Aramco and SABIC Realign Marketing & Sales, Commercial & Supply Activities

Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology

SABIC will focus on petrochemicals and Aramco Trading Company on fuel products.

Con incentivos fiscales, EMO Milán busca atraer proveedores y visitantes internacionales

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

El gobierno italiano estableció un crédito fiscal de hasta el 50 % para inversiones en nuevas máquinas-herramienta, robots, sistemas de automatización, tecnologías 4.0 y digitales.

Webinar sin costo sobre las ventajas del recubrimiento con E-Coat

| Products Finishing México

Recubrir con E-Coat tiene múltiples ventajas, entre las que destacan la rentabilidad, mejoras en la productividad y beneficios ambientales. Inscríbase al webinar gratuito sobre E-Coat organizado por George Koch Sons de México y Products Finishing México y conozca más sobre esta tecnología.

Tupperware anuncia nueva asociación de materiales con Eastman

| Plastics Technology México

Tritan Renew permitirá a Tupperware ampliar aún más ECO+, su cartera de productos fabricados con materiales sustentables, para incluir productos que requieran un diseño transparente, similar al vidrio.

Engel Moves Technology Symposium Online

| Plastics Technology

The Austria-based maker of injection molding machines and automation equipment is shifting its traditional in-house event to a virtual platform from June 22-24.

Tapón roscado de Meusburger para sellado fiable y ecológico del molde

| Plastics Technology México

El cono sellante de Meusburger es ideal para sellar orificios para medios líquidos y gaseosos y puede utilizarse en intervalos de hasta 10 bares y 95 °C.

Second Generation of Autonomous Machine Vision Systems Launched

| Plastics Technology

Inspekto’s new S70 Gen. 2 offers reflection-free images and autonomous machine vision AI which reportedly take vision inspection to new heights.

Velo3D Adds Stefan Krause to Board of Directors

Jenny Rush | Modern Machine Shop

Additive manufacturing company Velo3D has added Stefan Krause to its board of directors. Kraus has served as CFO at BMW and as chairman at Rolls Royce Motorcars, Postbank AG and BHF Bank.

En abril aumentó el Indicador de Confianza Empresarial Manufacturero

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

En abril, el Indicador de Confianza Empresarial Manufacturero aumentó 3 puntos respecto a marzo, y se ubicó en 48.7 puntos.

Additive Masterbatches for BOPE Films

| Plastics Technology

Tosaf working with Brückner Maschinenbau has validated the good processing properties of its new BOPE masterbatches.  

Shapeways Merges with Galileo Acquisition Corp.

| Additive Manufacturing

Desktop Metal joins as a strategic investor, partnering with Shapeways to accelerate the addition of metals to its growing materials list.

Conveying Long Parts Horizontally

| Products Finishing

Industrial finishing line consultant Dan Davitz offers advice for designing racking for navigating long parts along a monorail conveyor.

Stadler presenta avances en procesos de reciclaje de plástico

Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México

Según Stadler, proveedor de soluciones de clasificación para la industria del reciclaje, en 2020 las mejoras y ampliaciones de plantas de reciclaje supusieron más del 80 % de sus proyectos en el sector del plástico, un incremento del 38 % con respecto a 2019.

HEMCO Releases Coordinate Measuring Machines Pre-Engineered Modular Enclosure

Sarah Barnett | Products Finishing

The enclosure is designed to offer an alternative to conventional construction and provide the quality, durability and performance that CMM demand.

PHA-Based Resins for Blown-Cast Films, Injection Molding and Thermoforming

| Plastics Technology

TerraVerdae Bioworks has globally launched a new line of PHA-based resins for customer evaluation.

How Fluid Dynamics, 3D Printing Delivered a Better Air Duct

Stephanie Hendrixson | Modern Machine Shop

Software tools such as computational fluid dynamics (CFD) reveal geometries that can only be realized through 3D printing. HP and Siemens share an example in an episode of The Cool Parts Show: an air duct. 

Quick Setup Multi-Spindle Machines Offer Production Flexibility, Speed

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Gnutti explains how its models of multi-spindle machines can work with a variety of material types while offering faster setups and cycle times compared to conventional multi-spindle models.  

Materialise Acquires Option to Buy Link3D

| Additive Manufacturing

Both companies offer MES-solutions that help companies streamline additive manufacturing (AM) workflows as they scale up their AM capability into volume production.

Resin shortages continue to affect composites supply chain

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Power outages caused by mid-February’s U.S. winter storms led to immediate shortages from Gulf Coast petrochemical companies. Fabricators continue to report shortages.

Gardner Business Index for April Falls Slightly

| Gardner Web

The GBI fell slightly after an 8-month trend of accelerating expansion. The latest reading was supported by readings for supplier deliveries, production and new orders but weighed down by employment and exports.
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Copper Anti-Seize Compound Facilitates Reuse of Damaged or Threaded Mold Components

| MoldMaking Technology

Slide Products’ anti-size lubricant is formulated with a high level of metallic solids for increased performance, higher levels of temperature stability, performance and protection for mold components.

Bedford Reinforced Plastics introduces FRP pedestrian and trial bridge line

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Pre-engineered ReadySpan system for trail, park and golf bridges designed for easy installation and to perform in harsh environments for 75+ years with little maintenance.