MMT Chats: The Hidden Obstacles Holding Your Business Back (and You Don't Even Know It) Part 1

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

MMT Editorial Director Christina Fuges gets the personal stories of two small to mid-sized manufacturers who discovered how to unleash the hidden potential of their shops and pave the way for financial growth and long-term success.

Hexagon AI-Powered CAM Software Streamlines Part Programming

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

The ProPlanAI CAM programming tool is designed to help machine shops achieve operational excellence at scale.

Building Out a Foundation for Student Machinists

Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop

Autodesk and Haas have teamed up to produce an introductory course for students that covers the basics of CAD, CAM and CNC while providing them with a portfolio part.
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La producción de vehículos ligeros alcanzará un récord de 4 millones en 2024

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

Odracir Barquera, director general de la AMIA, pronosticó que 2024 cerrará con un récord histórico de producción, superando la cifra de 2017, que fue de 3.9 millones de vehículos producidos.

Ineos Lustran 532 ABS Tailored for Furniture Edging

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

New ABS grade offers processability, medium gloss, and stable color base for self-coloring, tailored for furniture edge bands.

Keeping It In The Family — Succession Tips From Those Who Lived It | Part 1

Carli Kistler-Miller | Production Machining

PMPA members share some tips to avoid getting burned when passing the business torch from one family member to another.

Intro to Multimaterial Laser Powder Bed Fusion — How Does This Work?

Peter Zelinski | Additive Manufacturing

The key is precise layer-by-layer placement of separate metals. See our video discussing the Aerosint system.

Rotary Atomizer Enables VOC-Free Color Changes

Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing

Dürr’s EcoBell4 Pro enables mixed two-component paint systems to be directly fed into the atomizer's return system with a reduced VOC count.

JEC World 2025 unveils Innovation Award finalists

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

These 33 finalists, celebrating successful projects and partnerships in composites innovation, will be narrowed down to 11 winners at the JEC World 2025 Premiere on Jan. 13, 2025.

SHD Composite Materials celebrates 15 years, opens additional facility

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Independent composite material manufacturer continues to grow its global reach, maintains its flexible customer support with the opening of an additional facility on its U.K. campus.

Versatile, Cost-Effective High Solids Mixer

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

PLC controls allow operators to program and run recipes based on speed, time and hydraulic lift raise/lower cycles.   

Partnership Strengthens Powder Coating Presence in Italy

Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing

PPG strategically partners with SARO/Siccardi to strengthen its distribution network for powder coatings in the Italian market.

Composite Integration adds real-time resin degassing measuring to Ciject equipment

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Ciject resin infusion and injection machinery now offers real-time resin degassing measurement technology that uses sensors and software to continuously monitor the state of resin during the degassing process.

Airborne completes final delivery of CFRP mirror structures for Fred Young Submillimeter Telescope

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Airborne, with the help of partners, designed, manufactured and assembled two 6-meter-diameter mirror support structures for highly complex scientific telescope project.

Safran expands LEAP engine production capacity in Querétaro

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

New capacities covering entire single-aisle commercial aircraft engine life cycle strengthens Safran’s footprint in Mexico.

FibreCoat secures up to €20 million for coatings maturation

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Metal- and plastics-coated fiber innovator aims to rapidly grow radiation-, heat- and EMI-resistant material offerings for space and defense.

Sheet Extrusion, Thermoforming Tips for PLA/aPHA Blends

| Plastics Technology

Biopolymers like PLA and PHA are able to meet sustainability goals while also delivering the performance attributes needed in rigid food packaging. Here’s what testing has shown.    

Custom Precision-Ground Pins and Punches Benefit Moldmakers

Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology

MD&M West 2025: Punch Industry USA Inc. highlights its custom, precision-ground punches, core pins, ejectors and other medical mold rounds.  

Testing Safe Alternative Conversion Coatings

| Products Finishing

A joint test protocol was developed by a hex chrome-free consortium to best evaluate the most recent commercially available alternative conversion coatings. This article reveals the findings.

Respuestas clave sobre nylon en propiedades, usos y ventajas

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

Resuelva las dudas más frecuentes sobre el nailon o nylon: desde sus orígenes y propiedades técnicas hasta sus ventajas frente a otros plásticos de ingeniería. ¿Es nylon o nailon?

Supersede Launches Plywood Alternative for Marine Applications

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Marine board incorporates recycled polypropylene.

CNC Machines, Wyoming Monks, and Enduring Works of Gothic Art

Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop

The Carmelite monks of Wyoming adopted CNC machining to help build a monastery that, without this technology, would take decades or longer to complete. How they are doing it is fascinating. But so is why.