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Niigata Spins Off Injection Molding Machine Business
| Plastics Technology
The U.S. subsidiary of Japan’s Niigata Machine Techno Company Ltd. spun off the injection molding side of its business into a separate company.
Magic North America Adds Showroom Machine
Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology
New model all-electric shuttle blow molder available for demonstrations.
La fuerza femenina en la manufactura mexicana
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
Data México refiere que en el cuarto trimestre de 2022 el 40.2 % de la población ocupada en la industria manufacturera correspondió a mujeres.
Qué son los sistemas de colada caliente y cómo funcionan
| Plastics Technology México
Un experimentado transformador de plásticos aborda los beneficios, las mejoras y los problemas cotidianos de las coladas calientes, luego de trabajar por décadas con varias marcas en el mercado de estos sistemas.
En Colombia, lanzan Pacto por los Plásticos
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Colombia se convirtió en el segundo país latinoamericano en lanzar un pacto para abordar los impactos ambientales de los plásticos y la economía circular.
Orange PBT Colorant for Electrical & Electronic Equipment
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Ampacet ELTech Orange 2003 PBT masterbatch is designed for high-voltage PBT for high-voltage connectors.
Kimya Releases Life Cycle Analysis Results for 3D filaments
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
Analysis results indicate that using Kimya’s recycled PETG filaments helps reduce CO2 emissions by 35% compared with standard PETG, which the company hopes will encourage users to give priority to recycled filaments in the interests of sustainability and resource conservation.
AM Companies Collaborate With Wilson to Create First Airless Prototype Basketball
Angela Osborne | Additive Manufacturing
General Lattice’s enterprise solutions team worked with Wilson to bring its concept to life by streamlining the design and iteration process through the use of its computational design tools and workflows.
Celebrating Powder Coating
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
Products Finishing reflects on Powder Coating Week 2023 and the importance of powder coating in the finishing industry.
Platinum Tooling Offers Machine-Specific Turning Center Tools
Angela Osborne | Production Machining
PMTS 2023: Platinum Tooling serves the automotive, aerospace, medical, firearms and energy markets, as well as many other industries in metalworking.
How Aneesa Muthana Found Her Own Path in Manufacturing
| Modern Machine Shop
From working phones at 11 years old to reinventing her own business during a downturn, here's how Aneesa Muthana created her own path in manufacturing.
Metalworking Activity Crept Into Growth Mode in February
Jan Schafer | Modern Machine Shop
The GBI closed at 50.6 in February, calling for cautious optimism.
#economics
Connecting to the MMT Audience Through Polls
Cara Ready | MoldMaking Technology
MoldMaking Technology understands the importance of getting to know our audience. This year, we have decided to run bi-weekly polls in our MMT Today newsletter to get to know our audience better.
GROB presenta solución de automatización de almacenamiento de pallets
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
El sistema de almacenamiento de pallets en torre PSS-T300 mejora la productividad del mecanizado en una gama de centros de mecanizado GROB.
Engel PTXPO Spotlight
| Plastics Technology
Engel discusses the upcoming Plastics Technology Expo (PTXPO) March 28-30
Sparktek Acquires Marca Coating Technologies
| Products Finishing
Two of North America's vacuum metallizing companies are coming together to provide domestic, high-volume vacuum metallizing services to multiple industries.
#economics
C.R. Onsrud breaks ground for machine shop expansion
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Multi-phase expansion includes 9,900-square-foot addition to facility and purchase of new equipment to better serve aerospace, marine, composites and other industries.
Archer begins eVTOL manufacturing facility construction
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Phase I construction of the 350,000-square-foot facility in Covington, Georgia, to produce 650 aircraft/year begins soon after closing the project’s local incentive transaction.
HAV Hydrogen obtains DNV AiP for containerized H2 system
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Approval in Principle compliance shifts the standalone zero-emissions power pod for ships to first commercial deliveries and installations starting in 2024.
ThermHex Waben highlights thermoplastic honeycomb panels
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Economically produced composite sandwich panels are sustainable while maintaining high mechanical performance and surface quality, driving them into new market applications.
Precision Metal 3D Printing Technology for Mold Manufacture
| MoldMaking Technology
Mantle’s P-200 3D printer, combined with the TruShape process, achieves high-performance part production with shorter lead times and lower costs.
Molding 2023 Call for Papers
| Plastics Technology
The annual injection molding conference is currently accepting presentation proposals for the two-day event taking place August 29-30 in Minneapolis.