compradoras y más de 300 citas de negocio previamente concertadas. El evento se llevará a cabo los días 22 y 23 de octubre en Querétaro.

Meximold: puerta de entrada para los grandes negocios de la industria de moldes

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El Encuentro de Negocios B2B en Meximold 2025 se perfila como un espacio decisivo para fortalecer la cadena de suministro en el sector de moldes y troqueles, conectando a fabricantes y compradores en un entorno de colaboración y oportunidades.

Chart Industries Shareholders Approve Sale to Baker Hughes

| Valve Magazine

BH will acquire all outstanding shares of Chgart Industries equivalent to total enterprise value of $13.6 billion.

China's Aerofugia begins production of AE200-100 eVTOL aircraft

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Eight-rotor piloted composite aircraft moves into prototype phase for airworthiness certification and large-scale production delivery.

Teijin Carbon, A&P Bimax TPUD braided fabric meets scalable composites manufacturing goals

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

A combination of Teijin Carbon’s UD thermoplastic tapes and A&P Technology’s braided fabrics translates into a PAEK biaxial fabric with minimal crimp, high drapability and other rate-enabling qualities. 

Engel presenta en K 2025 moldeo por inyección para diseño ligero

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

Engel muestra en K 2025 una celda automatizada para producir estructuras huecas con fibra y fluidmelt, sustituyendo aluminio por plásticos de ingeniería.

Convenio SEDEMA-Steren impulsa reciclaje electrónico en CDMX

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

El convenio SEDEMA-Steren facilita el acopio de RAEE en 80 tiendas, impulsando la economía circular y el cuidado del medio ambiente.

Guanajuato consolida su liderazgo en inversiones automotrices

| Modern Machine Shop México

En Guanajuato se han presentado 14 proyectos del sector automotriz con una inversión de 1.5 millones de dólares desde septiembre de 2024.