2025 Moldmaking Insights: A Year in Review Part 1

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

A look back at the top moldmaking trends of 2025, as revealed through MMT's analytics. This review highlights the most popular technical articles, case studies, tips and best practices that captured the industry's attention over the past year.

2025 Moldmaking Insights: A Year in Review Part 2

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

A look back at the top moldmaking trends of 2025, as revealed through MMT's analytics. This review highlights the most popular technical articles, case studies, tips and best practices that captured the industry's attention over the past year.

IREC Launches World-First Pilot Plant for Advanced Hydrogen Technology Manufacturing

Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing

The technology aims to accelerate the industrial production of highly efficient fuel cells and electrolyzers. Technical edge: IREC purports to be the first lab to produce solid oxide cells (SOCs) via 3D printing. 

IIoT, Industry 4.0 and AI for Coatings Operations

| Products Finishing

Learn why “controlling everything” with automation, AI and smart manufacturing isn’t practical and how to prioritize the parameters that truly matter. 

Liderazgo femenino y manufactura inteligente: arranca la gira 2026 en Monterrey

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology México

El 5 de febrero inicia la Gira Mujeres en la Manufactura 2026 con un desayuno en Monterrey. Conferencia, panel y taller práctico sobre IA, automatización y habilidades para liderar en la industria.  

Steelhead Technologies Receives $84 Million Growth Capital Investment

| Products Finishing

Mainsail Partners backing will help bring much-needed visibility and control to metal finishing customers.

MachineMetrics AI Tool Helps Solve Production Bottlenecks

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Max AI combines real-time machine data with operational context to answer complex production questions, generate visualizations and reports in seconds and trigger role-specific guidance.

Sicomin appoints CS Kompozyty as exclusive distributor for Poland

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Partnership strengthens epoxies, hardeners and adhesives distribution network across Central and Eastern Europe’s composites companies.

Stack3d demonstrates composite LFAM proficiency with trade show booth furniture series 

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Functional and recyclable glass fiber-reinforced PETG booth elements are achieved through robotic pellet-extrusion technology.

Vertical announces Valo commercial eVTOL aircraft with 2028 EIS plans

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Significantly enhanced six-passenger aircraft design built on the successes of the VX4 prototype and supported by companies like Syensqo and Aciturri.

MT Aerospace CFRP upper stage tank for Ariane 6 passes preliminary design review

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Part of its ongoing work in the COSTELAS project, MT Aerospace’s segmented sandwich panel architecture reports significant mass reduction.

Xenia, Bercella enable Fly Mi UAV drone composite wing development

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Carbon fiber-reinforced filaments and LSAM tooling design achieve the wing molds for the student association’s fully automatic O.L.I.V.I.A drone project.

Helicoid Industries joins NATO DIANA 2026 innovators to scale bio-inspired composite technologies

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Through the Accelerator Program’s energy and power category, Helicoid will contribute to developing resilient multi-environment operations.

JEC World 2026: Q&A with JEC Group CEO Éric Pierrejean

Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld

JEC Group CEO Éric Pierrejean sits down with CW to talk about what’s new and what attendees can expect at JEC World 2026, taking place March 10-12 in Paris.

Three Highlights From Parts2clean 2025

Jessica Pompili | Products Finishing

Parts2clean 2025 exhibited advancements in automation, digitization, AI and more within the industrial parts and surface cleaning sector.
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Noroeste de México, región clave para el desarrollo de la industria de semiconductores

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

La Cámara de Comercio de Estados Unidos en México (AmCham Noroeste) destacó que los principales retos de la cadena de suministro en la industria de los semiconductores están relacionados con la disponibilidad de energía, agua y talento especializado.

Crosshead From Guill Combines Two Established Technologies

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

New extrusion tool billed as user-friendly and flexible.  

Precision Machining Technology Review: December 2025

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Production Machining’s December 2025 technology showcase includes some of the latest technology from Grob Systems Inc., Seco Tools, Horn USA Inc., Tungaloy-NTK America Inc. and Datanomix.

How Did Plastics Processors Keep an Edge in 2025?

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Every month, the Processor’s Edge article in Plastics Technology introduces readers to a processor, a problem and the technology that solved it. Here’s a recap of all the “Edges” exploited in 2025.

Shop Talk: Both Sides of the Fence

| MoldMaking Technology

A mold designer learns humility — and humor — when tasked with building his own flawed designs, gaining perspective from both engineering and shop floors.

TopSolid’Mold optimiza el diseño y manufactura de moldes

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

TopSolid’Mold es una plataforma CAD/CAM que unifica diseño y manufactura para agilizar el proceso de creación de moldes, desde el concepto hasta la producción.

Zero-Adjustment, High-Speed Label Barcode Reader

Jann Bond | MoldMaking Technology

The SR-L Series motorless design eliminates the risk of mechanical failure and enables long-term, stable operation.