OEM Tour Video: Lean Manufacturing for Measurement and Metrology

Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop

How can a facility that requires manual work for some long-standing parts be made more efficient? Join us as we look inside The L. S. Starrett Company’s headquarters in Athol, Massachusetts, and see how this long-established OEM is updating its processes.

Eco-friendly precision tooling offers flexibility, consistency

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: For more than 50 years, Coastal Enterprises has supported design, prototyping and composite layup applications with its Precision Board urethane tooling board and custom bonding offerings.

Alliance One Oilfield Becomes Roboze Smart Factory in Houston

Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing

Accelerating access to corrosion-resistant polymer components for oil and gas operations with local production in Texas.

E-Z LOK Offers A Variety of Inserts for 3D Printing

Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing

E-Z Press & E-Z Fin (Finserts) threaded inserts for plastic offer ease and reliability for advanced 3D printing.

Materials Distributor Diversifies with Additive Manufacturing Production Business Within a Business

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Howco Additive exists within a corporate structure built around distributing large metal products like oilfield pipelines, but is finding a way forward in 3D printing that branches into part production for hypersonics, aerospace and more.

The Powder Coating Institute Announces 2025 Hall of Fame Inductees

Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing

During the 2025 PCI Annual Meeting in Sun Valley, Idaho, the Powder Coating Institute (PCI) recognized Kevin Biller, Champ Bowden and Nick Liberto.

Converting carbon fiber for UHTCMC to 3500°C

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Advanced Ceramic Fibers LLC demonstrates ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites using SiC and other metallic carbides for applications in aerospace, defense, energy and more.

OQ expande portafolio con soluciones en PP y PE

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

OQ amplía su portafolio con 17 grados de PP y PE para empaque, consumo e infraestructura. La presentación oficial será en la feria K 2025 en Alemania.

Custom equipment manufacturer accentuates multidisciplinary design, engineering approach

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: From supporting civilian and DOD programs to everyday customer needs, Accudyne Systems strives to deliver production improvements over existing composites manufacturing systems.

Grob Systems to Host Machining, Automation Technology Event

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Grob’s event brings together 21 industry partners for informative seminars and live machining demonstrations highlighting machining strategies for optimizing the production of complex aerospace, medical and mold/die parts.

Westlake Epoxy collaborates with Alpha Recyclage Composites

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Westlake customers will have connections to Alpha’s expanded recycling capacity and support for rCF material integration in new forms, applications.

FACC agreements with Rolls-Royce, Tata and Kineco expand its global backlog, footprint in India

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

The composites aerostructures supplier extends supply contract with Rolls-Royce and establishes new cooperations with Tata Advanced Systems Ltd. and Kineco Aerospace in India.

Colored natural fibers to be tested in Four Motors Porsche GT3 Cup

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Bcomp, Porsche Motorsport and Four Motors are unveiling gray-toned components on the race car during 24H Nürburgring, showcasing new design and aesthetic viability for motorsport composites. 

Enhanced RCF thermoplastic compounding opportunities grow composites recycling breadth

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Vartega’s EasyFeed Bundles now come in a wider array of rCF solutions for thermoplastic compounding, in addition to offering joint product development programs and R&D trials.

Fraunhofer IFAM MTC closes gap between industrial robots, machine tools

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Machine tool robot (MTC) features improved milling kinematics that enable versatile, efficient and high-precision machining of composites and hard metals with a manufacturing tolerance of up to 0.1 millimeter.

Oceanbird wing sails to demonstrate wind-based marine propulsion

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Part of project Orcelle Horizon, the composites-intensive, 560-square-meter structure will undergo ground-based testing before installation on a demonstrator shipping vessel.

AM method enables tool-free, energy-efficient thermoset composites production

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

University researchers highlight how the combination of a thermally curable resin system with photothermal curing eliminates the post-curing steps involved in discontinuous, continuous fiber parts fabrication.

Smart Hot Runner Temperature Control System Helps Reduce Downtime

Angela Osborne | MoldMaking Technology

The smart TC5600 temperature controller from PCS enables moldmakers to quickly identify internal material leaks and assess mold aging data to offer more control over hot runner systems.  

Fresado de microcomponentes con precisión extrema

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La serie AluLine – Micro, de Ceratizit, que ofrece herramientas de fresado diseñadas para el mecanizado de piezas en miniatura con alta tolerancia, garantiza precisión en cada corte.

Indicadores manufactureros de Nuevo León mostraron un avance en mayo

| Modern Machine Shop México

La Encuesta de Expectativas Económicas de CAINTRA detalla que los indicadores de mayo mostraron un avance respecto a abril; sin embargo, la mayoría de ellos no logró superar el umbral de expansión.

Making the Case for Table Changers

John Miller | Modern Machine Shop

Table changers are an often-overlooked automation solution. In the right scenario, they can offer significant productivity gains while keeping your workflow familiar and manageable.

Braided composites enable low-cost, high-rate fabrication

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: A&P Technology highlights its QISO and slit tape thermoplastic material capabilities through customer examples and industry applications.