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IREC 3D Printed Battery Enables Early Detection of Machinery Faults
| Additive Manufacturing
The Catalonia Institute for Energy Research has developed a solid oxide battery for the 3Dstore project. Smarter machinery: The battery powers an industrial monitoring system for predictive maintenance in harsh environments.
Mitsubishi Electric Automation Robotic Solutions Automate CNC Machine Tending
| MoldMaking Technology
IMTS 2026: Mitsubishi Electric Automation Inc. showcases LoadMate Plus and ARIA preengineered robotic machine tending solutions that provide flexibility and scalability for CNC mills and lathes.
Platinum Tooling Swiss-Type Tooling Boosts CNC Lathe Productivity
| Production Machining
IMTS 2026: Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. displays Heimatec live tools, angle heads and speed multipliers with ratios of 1-to-2, 1-to-3 and 1-to-4 for Citizen, Star and Tsugami machines.
PLASTICS respalda la continuidad del T-MEC para la industria
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
La Asociación de la Industria del Plástico emitió un pronunciamiento en favor de la revisión del T-MEC, destacando que México y Canadá representan compras anuales de plásticos estadounidenses por casi 34,000 millones de dólares combinados.
Hermle Five-Axis Mill-Turn Provides Precise Machining of Complex Parts
| Modern Machine Shop
IMTS 2026: Hermle USA Inc.’s C 62 U MT Gen2 is a high-performance five-axis mill-turn center designed for aerospace, energy and heavy-industry manufacturers.
Punch Industry Precision-Ground Pins Provide Mirror Finish
| Modern Machine Shop
IMTS 2026: Punch Industry USA Inc. offers precision-ground round and special-shaped small-diameter mold and die components in steel and carbide, capable of achieving a mirror finish without polishing.
Switch to Batch Mixer Yields 'Perfect Blends' for This Compounder
Jim Callari | Plastics Technology
Replacing a ribbon blender with a rotary batch mixer helped Polymer Resources cut blend times 30% and eliminate compounding contamination.
Cortec Corrosion-Inhibiting Desiccant Pouches Boost Protection for Summer Metal Shipments
| Products Finishing
Desicorr VpCI Pouches combine moisture absorption and vapor phase corrosion inhibitors to protect metal parts and other components during high-humidity shipping and storage conditions.
Guill lanza cruceta de extrusión Micro Medical para tubería médica
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Guill Tool & Engineering presentó el Micro Medical, cruceta de cabezal de extrusión con ajuste de concentricidad de un solo punto mediante tornillos microfinos, con una precisión de 0.008" por revolución, para tubería médica de paredes delgadas y con dimensiones precisas de ID/OD.
Haidlmair Acquires TFM Slovakia
| Plastics Technology
The Austrian toolmaker acquired the Slovakia-based provider of high-precision CNC machining and component manufacturing.
Tego Cycle y Tego PPA: aditivos de Evonik para plástico reciclado
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Evonik participó en Chinaplas 2026 con Tego Cycle, Tego Sorb y Tego PPA, aditivos para reciclaje mecánico y para el procesamiento sin PFAS, orientados al mercado chino en el contexto del 15.º Plan Quinquenal y la transición hacia materiales de menor huella ambiental.
How Manufacturing Leaders Can Close the Information Gap
Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop
Shop owners and GMs do not need more information. They need earlier signals, clearer context and a better way to connect market movement to decisions about quoting, material, capacity and capital spending.
VIDEO: A Decade of the MFFD
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
CW reporting on the MFFD — the largest welded thermoplastic composite aircraft structure ever built — is collected here, alongside new video coverage from Thermoforged.
How Manufacturing Leaders Can Close the Information Gap
Brent Donaldson | Production Machining
Shop owners and GMs do not need more information. They need earlier signals, clearer context and a better way to connect market movement to decisions about quoting, material, capacity and capital spending.
Fiber and Interface Testing Systems Support Composites Development
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
CAMX 2026: Textechno offers a portfolio of testing systems spanning single-fiber characterization, matrix adhesion and intermediate product testing for composites manufacturers and researchers.
Querétaro se consolida como hub aeronáutico con inversión de Safran
| Modern Machine Shop México
Con una inversión de 140 millones de dólares, Safran consolida a Querétaro como un hub aeronáutico estratégico para América, dentro de la red global MRO de Safran Aircraft Engines.
PCR, biopolímeros y resolución de problemas en Extrusion 2026
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Plastics Technology y Gardner Business Media realizarán Extrusion 2026 los días 18 y 19 de agosto en Austin, Texas, con sesiones sobre diseño de dado, reología, geles, PCR y biopolímeros para profesionales de la extrusión de lámina y película.
ORECA Group Selects Siemens Software for Motorsport Racing Vehicle Development Programs
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
ORECA adopts Siemens’ Simcenter Star-CCM+ and Simcenter Optistruct to enhance computational fluid dynamics and composite optimization workflows.
Northstar RIBs Offers Range of RTM-Built Yacht Tenders
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
Northstar RIBs completes its Vega Lite lineup using its One-Shot RTM process, said to cut production time by 50% and result in a lighter, stronger boat.
Joby Aviation, Toyota Motor Launch Initial Phase of Strategic Alliance
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The long-time partners have formed a joint venture that will establish groundwork for commercial production and support Joby’s expansion long-term, with the central goal of bringing AAM on a broader scale.
Schaeffler, Delair to Scale European Drone and UAS Production
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Industrial partnership will ramp up Delair drone and interceptor production in France with a line that can deliver ~100 units/day by November 2026.
Firefly Scales Composite Lunar Lander Production With $144M NASA Moon Mission Contract
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
Commercial Lunar Payload Services (CLPS) contract will deliver next Blue Ghost mission in ≈2 years, helping to support NASA’s Moon Base and multiple Moon landings/year.