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.
Recubrimiento AlCrN para herramientas de tallado de engranes
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
Star SU incorpora el recubrimiento Alcrona EVO a su portafolio de herramientas de corte de engranes para producción en alto volumen.
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.
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.
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.
NASA, Boeing advance TTBW research in wind tunnel test
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The transonic truss-braced wing concept, originating from aeronautics-supported research and NASA and Boeing engineers, continue to shift this wing design from an idea to practical reality.
PCCL, Isovolta win Styrian Innovation Prize for vitrimer-based prepregs
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
Austrian-based Polymer Competence Center Leoben and Isovolta win regional award for achieving economic and large-scale production of recyclable, vitrimer-based composites.
EATC releases comprehensive thermoplastic composites market study
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Developments, trends and prospects for long and continuous fiber TPC provide a systematic overview of the European market.
RVmagnetics Defence DemoKit equips defense composites with real-time structural sensing
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
SNAPSHOT: Powered by ultra-thin MicroWire sensors, the Kit provides contactless monitoring of critical parameters with zero material strength loss, with custom proof-of-concept testing in-house.
Bell Textron opens MV-75 Cheyenne Wichita Assembly Center
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Fuselage production in Kansas is underway as part of a U.S. Army initiative, in addition to accelerated manufacturing at Bell’s other facilities.
Hexagon Software Enhances Measurement of Complex Geometries
| Modern Machine Shop
Hexagon’s Quindos 2026.1 software features advanced capabilities for CMM monitoring, faster and more intuitive scanning as well as enhanced analysis tools.
Plastics Processing Continues Q1 Momentum in March
Mike Shirk | Plastics Technology
Gardner Business Index sees minor dip in March but ends the quarter with the third consecutive month well above the growth threshold.
#economics
Dutch Plant To Produce Aromatics From Plastic Waste
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Pyrolysis technology by BlueAlp will be used at BioBTX plant.
CUTMETALL presenta sus tecnologías de corte en PRLATAM
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
En Plastics Recycling LATAM, CUTMETALL exhibirá su portafolio de cuchillas industriales y soluciones de filtración diseñadas para optimizar procesos de reciclaje.
Comercio de productos para inteligencia artificial impulsa el papel de México en la cadena de suministro
| Modern Machine Shop México
México representó alrededor del 25 % de las importaciones de Estados Unidos en productos asociados a la IA en 2025.
Monaghan Powdered Metal Taps Offer Economical Alternative to Solid Carbide
| Production Machining
Monaghan Tooling Group provides Vergnano P-Series powdered metal taps as a cost-effective solution for tapping applications in harder materials.
Job Shop Discovers and Fills a Fishing Need
Derek Korn | Production Machining
The promise of a product line for improved mounting of electronic fish finders led this Missouri job shop to an automated turning process.
#workforcedevelopment
Indorama Ventures refuerza posición en resinas con base en shale
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
La ventaja de costos de Indorama Ventures frente a productores dependientes de nafta se sustenta en su integración con materias primas de esquisto en Estados Unidos, donde genera aproximadamente el 50 % de sus ingresos. La empresa ajusta la producción y la demanda en tiempo real mediante el modelo S&OE, con la meta de consolidar los márgenes hacia 2028.
Additive Improves Stress-Cracking Resistance in Recycled Polyolefins
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Avient launches Cesa Tough A4R, a polyolefin additive targeting applications for recycled high-density polyethylene (r-HDPE) while maintaining material recyclability.
LightForce Orthodontics Metal Bracket Introduces Generative Customization for Individualized Orthodontic Treatment
| Additive Manufacturing
LightForce Orthodontics launches the Lightbracket Metal — a patient-specific 3D printed metal bracket — expanding access to generative braces for 65% of patients who prefer metal options.
Championing 70 Years of Innovation for Finishers
Jessica Pompili | Products Finishing
With a life-spanning passion for surface finishing, PF Champion of the Industry Curtis Goad is focusing on the industry’s future.
High-Performance Packaging Molding Platform
Tony Deligio | MoldMaking Technology
Husky is positioning its HyperSync and Hylectric molding machines plus Advantage+Elite remote monitoring as a go-to packaging platform.