SGL Carbon achieves annual targets for 2023, invests more in growth markets

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

SGL highlights record profits in three out of four businesses despite drop in demand from wind market, looks into declining Carbon Fibers unit as it enters 2024.

Anisoprint opens office in China, scales up continuous fiber 3D printer production

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

With a new location in Shanghai, and a shift in management roles, Anisoprint is looking forward to rapid growth in Chinese, European and U.S. markets, further aided by funding rounds. 

Paulson Training Acquired

| Plastics Technology

Certus, a technical skills training business and portfolio company of private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners, has acquired the plastics processing training business founded in 1981.
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Producción eficiente: Arburg presenta sus tecnologías en Chinaplas 2024

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Arburg presentará su portafolio de soluciones para las industrias automotriz y médica en Chinaplas 2024. Demostraciones en vivo de sobremoldeo, procesamiento de LSR y producción de componentes médicos, harán parte de la oferta.  

Haimer Partners With TCM Group to Distribute Tooling Technology

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The TCM Group will rely on Haimer as a strategic supplier in the field of toolholders, shrinking, balancing and presetting machines in the core business of tool management.

Implementation and Tracking: Strategic Planning | Part 2

Carli Kistler-Miller | Production Machining

A strategic plan that you have to dust off does not advance your business.

PPG Reviews Strategic Alternatives for Architectural Coatings Business in U.S. & Canada

| Products Finishing

PPG is reviewing its architectural coatings business in the U.S. and Canada. The company affirms that the review is routine strategic in nature.

March 2024 Technology Roundup Highlights

| MoldMaking Technology

In this most recent roundup, MMT continues to present the breadth of new or proven technologies that target the moldmaking industry, from cutting tools to software to hot runner products, that have been shared this month.

Walmec Unveils Membrane Dryer for Sensitive Applications

| Products Finishing

The AMD-035 membrane dryer is built for longevity and designed for sensitive applications.

Measuring energy use to enable sustainable composites production

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Airbus subsidiary CTC uses new technology to measure energy use in machine components and processes to optimize equipment, production lines and guide decisions for future composites.

Studer's Automation, Entry-Level Solutions Take Center Stage

| Modern Machine Shop

At its 2024 Music Motion Meeting, Studer AG showed off its entry-level line of grinding machines, as well as its newest universal loading system.

Omron Automated Mobile Robots Provide Reliable Transport

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The MD-650 and MD-900 AMRs are designed to safely pick up, transport and drop off pallets and cargo.

Pinzas eléctricas permiten una producción flexible

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Las pinzas eléctricas 92W, de Destaco, funcionan completamente sin aire comprimido.

What You Need to Know About the Design and Operation of Maddock Mixers

| Plastics Technology

Designed properly, all entering solid polymer fragments and certain types of PE gels entering the Maddock mixer can be trapped and dispersed into the matrix resin. But many are not properly designed. Here’s what to look out for.  

WiM Announces 2024 Board of Directors

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

The Women in Manufacturing Association has elected 20 members to its 2024 board of directors, who begin their terms on April 1, 2024.

Single-Inlet Plenum Air Ring Improves Gauge Control

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

NPE2024: New design also eliminates multiple hoses to clean up production area.

AMBA Announces 2024 Mold Builder and Tooling Trailblazer of the Year Award Recipients; Inaugural 2024 Emerging Leaders Rising Star Award

| MoldMaking Technology

The American Mold Builders Association (AMBA), based in Indianapolis, IN, recently held its annual conference in Grand Rapids, MI, where they honored outstanding individuals and companies in the mold building industry.
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Stellantis México busca consolidar la cadena de proveeduría del sector automotriz

| Modern Machine Shop México

Stellantis México firma convenio de colaboración con la Asociación Mexicana de Secretarios de Desarrollo Económico para consolidar la cadena de proveeduría del sector.

Enhanced Injection-Blow Machine In Servohydraulic and Hybrid Versions

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

NPE2024: Jomar is showing its 85-S GEN II machine with beefed-up specs in standard servohydraulic version and brand-new hybrid model.

IHEA Announces Industrial Heating Decarbonization Summit

| Products Finishing

The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) will be holding the Industrial Heating Decarbonization Summit in October.

SkyNano opens new Tennessee facility for carbon management technology R&D

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The 20,000-square-foot space enables the cleantech startup to hire additional team members, tackle larger projects and advance low-carbon composites development, high-performance batteries and more.

Airtech, AES partner to grow LFAM applications

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Airtech will provide extensive AM support, while AES commits to exclusive use of Airtech products, all of which will further materials development, market strategies and design practices.