Compact Finishing Machine Enables High-Polished Surfaces on Additive Components

| Additive Manufacturing

Mass Finishing Inc. unveiled the HZ-6 centrifugal barrel tumbler finishing machine at RAPID + TCT 2026, reducing labor costs and production times while freeing up floor space.

From Pet Food to Precision Aerospace Parts

Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop

When her father stepped away from the shop he founded due to illness, Christy Subia made a career change that turned out to be more familiar than she expected.

GP1350 Portal Mill Targets Large-Part Machining in Compact Footprint

| MoldMaking Technology

GROB Systems introduces a five-axis portal milling machining center designed for large, complex components with automation-ready flexibility.

Gneuss impulsa reciclaje de PET con sistemas OMNI

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Gneuss presenta en Plastics Recycling LATAM su serie OMNI, orientada a transformar materiales reciclados en productos de alto desempeño. Su diseño compacto y configurable permite procesar diversas corrientes, mejorar la desgasificación y asegurar calidad constante en aplicaciones exigentes.

Fresa de planeado con 12 alojamientos para hierro fundido

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La MaxiMill S-Power, de Ceratizit, está diseñada para mecanizado estable de hierro fundido con insertos de doble cara y ocho filos efectivos.

Is it Time to Update Your Scrap Processing Equipment?

| Production Machining

Metalworking companies that are thinking about updating their metal scrap processing equipment have a lot to consider especially with how frequently production takes priority over waste management.

Kistler and FimmTech Create Injection Molding Education and Technology Partnership

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Kistler and FimmTech will combine cavity pressure monitoring with hands-on injection molding education.
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Jet Tools Lathe Enhances Safety, Performance

| Modern Machine Shop

Jet Tools expands its turning lineup with gear-head engine lathes and large-spindle bore lathes designed to provide smooth operation, scalability and built-in safety features.

Platinum Tooling Live Tools Support Higher RPM

| Modern Machine Shop

Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. expands its line of Heimatec live tools for the Haas BMT turret, offering driven and static tools capable of higher rpm operation.

Alianza impulsa formación técnica en plásticos

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

PCS y Detail Technologies colaboran con Ferris State University para impulsar la formación práctica en la manufactura de plásticos mediante tecnología industrial.

Embracing AI in Coatings

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

How automation, AI and machine learning are streamlining surface finishing, bridging skill gaps and driving sustainable innovation.

AkzoNobel to Commercialize Protective Coating Incorporating Ecosparc Graphene Additive

| Products Finishing

Joining Sparc Technologies, AkzoNobel will offer graphene-enhanced Interzone 954, a heavy-duty protective coating with a 25-year successful track record, within Australia.

Plastic Flow Enhances Simulation Software for Extrusion

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Among the new features, this version enables sequential batch processing of multiple flow simulation jobs.  

GA-EMS industrializing SiC/SiC and other CMC via MAITrX facility

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Developing materials used across General Atomics, this lab is onshoring nuclear-grade SiC fiber, innovating SiC foam and promoting collaboration to accelerate CMC production and commercialization.

Trillium raises $13 million to begin bio-based acrylonitrile demo plant operations, design of commercial version

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Project Falcon demonstrates technical performance of drop-in, plant-based ACN technology, the ability to execute at industrial scale and a significant advancement toward commercialization efforts.

MMT Tech Days: Mold Design Fundamentals: A Framework for Smarter Decisions

| MoldMaking Technology

This webinar breaks mold design down into its three essential pillars — Flow, Thermal and Mechanical. Each pillar will be covered by four leading mold builders, with each sharing their decision-making strategies for comparing common design choices, from gating and cooling to steel selection and ejection strategies.

Filtro FCS de Fimic para reciclaje de plásticos

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

En Plastics Recycling LATAM, Fimic introduce el FCS Filter, una tecnología diseñada para mejorar la filtración de masa fundida en materiales altamente contaminados.

ChemQuest Expands Strategy Bench with Latest Director Addition

| Products Finishing

Scott Reams’ specialty chemicals expertise and work in related areas will support ChemQuest’s Operational Excellence and Technology Development business pillars.

Fundamentals of Designing the Optimal Cooling System

| MoldMaking Technology

The right mold components can help improve mold cooling and thereby produce higher-quality parts.

Engel Expands Wintec All-Electric Line Globally, Provides 2-Platen Updates

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Engel began a global rollout of its Wintec brand e-win all-electric press and presented a streamlined portfolio of its duo and t-win two-platen machines.

Making (and Re-Making) with Large-Format Additive Manufacturing

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

OEM and social enterprise re:3D develops large-format 3D printers in the U.S. with a focus on sustainability, upgradability and enabling economic independence anywhere.

Nuevo León muestra señales de recuperación manufacturera

| Modern Machine Shop México

El indicador de nuevos pedidos encabezó la mejora de marzo, con un avance de 6.3 puntos que lo llevó nuevamente a zona de expansión.