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.

HydroGraph Launches Pre-Dispersed Fractal Graphene Paste

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Highly concentrated, stabilized graphene enables faster, more uniform dispersion into water-based formulations such as composite resin systems, eliminating a key barrier to commercial graphene adoption.

Touchstone Advanced Composites Tooling, Fabrication Supports Northrop YFQ-48A Talon Blue Wingman

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Cfoam carbon foam made for composite tooling design will enable rapid and adaptable engineering processes for the collaborative combat aircraft’s eventual full-scale production.

CCIC, UNNC Continuous RCF Innovation Deliver Low-Cost, Low-Carbon CFRP 

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

ContRGF is a patented re-manufacturing process that converts fragmented rCF into endless, industry-standard continuous rovings and has been validated via real-world prototypes.

Bcomp Biocomposites Featured in BMW M Concept Neue Klasse Vehicle

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

BMW M’s Concept Neue Klasse features Bcomp ampliTex woven flax fiber composites used to manufacture the roof among other interior and exterior components.

Radia Advances WindRunner Program With Italy, Logistics Deals

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The developer of WindRunner, the cargo aircraft designed to transport oversized wind turbine blades and other outsized freight, renewed a government partnership in Italy and struck a new logistics collaboration with Blue Water Shipping.

Maynards Announces Two Auctions Featuring Manufacturing Assets From Natural Fiber Welding

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Two webcast auctions will feature coating and converting lines, winding systems, a 2022 double-belt press, hydraulic presses, testing equipment and microscopes.

INA respalda la coordinación estratégica en la revisión del T-MEC

| Modern Machine Shop México

La Industria Nacional de Autopartes se alinea con la estrategia de la Secretaría de Economía y las asociaciones de la cadena de valor automotriz.

In the Age of AI, Manufacturers Won’t Need Engineers. Or Will They?

Matthew Kirchner | Products Finishing

AI is rapidly reshaping manufacturing, and it will be the engineers who embrace and leverage AI tools that will rise in value.

NIOSH Study Measures Graphene Exposures in U.S., Sets Preliminary Benchmark

| CompositesWorld

NIOSH study of exposures at 11 graphene producers and users in U.S. results in proposed limit, recommends composites sector receive nanocarbons embedded in masterbatch vs. handling dry nanopowder directly.

Haddy Scales AI-Enabled Microfactories with Siemens Xcelerator Platform

| Additive Manufacturing

Haddy, a U.S.-based additive manufacturing company, has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform to expand local, large-format additive manufacturing. Supply chain gains: Haddy’s approach shortens supply chains and enables a circular lifecycle for materials. 

Simulation Becomes Reality With AI and Injection Molding

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Could artificial intelligence’s first major impact in injection molding come through simulation?

PureCycle, IPL Schoeller Partner to Produce Recycled Grocery Container for Cleveland Kitchen

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Food-contact container to use PureFive recycled polypropylene.

Sandvik Coromant Highlights End-to-End Machining Solutions

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2026: Sandvik Coromant presents comprehensive tooling, digital solutions and expert support to address real-world manufacturing challenges.

High-Precision RTM Expertise Enables Large-Format Composite Roof Production

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2026: Kinflare Composites demonstrates its RTM capabilities through a large-format truck roof project, engineering custom tooling and fixtures to meet tight dimensional tolerances.

Slide Products Introduces A-Level Surface Finish Mold Cleaner

| Plastics Technology

The acetone-based mold cleaner helps maintain A-level mold surfaces with no abrasives.

PEF de Avantium reduce emisiones hasta 88 % frente al PET

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Una evaluación de ciclo de vida actualizada indica que el polímero vegetal PEF de Avantium puede reducir las emisiones de GEI hasta un 88% en botellas de bebidas de 500 ml frente al PET convencional, con revisión por pares bajo estándares ISO y datos de producción a escala industrial.

R-Cycle y TILISCO lanzan software de cumplimiento PPWR con IA

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

R-Cycle y TILISCO presentaron en Interpack 2026 el PPWR Compliance Compass, una herramienta SaaS con IA que consolida datos de envases dispersos y genera declaraciones de conformidad para el Reglamento de Envases de la UE, cuyas primeras disposiciones entran en vigor el 12 de agosto de 2026.

FDA aprueba Licocare RBW de Clariant para PVC con contacto alimentario

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La FDA autorizó los aditivos Licocare RBW de Clariant para PVC rígido con contacto alimentario, lo que amplía su aprobación previa en poliéster a toda la gama RBW, con concentraciones de hasta 0.5% para contacto directo y de hasta 1% en equipos de procesamiento.

Spotlight Your Photo Finish in a Products Finishing Issue

| Products Finishing

Does your company have a dynamic photo of a finished part, finishing process or something else that is surface finishing-related? Show it off by sending over the image and a short blurb of explanatory text to press@pfonline.com for a chance to make it into a future issue!

Mikron Rotary Transfer Machine Supports Greater Part Diversity

| MoldMaking Technology

IMTS 2026: Mikron introduces the Multistar Next, a flexible CNC rotary transfer machine that combines high-speed production with full CNC control for electrical connector applications.