From Stargazing to Part Making: Building an Entrepreneur

| Additive Manufacturing

As a young girl, Melanie Lang spent hours tracking meteor showers and locating constellations. She followed her dreams and became an aerospace engineer before pivoting to become a female entrepreneur and co-founding a metal additive manufacturing company. 

Beckers Group Appoints Chief Sustainability Officer

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

Since 2016 Nicklas Augustsson’s focus has been sustainability, driving the group sustainability agenda and heading the global sustainability team.

Novoloop and Aether Break Ground on Pilot Plant for PE Upcycling

| Plastics Technology

India facility will test Novoloop's Lifecycling chemical recycling technology.

Analyzer for Smart Coatings and Connected Measurements

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

The analyzer includes a proportional counter detector for routine measurements of common platings and incorporates advanced user-friendly features designed to enhance high-volume testing.

MacDermid Enthone Acquires All-Star Chemical Co.'s Chemical Solutions

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

Going forward, All-Star’s chemical solutions will be integrated into MacDermid Enthone’s portfolio.

SGL Carbon achieves carbon fiber production with 50% reduced footprint

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Eco-friendly carbon fiber slashes carbon footprint by half through renewable energy, a commitment echoed in SGL’s Lavradio biomass plant set to reduce CO2 emissions by 90,000 tons.  

Composite current collectors to enable EV battery efficiency

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Researchers at ORNL have developed a metal-free current collector using carbon fiber and nanotubes to further lightweight lithium-ion batteries and increase energy density, improving EV driving range.

Hexagon Agility receives order for Titan Mobile Pipeline, boosts production of composite cylinders

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Order from REV LNG highlights growth in renewable natural gas; Hexagon Agility ramps Type 4 Mobile Pipeline cylinder production and adds two Type 4 cylinder lines in Salisbury, N.C. to meet demand for truck/bus systems.

Aerospace market report forecasts rapid composites growth by 2030

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Persistence Market Researcher provides a comprehensive look on the recent developments shaping composites use in aerospace, detailing key market growth, challenges and emerging trends.

TPI, GE Vernova expand wind blade production contract in Mexico

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Additional production lines in a third facility within TPI’s Juarex campus will manufacture GE Vernova’s latest wind turbine blade type.

Syensqo to sponsor DS Penske Formula E team

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Three-year partnership will bring high-performing polymers and composites to the forefront of electric vehicles to build on their efficiency, safety and light weight. 

AI Augments Injection Molding Process Control System

| MoldMaking Technology

MAX, a new process advising feature added to RJG’s Copilot system, is engineered to help troubleshoot and optimize the injection molding process and addresses industry skill gap.

MicroCare Welcomes New Chief Operating Officer

Lori Beckman | Products Finishing

MicroCare has appointed Lu Anne Green as the chief operating officer (COO).

Production Machining's January 2024 News Highlights

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Production Machining’s January 2024 news highlights include new leadership, acquisitions, reshoring updates and more.

SolidCAM lanza un software de simulación para operarios de CNC

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

SolidCAM for Operator está diseñada para proporcionar a los operarios una simulación completa de la pieza CAM de SolidCAM.

Artificial Intelligence, Origin Stories, Machining Strategies, and the Wild Ride Ahead in 2024

Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop

The January 2024 issue of Modern Machine Shop contains several firsts. From new features to new topics and presentation styles, the debut issue of the year reflects not only a changing landscape of machining strategies, but also the stories behind the people who innovate them.

America Makes Announces Winners for IMPACT Project Call

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

The project call focuses on additive manufacturing research related to casting and forging, metal powder sourcing and robotic AM process planning for continuous fiber-reinforced composite structures.

Kuka Automated Mobile Platforms Streamline Operations

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The KMP 1500P AMR features a 60-mm stroke and precision positioning, enabling it to transport up to 1.5-tons of materials and workpieces, picks good, supply lines and cells with materials and transport production parts in process linking.

Renishaw AM System Features Detailed Build Insight

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

The RenAM 500 Ultra system features innovative optical, chamber and gas-flow design, and also adds new productivity-boosting Tempus technology and advanced process monitoring software.

Después de seis años, en 2024 Chinaplas regresa a Shanghai

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Chinaplas se llevará a cabo entre el 23 y el 26 de abril de 2024 presentando las últimas tendencias, tecnologías e innovaciones que impulsan el desarrollo sostenible de la industria del plástico global.  

70 Years...Still Going Strong

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Plastics Technology is closing in on its 70th anniversary. Here are some of Editorial Director Jim Callari’s observations to commemorate the occasion.

HP and Elnik Team Up to Expand HP’s Sintering Expertise

Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing

HP asked Elnik Systems to develop a furnace configuration dedicated to processing metal additive manufactured parts, which are the cornerstone of its metal jet system development.