Severance Long-Shank Tools Provide Extended Reach for Hard-to-Access Areas

| Production Machining

Severance Tool Industries Inc. offers long-shank versions of its standard tools with up to 15" in shank length for deep cavities and narrow spaces.

Episode 56: Christian Fischer, Bcomp

Scott Francis | CompositesWorld

Bcomp’s CEO shares how natural fiber composites went from powder skis to BMW series cars — and what’s next for sustainable materials in mobility.

PLASTICS y ANIPAC impulsan renovación del T-MEC para fortalecer competitividad

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Las asociaciones destacaron la importancia del acuerdo comercial para consolidar cadenas de suministro y crecimiento regional.

Engineering Better Closures: Sustainable Designs in Flexible Packaging

| Plastics Technology

Brands are under mounting pressure to make flexible packaging more sustainable, from films and multi-layer structures to fitments and closures.

Tariffs Become Part of the Operating Environment

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Moldmakers may need to stop treating tariffs as temporary disruptions and start planning for long-term supply chain uncertainty and policy-driven change.

Grado de acabado para superaleaciones de alta dureza

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El grado TS0501 Duratomic, de Seco Tools, se orienta al torneado de acabado en superaleaciones resistentes al calor.

Zimmermann Integrates Cyber Resilience into High-Precision Machine Tool Design

| MoldMaking Technology

Zimmermann, a manufacturer of high-precision portal milling machines, is integrating digital security measures into its systems to protect machine performance, production integrity and connected networks.

Advanced CAM Features Cut Programming and Cycle Times

Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop

Feature-based programming automation, advanced tool support and high-precision tool paths all share one goal: Improve the programmer’s ability to get things done. Learn more about the cutting edge of programming your cutting edge.

Colibrium Additive Manufacturing Solutions Enable Expedited Testing and Certification for Naval Aviation

| Additive Manufacturing

Colibrium Additive, a GE Aerospace company, delivers metal alloy Material Process Combinations and M Line and M2 Series 5 3D printing systems under a Naval Air Systems Command contract. The aim: To expand the U.S. Navy’s capability to print airworthy parts at scale. 

Inversión extranjera alcanza récord en 2026

| Modern Machine Shop México

Con un avance del 10.4 % en el primer trimestre de 2026, el crecimiento de la inversión extranjera directa se vio impulsado por sectores como el automotriz, el de equipos de cómputo y el de componentes electrónicos, entre otros.

Best Practices for Wastewater Management in Electroplating, Coating Operations

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

A direct cost center, compliance risk and sustainability metric, here is how surface finishers are controlling wastewater discharge, recovering value and staying ahead.

Braskem Idesa y UNAM impulsan el reciclaje de plásticos

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

La 7ª edición de Plastitrueque reunió a la industria, la academia y a los ciudadanos en la UNAM para promover la economía circular y el manejo responsable de residuos plásticos en México.

Autonational Composite Machinery B.V. merges filament winding, pultrusion leaders

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

SNAPSHOT: Netherlands-based Composite Machinery and Autonational have become one company designed to support the composite industry’s custom-built machinery needs.

Cambium composites are launched into space via USCRPL rocket

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Boattail component delivery helped USCRPL’s Daybreak rocket reach space, marking the first U.S. student team to launch and recover a rocket as a space payload provider.

HESTIA project advances thermoplastic composite fuselage tech for zero-emission aircraft

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Fraunhofer IWS highlights work with CONTIjoin, vitrimers, drapeability and LSP while IVW demonstrates rCF-reinforced thermoplastic window frame using aligned discontinuous fibers.

Treat Your AI Like a New Hire

Stephanie Hendrixson | Manufacturing Connected

Business leaders often have an expectation that artificial intelligence tools should be productive straight out of the box.

CONTRAX Austin Expands Program and Industry Partnerships

| MoldMaking Technology

The inaugural contract manufacturing event hosted by Gardner Business Media takes place June 24-25, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Don’t miss it: Registration is open and free for qualified attendees. 

Avantium lleva el plástico vegetal al Diseño de Milán

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Avantium presentó en Milán 2026 una minicolección con releaf, su polímero PEF de base vegetal, en colaboración con el estudio Hoogvliet Jongerius en el Palazzo Giureconsulti.

Axtra Workflow integra impresión 3D, posprocesado y trazabilidad en un solo sistema

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El ecosistema Axtra Workflow conecta preparación, impresión, posprocesado e inspección en manufactura aditiva con control y análisis de datos en tiempo real.

AkzoNobel Autoclear Optima Clearcoat Increases Body Shop Throughput, Reduces Energy Use

| Products Finishing

High-performance clearcoat helps body shop technicians balance fast drying, broad application flexibility and full system compatibility. 

LG Chem Downgauging Monomaterial Film

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Customized polyethylene resin for thin, recyclable film is built on machine direction oriented polyethylene and biaxially oriented polyethylene.

Advancing Bonding, Coating and Sealing to 4.0 Systems for Metals, Composites and More

Ginger Gardiner | Products Finishing

Brighton Science uses decades of experience, 2-second surface measurements and a framework of data-based specs and KPIs to help manufacturers advance toward reliable, predictable bond quality for faster, high-performance production.