Multitasking Machines Shorten Cycle Times and Offer Single-Setup Part Processing

Angela Osborne | MoldMaking Technology

Mazak’s Integrex j-Series NEO multitasking machines are designed to deliver high-precision, productivity and energy efficiency.

High Technology as a Smarter Path to Reshoring

| Plastics Technology

When supported by robust technologies and disciplined processes, reshoring can provide an opportunity to improve quality, reduce costs and increase agility.
#economics

DN Solutions refuerza su posición global con la adquisición de Heller

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La integración de Heller, con más de 130 años de experiencia en centros de mecanizado, amplía la cartera de DN Solutions y consolida su presencia en los principales mercados industriales del mundo.

How to Succeed as a Small Swiss Shop: Top Shops 2025

Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop

Can small shops succeed with advanced machine tools and software? If so, how do they do it? Read on to learn the strategies that have helped Midway Swiss Turn, our 2025 Top Shops Honoree in Shopfloor Practices, thrive.

Meximold 2025 impulsará la cadena de moldes y herramentales en México

Mauricio Pineda | Plastics Technology México

Durante la presentación de Meximold 2025 ante los medios de comunicación, se destacó el potencial de la industria mexicana de los moldes y troqueles.  

MC Machinery Technology Summit Showcases Manufacturing Innovations

Chris Pasion | MoldMaking Technology

MC Machinery Systems Inc. hosts the 2025 Technology Summit in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, featuring EDM, milling, automation, and workforce strategies.
#workforcedevelopment

ModuleWorks CAM Software Update Boosts Efficiency and Safety

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

ModuleWorks GmbH releases the 2025.08 SDK with automated features designed to improve process safety, toolpath generation and part quality.

Historia y aplicaciones del polietileno tereftalato (PET)

Michael Sepe | Plastics Technology México

Desde su origen en fibras y películas hasta su consolidación en envases, el polietileno tereftalato (PET) ha marcado hitos en la industria. El material enfrenta retos como la cristalización lenta, los límites térmicos del estado amorfo y el envejecimiento físico que reduce la ductilidad. La respuesta técnica llegó con nucleación, control térmico en preformas y alternativas como el PBT.    

México y el potencial de inversión para la industria de autopartes

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

La INA refiere que en el primer semestre de este año la inversión extranjera directa en este sector sumó 1,232 millones de dólares.

Moldmaking Index Sees Gains, Still Short of Expansion

Mike Shirk | MoldMaking Technology

August results show improvement, but not enough to push the Index over the line and into expansion.

Sistema powRgrip de Rego-Fix con TIR inferior a 3 µm

Ángela Andrea Castro | Modern Machine Shop México

Meximold: powRgrip ofrece concentricidad menor a 3 µm y repetitividad de 10 µm, incluso tras 20,000 ciclos de cambio de herramienta.

Functionalizing Surfaces for Sustainability

Ginger Gardiner | Products Finishing

Riblets reduce drag, fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and noise while boosting power output, flow rates, speed and efficiency.

Private Equity Firm Buys Majority Stake in ENTEK

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

I Squared’s $800 million investment comes as DOE releases $77 million loan to help finance ENTEK’s new battery separator plant in Indiana.  
#electronics

Historia de los polímeros: PVC y PVDC

Michael Sepe | Plastics Technology México

Los polímeros clorados, como el PVC y el PVDC, han sido pilares de la industria desde el siglo XIX. Su bajo costo y propiedades de barrera impulsaron su uso, pero también generaron críticas por problemas térmicos, exigencias regulatorias e impacto ambiental. Su historia refleja tanto su relevancia técnica como los desafíos que marcan su futuro.

Tierra Tech presenta tecnología de limpieza de moldes sin abrasión química

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Tierra Tech mostrará en Meximold 2025 su tecnología de limpieza por ultrasonido para moldes y troqueles, destacando precisión, eficiencia y sostenibilidad.

Introducing GROW Industrial: A Full-Funnel Marketing Solutions Provider

Cara Ready | Plastics Technology

GROW Industrial is the newly formed marketing services arm of Gardner Business Media. Offering custom content, marketing, creative, research, and data services, GROW Industrial expands and builds on the company’s deep first-party reach into the discrete parts manufacturing sector.

Introducing GROW Industrial: A Full-Funnel Marketing Solutions Provider

Cara Ready | MoldMaking Technology

GROW Industrial is the newly formed marketing services arm of Gardner Business Media. Offering custom content, marketing, creative, research, and data services, GROW Industrial expands and builds on the company’s deep first-party reach into the discrete parts manufacturing sector.

Stack3d invests in, integrates CEAD Hybrid Flexbot

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Stack3d pairs the LFAM FlexBot with its own R&D and materials processing capabilities to offer rapid, end-to-end production from prototyping to low-volume manufacturing.

Instron introduces table model version of 100 kN testing system

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Engineering advancement eliminates space and power constraints, common obstacles in the lab, while handling low- and high-force application testing for high-strength metals, alloys and composites.

Second-Generation Horizontal Machining Center Enhances Performance; Reduces Cycle Times

Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology

DN Solutions highlights its second-generation NHP 6300 horizontal machining center, offering reduced cycle times, enhanced spindle performance, and seamless automation integration.  

MC Machinery Technology Summit Showcases Manufacturing Innovations

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

MC Machinery Systems Inc. hosts the 2025 Technology Summit in Elk Grove Village, Illinois, featuring EDM, milling, automation and workforce strategies.
#workforcedevelopment

Integrity Tool and Mold expone capacidades avanzadas en manufactura de moldes

| Modern Machine Shop México

En Meximold 2025, Integrity Tool and Mold presentará su experiencia en maquinado CNC y moldes de inyección para la industria automotriz y manufactura avanzada.