Embracing AI in Coatings

Scott Francis | Products Finishing

How automation, AI and machine learning are streamlining surface finishing, bridging skill gaps and driving sustainable innovation.

Dispositivos médicos: digitalización y optimización de la cadena de valor como habilitadores de eficiencia

| Modern Machine Shop México

Durante el Medical Devices Innovation Summit se destacó la necesidad de transitar de “Hecho en México” a “Creado en México” en la producción de dispositivos médicos.

Compact Finishing Machine Enables High-Polished Surfaces on Additive Components

| Additive Manufacturing

Mass Finishing Inc. unveiled the HZ-6 centrifugal barrel tumbler finishing machine at RAPID + TCT 2026, reducing labor costs and production times while freeing up floor space.

Kistler and FimmTech Create Injection Molding Education and Technology Partnership

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Kistler and FimmTech will combine cavity pressure monitoring with hands-on injection molding education.
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Is it Time to Update Your Scrap Processing Equipment?

| Production Machining

Metalworking companies that are thinking about updating their metal scrap processing equipment have a lot to consider especially with how frequently production takes priority over waste management.

Jet Tools Lathe Enhances Safety, Performance

| Modern Machine Shop

Jet Tools expands its turning lineup with gear-head engine lathes and large-spindle bore lathes designed to provide smooth operation, scalability and built-in safety features.

GP1350 Portal Mill Targets Large-Part Machining in Compact Footprint

| MoldMaking Technology

GROB Systems introduces a five-axis portal milling machining center designed for large, complex components with automation-ready flexibility.

Gneuss impulsa reciclaje de PET con sistemas OMNI

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Gneuss presenta en Plastics Recycling LATAM su serie OMNI, orientada a transformar materiales reciclados en productos de alto desempeño. Su diseño compacto y configurable permite procesar diversas corrientes, mejorar la desgasificación y asegurar calidad constante en aplicaciones exigentes.

From Pet Food to Precision Aerospace Parts

Julia Hider | Modern Machine Shop

When her father stepped away from the shop he founded due to illness, Christy Subia made a career change that turned out to be more familiar than she expected.

Fresa de planeado con 12 alojamientos para hierro fundido

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La MaxiMill S-Power, de Ceratizit, está diseñada para mecanizado estable de hierro fundido con insertos de doble cara y ocho filos efectivos.

Flexicon's Dual-Intake Vacuum Enables Dust-Free Unloading

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Dilute-phase system vacuum conveying system is designed for unloading containers and bags.  

Sidel desarrolla botella retornable de PET para agua

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Sidel lanzó una botella retornable de PET para agua sin gas, más ligera y compatible con reciclaje botella a botella.

Strategic Cutting Tool Pairing

| MoldMaking Technology

Moldmakers can achieve faster, more precise results by combining indexable and solid round tools.

Nagel Deep-Hole Drilling Systems Provide Highly Flexible Performance

| Production Machining

Nagel’s customizable deep-hole drilling machines are fully customizable and can be configured either as stand-alone systems or as fully integrated turnkey solutions.

Owens Corning Glass Reinforcements business is now operating as The Original Composites Co.

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Following finalization of Glass Reinforcements sale, the new name clearly honors where Owens Corning came from and where the company is headed.

Platinum Tooling Live Tools Support Higher RPM

| Modern Machine Shop

Platinum Tooling Technologies Inc. expands its line of Heimatec live tools for the Haas BMT turret, offering driven and static tools capable of higher rpm operation.

Plastic Flow Enhances Simulation Software for Extrusion

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Among the new features, this version enables sequential batch processing of multiple flow simulation jobs.  

Through Wind, Snow and World News

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

PTXPO’s fourth edition came off despite wild weather and world events.

GA-EMS industrializing SiC/SiC and other CMC via MAITrX facility

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Developing materials used across General Atomics, this lab is onshoring nuclear-grade SiC fiber, innovating SiC foam and promoting collaboration to accelerate CMC production and commercialization.

Trillium raises $13 million to begin bio-based acrylonitrile demo plant operations, design of commercial version

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Project Falcon demonstrates technical performance of drop-in, plant-based ACN technology, the ability to execute at industrial scale and a significant advancement toward commercialization efforts.

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.

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.