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R&M International Acquires Vartega EasyFeed Bundle Technology

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The 50-year-old, family-owned recycler will carry forward Vartega’s rCF platform, which includes 1,000/tons of annual production capacity, for thermoplastics industry and automotive programs.

Gilmour Space, Hypersonix Partner to Advance Australian Hypersonic Capability

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The partnership is advancing Mach 5+ flight-test capabilities for defense and commercial customers using rocket and scramjet platforms.

Cambium, SHD Composites Reimagining a New Future for Composites

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

CW’s interview with Cambium chief informatics officer Tim Gardner discusses the company’s background and bio-enabled approach, inverse design and SHD Composites’ role as it seeks broader markets, growth and changing what’s possible with composites.

Periplast Prints Mold, Skin and Core in a Single Robotic Cell in INOV.AM Program

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

SNAPSHOT: Periplast’s research-oriented robotic cell uses a single hybrid head to 3D print a mold, place a carbon fiber prepreg skin and deposit a honeycomb core without repositioning the part, removing a traditionally required bonding step.

JetZero Closes $100 Million Financing Facility to Advance Z4 Program

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Senior secured loan accelerates aircraft tech maturation and North Carolina facility buildout for the all-wing composite Z4 platform.

UW-Madison Engineers Develop Drapable Composite to Reduce Lightning Strike Damage on Aircraft

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Researchers weave stainless steel yarn into carbon fiber fabric to create a drapable, Faraday cage-like layer that cut simulated lightning strike weight loss to 0.03%, down from 3% without hybridization.

District Judge Rules for Oregon in EPR Lawsuit

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Preliminary injunction on NAW members lifted, all producers subject to fees.

hyperMILL MAXX Machining de Open Mind Technologies para acabado

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold 2026: hyperMILL MAXX Machining, de Open Mind Technologies, es un paquete de mecanizado CAM para operaciones de desbaste, acabado y taladrado.

Sistema de medición láser LC50-DIGILOG de Blum-Novotest para centros de mecanizado

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold 2026: La tecnología DIGILOG del sistema de medición láser LC50-DIGILOG, de Blum-Novotest, captura miles de valores de medición por segundo, lo que permite un seguimiento detallado de la geometría y el estado de la herramienta en tiempo real.

Tooling Alternatives as Carbide Costs Rise

Derek Korn | Modern Machine Shop

Shops have a variety of cutting tool options — including but not limited to carbide — when it comes to effectively machining heat-resistant super alloys.

End mills X1-EH de YG-1 para maquinado de aceros endurecidos

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold 2026: La serie de end mills X1-EH, de YG-1, esta dirigida a los sectores de moldes, automotriz, aeroespacial, médico y de energía.

Agua y residuos ya no son cumplimiento sino competitividad

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Veolia, Henkel, Dow y la ANIQ debatieron en un panel cómo la revisión del T-MEC, la Ley General de Aguas y la NOM-160 sobre residuos peligrosos transforman la operación del sector, con 55,000 millones de dólares en inversión en juego y agua y residuos como variables estratégicas de competitividad.

58th Annual World Machine Tool Survey Report and Data Now Available

| MoldMaking Technology

New data reveals shifting global machine tool production, consumption and trade trends, with implications for mold shops evaluating capital equipment purchases.
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Wuhan Paibo presenta calibradores automotrices de 0.05 mm en Meximold

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Wuhan Paibo Technology participa en Meximold 2026 con calibradores de verificación dimensional y herramentales de producción con tolerancias de 0.05 mm para OEMs, Tier 1 y fabricantes de moldes, con diseño modular multimodelo y trazabilidad digital para auditorías y validaciones.