Unilever Argentina apuesta por el plástico reciclado nacional en sus envases
| Plastics Technology México
Unilever está buscando reducir al 50 % el uso de plástico virgen en sus empaques para 2025 y está ejecutando un plan estratégico en Argentina para lograr su meta.
Pall Corporation to Open New Facility in Singapore
Chris Pasion | Products Finishing
The new facility will primarily produce lithography and wet-etch filtration, purification and separation solutions that will help meet the high demand for advanced node solutions.
EOS, Hyperganic Collaborate on Design, Performance of Space Propulsion Components
| Additive Manufacturing
By creating a truly digital workflow, the companies aim to utilize additive manufacturing’s design freedom to create part structures and applications that were impossible to manufacture using traditional production processes.
Engel Opens Packaging Centers
| Plastics Technology
Fit-for-purpose production cells for a wide variety of packaging are available at two Austrian locations—Schwertberg and St. Valentin—as part of the new Packaging Centers.
MakerBot, Ultimaker Announce Merger
| Additive Manufacturing
By combining teams and leveraging additional funding, the merged company aims to accelerate the development of advanced solutions to provide customers with a broad portfolio of hardware and software solutions to serve a wide spectrum of customers and applications.
Materialise CO-AM Software for Serial Additive Manufacturing Production
| Additive Manufacturing
The open platform is said to give manufacturers cloud-based access to a full range of software tools that enable them to plan, manage and optimize every stage of their additive manufacturing operations.
Jabil’s PK 5000 Developed for Improved Strength, Chemical Resistance
| Additive Manufacturing
The engineered material is also said to offer high barrier properties and low-moisture absorption, which may be critical for ensuring the quality and resilience of certain parts and products exposed to fuel and water.
Kennametal Joins GE Additive Beta Partner Program
| Additive Manufacturing
As part of the program, Kennametal will work with GE Additive to identify, design and scale specific applications for serial production on GE’s binder Jet system to leverage its cemented tungsten carbide additive materials.
View From My Shop, Episode 3: Expanding a Machine Shop With Budde Precision Machining
| Modern Machine Shop
Three years ago, Budde Precision Machining was a well-regarded tool shop. Today, new technology has grown its reach and customer base far wider.
Las nuevas bicicletas eléctricas Lyft llevarán un revestimiento retrorreflectante de PPG
| Products Finishing México
La empresa PPG proveerá el primer recubrimiento en polvo retrorreflectante comercial a Lyft quien la usará en sus nuevas bicicletas eléctricas para aumentar la seguridad de los ciclistas al incrementar su visibilidad.
Kimya Supplying Materials for Stratasys’ FDM Systems
| Additive Manufacturing
Stratasys will offer customers two new materials from Kimya — EN45545–2 certified polycarbon filament (Kimya PC-FR) and a polyetherketone filament made from Arkema’s Kepstan (Kimya PEKK-SC).
Military Coaching's 4 Tips to Improve Employee Performance
| Production Machining
True military coaching is an effective leadership technique to retain and develop employees and consists of describing the standards of performance to be successful in a position and then having frequent coaching sessions concerning the on-the-job performance.
#workforcedevelopment
Tendencias globales del sector metalmecánico
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
Mejora de la ciberseguridad, adopción de metodologías esbeltas y digitalización, uso de la manufactura aditiva, robots colaborativos y la automatización son las principales tendencias que está adoptando el sector metalmecánico a nivel mundial.
The Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers Announces New President
Chris Pasion | Products Finishing
Ryan Evans, PhD, will serve as the principal executive officer of the Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers and as chairman of its board of directors.
To the Moon and Beyond with Additive Manufacturing
Jodee McElfresh | Additive Manufacturing
Aerojet Rocketdyne uses metal 3D printing technology from Velo3D to make a critical flight component lighter, smaller, and much less expensive than its predecessors.
Anisoprint signs MOU for space-based continuous fiber 3D printing
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Continuous fiber co-extrusion (CFC) technology capacities in orbit and for the deployment of additive manufacturing have been demonstrated and validated.
3D Metal Printing Adoption Enables Rapid Design Changes, Internal Feature Inclusion, Quality Components
| MoldMaking Technology
Xact Metals’ 3D printing technologies and services are offered for quick, efficient and cost-effective moldmaking and tooling production.
3D Noodles International inaugurates aerospace-ready carbon fiber 3D noodles
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Four types of carbon fiber 3D noodle, or gusset filler dry preforms, are offered with pre-defined radii. They are also well suited for aerospace applications.
Joint declaration to lead European offshore wind capacity to 150 GW by 2050
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands and Denmark cooperate to increase wind capacity, expand large-scale energy hubs and explore green hydrogen, all of which will affect carbon fiber demand.
Plataine extends digital thread technology to overcome supply chain challenges in composites
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Cloud and AI technologies provide composites manufacturers a traceable, secure digital thread to stretch from raw material to end product, improving supply chain visibility and quality control.
The Single Most Effective Marketing Tactic That Modern Marketers Ignore
| Gardner Web
Marketing is about people and that will never change, which is why word of mouth marketing is the single most powerful tactic in all of marketing.
#brandbuilding
Meet the Gardner Business Media Advertising Team
| Gardner Web
Bill Caldwell, Advertising and Production Director, Gardner Business Media, Inc. introduces the team members of the Advertising Department and discusses its three primary functions.