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IIoT, Industry 4.0 and AI for Coatings Operations
| Products Finishing
Learn why “controlling everything” with automation, AI and smart manufacturing isn’t practical and how to prioritize the parameters that truly matter.
IREC Launches World-First Pilot Plant for Advanced Hydrogen Technology Manufacturing
Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing
The technology aims to accelerate the industrial production of highly efficient fuel cells and electrolyzers. Technical edge: IREC purports to be the first lab to produce solid oxide cells (SOCs) via 3D printing.
KAI demonstrates thermoplastic and infused structures for future airframes
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
Korea Aerospace Industries advances its expertise through a welded TPC fuselage section and resin-infused wing skin module and torsion box demonstrators.
10 Tips for Dressing Your Grinding Wheel
Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop
Dressing a grinding wheel alters surface conditions on ground parts in accordance with the parameters used. But what parameters lead to which outcomes? Arianna Smith of Norton | Saint-Gobain guides us through the options in this article.
Steelhead Technologies Receives $84 Million Growth Capital Investment
| Products Finishing
Mainsail Partners backing will help bring much-needed visibility and control to metal finishing customers.
MachineMetrics AI Tool Helps Solve Production Bottlenecks
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
Max AI combines real-time machine data with operational context to answer complex production questions, generate visualizations and reports in seconds and trigger role-specific guidance.
Sicomin appoints CS Kompozyty as exclusive distributor for Poland
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Partnership strengthens epoxies, hardeners and adhesives distribution network across Central and Eastern Europe’s composites companies.
Stack3d demonstrates composite LFAM proficiency with trade show booth furniture series
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Functional and recyclable glass fiber-reinforced PETG booth elements are achieved through robotic pellet-extrusion technology.
Vertical announces Valo commercial eVTOL aircraft with 2028 EIS plans
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Significantly enhanced six-passenger aircraft design built on the successes of the VX4 prototype and supported by companies like Syensqo and Aciturri.
MT Aerospace CFRP upper stage tank for Ariane 6 passes preliminary design review
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Part of its ongoing work in the COSTELAS project, MT Aerospace’s segmented sandwich panel architecture reports significant mass reduction.
Xenia, Bercella enable Fly Mi UAV drone composite wing development
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Carbon fiber-reinforced filaments and LSAM tooling design achieve the wing molds for the student association’s fully automatic O.L.I.V.I.A drone project.
Helicoid Industries joins NATO DIANA 2026 innovators to scale bio-inspired composite technologies
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Through the Accelerator Program’s energy and power category, Helicoid will contribute to developing resilient multi-environment operations.
JEC World 2026: Q&A with JEC Group CEO Éric Pierrejean
Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld
JEC Group CEO Éric Pierrejean sits down with CW to talk about what’s new and what attendees can expect at JEC World 2026, taking place March 10-12 in Paris.
Walter Surface Technologies Acquires Hermes North America
| Products Finishing
Walter strengthens its market position by integrating Hermes North America’s high-quality abrasive solutions for finishing, robotic and automation applications.
Shop Talk: Both Sides of the Fence
| MoldMaking Technology
A mold designer learns humility — and humor — when tasked with building his own flawed designs, gaining perspective from both engineering and shop floors.
Cetec ERP AI Tools Automate Back-Office Operations
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
Cetec ERP LLC introduces Document Scan & Attach and AP Automation tools to streamline paperwork and invoice processing for manufacturers.
How Did Plastics Processors Keep an Edge in 2025?
Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology
Every month, the Processor’s Edge article in Plastics Technology introduces readers to a processor, a problem and the technology that solved it. Here’s a recap of all the “Edges” exploited in 2025.
Three Highlights From Parts2clean 2025
Jessica Pompili | Products Finishing
Parts2clean 2025 exhibited advancements in automation, digitization, AI and more within the industrial parts and surface cleaning sector.
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Precision Machining Technology Review: December 2025
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
Production Machining’s December 2025 technology showcase includes some of the latest technology from Grob Systems Inc., Seco Tools, Horn USA Inc., Tungaloy-NTK America Inc. and Datanomix.
TopSolid’Mold optimiza el diseño y manufactura de moldes
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
TopSolid’Mold es una plataforma CAD/CAM que unifica diseño y manufactura para agilizar el proceso de creación de moldes, desde el concepto hasta la producción.
IACMI Launches ‘Make It In America’ National Outreach Campaign
Jann Bond | MoldMaking Technology
National outreach campaign to raise awareness of careers in advanced manufacturing and help fill the 3.8 million jobs needed by 2030.
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Understanding Mechanical Vibrations in Machining
Tony Schmitz | Modern Machine Shop
In machining, the structure of interest is a cutting tool connected to a tool post/turret and lathe or a toolholder, spindle and milling machine. The vibration of these structures is important to consider.