Mexican Media Brands
Hexagon Purus reports significant customer, contract growth for 2020
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Since its 2020 spin-off, the company has been awarded numerous contracts, indicating increased adoption of composite pressure vessels, fuel storage and electric drivetrain solutions.
Airlander 10: The future of zero-carbon aviation
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Lighter-than-air flight is making a comeback with Hybrid Air Vehicles’ Airlander airliner and it’s taking composites and sustainability to the next level.
Free Webinar Today: Is Your Mold Maintenance Documentation Reactive, Basic, Average, Best Practice or World Class?
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
Find out in this free webinar that will not only review the changing mold maintenance landscape, explain the importance of a 4.0 culture, break down the 8 factors of mold performance, provide examples of “futile” work order systems, instruct how to create standard terms, it will also score your toolroom’s mold maintenance documentation strategies.
Royal Engineered Composites named Innovation Business of the Year
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The NBDC-based award was given based on the company’s goal to develop more efficient manufacturing processes, reduce scrap, labor and improve supply chain via robotic and AI technologies.
Composites for structural batteries
Gary S. Vasilash | CompositesWorld
Researchers in Sweden find carbon fiber composites can be used for creating structural batteries that could help minimize mass in EVs and consumer electronics.
B2B Market Research: It’s Not Just for the Big Guys Anymore
| Gardner Web
B2B marketing research isn’t just for the big guys anymore. Digital and hybrid methodologies make it faster, more effective, and more affordable. Market research is an excellent tool for establishing where you are, and clearly identifying a path forward. This blog is the first in a 3-part series, helping SMBs understand how to use research to help firms flourish.
Kent Firestone Joins EOS North America
| MoldMaking Technology
As the company’s senior VP of operations, Firestone will oversee the manufacturing, field service, logistics, quality and materials activities.
For AM and Machining to Work Together, Let Them Compete
Peter Zelinski | Modern Machine Shop
A medical device maker establishes a center of excellence for product and process development in which additive manufacturing and CNC machining both challenge and complement one another.
Paint Booth Exhaust Filter Disposal
| Products Finishing
Steve Love, parts and filters sales manager, Global Finishing Solutions, discusses proper paint booth filter disposal.
Aumenta inversión extranjera directa en la fabricación de productos metálicos durante 2020
Mauricio Pineda | Products Finishing México
De enero a diciembre de 2020 la Inversión Extranjera Directa para el Maquinado de Piezas y Fabricación de Tornillos mostró un incremento con relación al mismo periodo de 2019.
ISTMA World designa nuevos miembros de Junta Directiva
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
Eduardo Medrano, por parte de México, y Huang Fusheng, representando a China, fueron designados como miembros de la Junta Directiva de la International Special Tooling & Machining Association – ISTMA World.
BASF Issues Price Increases on Plastic Additives and Nylon 6
Lilli Manolis Sherman | Plastics Technology
Price adjustments attributed to volatility in pricing and availability of raw materials and high freight rates.
PEMEX anuncia descubrimiento de campo de petróleo en Tabasco
| Modern Machine Shop México
De acuerdo con autoridades de gobierno, el volumen inicial de este campo se estima entre 500 y 600 millones de barriles de petróleo crudo equivalente.
Connected Compounder
Jim Callari | Plastics Technology
Fast-growing Alterra strives for “best-in-class” manufacturing operations driven by a custom-made Industry 4.0 platform.
Color & Additive Masterbatches for PCR PET Packaging
| Plastics Technology
Chroma Color has developed additive concentrates that are said to allow for higher levels of PCR PET in packages.
Disposable Income Growth Slows to a More Normal Rate
Steven Kline, Jr. | Gardner Intelligence
Real disposable income was 8% below January’s level. However, it was still higher than the disposable income for any month since July 2020.
ReCool ERax de Rego-Fix brinda capacidad de refrigerante a los tornos
| Modern Machine Shop México
El reCool Erax, de Rego-Fix, proporciona capacidades convencionales de refrigerante para tornos en minutos, con una interferencia adicional mínima y una pérdida de solo 10 mm en el rango de mecanizado.
Cómo prevenir la desgasificación de las piezas de fundición de hierro
| Products Finishing México
Verney Denerville de TIGER Drylac describe el procedimiento utilizado para mitigar la desgasificación de las piezas de fundición de hierro.
Con directora de ventas en EE. UU. y Canadá, Delta Tecnic fortalece su internacionalización
Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México
Lori Parent será responsable del desarrollo de masterbatch y aditivos para la industria del cable y otras relacionadas, en Estados Unidos y Canadá, bajo la marca Delta Tecnic.
How Emotional Intelligence Helps Sustain a Workforce — Part 1
Carli Kistler-Miller | Production Machining
The lack of available skilled workers is an ongoing issue. It’s easier to keep a good employee than to find one. A leader can leverage Emotional Intelligence skills to keep the workers they have.
#workforcedevelopment
Large composite covers protect a lot of water
Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld
A massive concrete water storage facility in Bogotá, Colombia, gets a much-needed makeover with the resin transfer molding of 840 large composite domes that keep the water potable.
PPSU for Injection Stretch & Extrusion Blow Molding and Injection Molding of Bottles
| Plastics Technology
BASF’s Ultrason P 2010 and P 3010 expand the company’s PPSU portfolio and allow high-quality bottles to be made by three processes.