Haddy Scales AI-Enabled Microfactories with Siemens Xcelerator Platform

| Additive Manufacturing

Haddy, a U.S.-based additive manufacturing company, has adopted the Siemens Xcelerator open digital business platform to expand local, large-format additive manufacturing. Supply chain gains: Haddy’s approach shortens supply chains and enables a circular lifecycle for materials. 

FDA aprueba Licocare RBW de Clariant para PVC con contacto alimentario

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La FDA autorizó los aditivos Licocare RBW de Clariant para PVC rígido con contacto alimentario, lo que amplía su aprobación previa en poliéster a toda la gama RBW, con concentraciones de hasta 0.5% para contacto directo y de hasta 1% en equipos de procesamiento.

In the Age of AI, Manufacturers Won’t Need Engineers. Or Will They?

Matthew Kirchner | Products Finishing

AI is rapidly reshaping manufacturing, and it will be the engineers who embrace and leverage AI tools that will rise in value.

Sistema de corte por plasma Hypertherm mejora capacidad y portabilidad

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El sistema Powermax33 XP ofrece mayor potencia de corte, portabilidad y versatilidad para aplicaciones en múltiples sectores.

NIOSH Study Measures Graphene Exposures in U.S., Sets Preliminary Benchmark

| CompositesWorld

NIOSH study of exposures at 11 graphene producers and users in U.S. results in proposed limit, recommends composites sector receive nanocarbons embedded in masterbatch vs. handling dry nanopowder directly.

Concepts NREC Software Enhances Turbomachinery Toolpath Programming

| Modern Machine Shop

The Agile Engineering Design System version 2026.1 enables engineering teams to reduce development time, improve design fidelity and accelerate the path from concept to production.

Nikon Automated Microscope Reduces Industrial Inspection Errors

| Modern Machine Shop

Nikon Corp. introduces the Eclipse LV100AMS, a one-click automated microscope that integrates motorized control, automated image acquisition and AI-powered analysis into a single industrial inspection system.

PureCycle, IPL Schoeller Partner to Produce Recycled Grocery Container for Cleveland Kitchen

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Food-contact container to use PureFive recycled polypropylene.

Rego-Fix Toolholding Systems Provide Swiss-Precision Accuracy, Repeatability

| Production Machining

IMTS 2026: Rego-Fix Tool Corp. showcases its ER collet and PowRgrip toolholding system to support high-performance machining across motorsports, aerospace, automotive and medical sectors.

Mikron Rotary Transfer Machine Supports Greater Part Diversity

| MoldMaking Technology

IMTS 2026: Mikron introduces the Multistar Next, a flexible CNC rotary transfer machine that combines high-speed production with full CNC control for electrical connector applications.

Simulation Becomes Reality With AI and Injection Molding

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Could artificial intelligence’s first major impact in injection molding come through simulation?

Spotlight Your Photo Finish in a Products Finishing Issue

| Products Finishing

Does your company have a dynamic photo of a finished part, finishing process or something else that is surface finishing-related? Show it off by sending over the image and a short blurb of explanatory text to press@pfonline.com for a chance to make it into a future issue!

TerraFlow Energy to Advance Power Infrastructure Storage With NOV Fiber Glass Systems

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Collaboration aligns long-duration energy storage and industrial composites manufacturing capabilities to support resilient power systems for data centers and other critical applications.

JetZero Advances Composite BWB Demonstrator Build, Reaches FAA Certification Milestone

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Fuselage assembly has begun at Scaled Composites' Mojave facility, where low-temperature cure composites and co-cured wing skins are taking shape for the Jet1 blended wing body demonstrator.

Dürr CTS Electric RTO Systems Expand Air Pollution Control to Industrial Scale

| Products Finishing

Dürr CTS extends its Oxi.X thermal exhaust air purification line with electrically heated regenerative thermal oxidation systems capable of handling volumetric flows up to 120,000 Nm³/h, high pollutant concentrations and corrosive exhaust gases.

Nissei USA Vertical Double Disc Grinder Targets High-Precision, High-Volume Production

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2026: Nissei USA features the V-5P vertical double disc surface grinder, showcasing a machine engineered for parallelism, thickness control and surface finish consistency across flat workpiece applications.

Fryer Machine Systems VMC Provides Speed, Precision in Compact Footprint

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2026: Fryer Machine Systems demonstrates the MC-L Compact Linear Way High Speed Machining Center, featuring a Siemens Sinumerik One CNC for both production and high-mix environments.

35.BI-MU prepara una edición enfocada en automatización, IA y manufactura digital

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La bienal internacional de máquinas-herramienta se realizará del 13 al 16 de octubre en Fieramilano Rho, con una exposición centrada en tecnologías interconectadas, automatización, manufactura aditiva, metrología, herramientas avanzadas y nuevos foros sectoriales.

Tornos Baileigh mejoran control y capacidad en aplicaciones de producción

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La línea de tornos de Baileigh integra control operativo, seguridad y capacidad para aumentar la productividad en talleres de mecanizado.

Laser-Excited Ultrasound Detects, Localizes Composite Defects Without Contact

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2026: Xarion Laser Acoustics’ LEA system pairs a fiber-coupled laser with an optical microphone for fully automated, single-sided inspection of composite structures.

Avient lanza TPE sin halógenos con retardante de llama UL 94

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Avient incorporó la serie NHFR 7001 a su línea OnFlex de TPE sin halógenos, con certificación UL 94 V-0, REACH y RoHS, orientada a automotriz, electrónica, construcción y bienes de consumo, incluyendo cargadores de vehículos eléctricos y paquetes de baterías.

DoD-Supported Initiative Expands Workforce Development Programs

Derek Korn | Production Machining

America’s Cutting Edge and Metallurgical Engineering Trades Apprenticeships & Learning will expand to more than 50 new sites by 2030.
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