Now Available - World Machine Tool Survey Report 2025
| Gardner Web
The World Machine Tool Survey Report is your Guide to The Global Machine Tool Economy
Offering a deep dive into the full-year 2024 global machine tool economy, tracking trade, production, and consumption across 54 countries machine tool builders, international trade associations, investment firms and banks from around the world use this full-year 2024 global machine tool data to identify trends and takeaways to inform which international markets show the most promise and growth and which markets are losing ground.
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Sistemas CNC abiertos para integración con robótica
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
EMO: Mitsubishi Electric presentará arquitecturas de control diseñadas para acelerar el desarrollo de nuevas máquinas y celdas automatizadas.
HCMF inaugura planta en Coahuila con inversión de 325 millones de pesos
| Modern Machine Shop México
Con una inversión de 325 millones de pesos, la empresa taiwanesa HCMF inauguró una planta en Ramos Arizpe en la que producirá techos corredizos para autos.
Partners Power Energy Efficiency, Approved Refrigerants in Process Cooling
Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology
technotrans and partner enesty will focus on energy efficiency, natural refrigerants, and eligible cooling and temperature control systems at K 2025.
Peter Gardner To Retire from LS Mtron Injection Molding USA
Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology
The 37-year plastics veteran began his career in Chicago in 1988 and will retire as the current president of the South Korean press maker’s U.S. subsidiary.
Machine Sizing and Specification for Optimal Mold Performance, Part 1
| MoldMaking Technology
Guidelines to ensure proper mold fit and maximum efficiency in injection molding machines.
Scaled Composites Model 437 aircraft to be flown for Beacon autonomy testbed
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
Northrop Grumman subsidiary part of Digital Pathfinder development of stealth aircraft with wings using continuous carbon fiber additive manufacturing and determinate assembly.
High-Precision Guide Units To Improve Molding Performance
Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology
Punch Industry USA Inc. has recently partnered with German die component manufacturer Steinel Corp. to offer high-precision guide units in both metric and inch sizes to benefit moldmakers.
ANIPAC promueve gestión correcta de plásticos
Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México
En webinar, ANIPAC y expertos analizan origen, riesgos y acciones para reducir la presencia de microplásticos en el medio ambiente y la cadena alimentaria.
What Abilities Do You Assume Your Teammates Have That They May Not?
Matthew Kirchner | Production Machining
Are you becoming frustrated with colleagues and team members over tasks that may seem “obvious?” It might be worth taking a step back and shifting your mindset.
USMTO June 2025: Automation and Aerospace Drive Strong Machinery Sales
| Gardner Intelligence
Driven by strong demand for automated manufacturing technology, continued activity increases in aerospace and electricity and rebounded activity within the lucrative job shop sector, investments in metalworking machinery rose to nearly $430 million in June 2025 – a 7.7% increase over the same time period last year.
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Next-Generation MES Applies AI
Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology
BMSvision will mark its 50th anniversary by introducing its latest manufacturing execution systems (MES) at K 2025, applying artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML).
Volumen de la producción manufacturera aumenta en junio
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
En México, el volumen físico de la producción manufacturera aumentó un 1.6 % a tasa mensual con cifras desestacionalizadas.
Robots, software y plataformas móviles para automatización integral
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
EMO: KUKA mostrará cómo automatizar todo el flujo de trabajo en torno a la máquina-herramienta, desde el pallet hasta el acabado.
Crecimiento del 4.1% en importación de robots
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
Durante el primer semestre de 2025, el valor de la importación de robots industriales en México fue de 99.7 millones de dólares.
Plastics Equipment Shipments Inch Higher in Q2
Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology
The second quarter’s total shipment value came in at an estimated $253.8 million — up 0.7% from the previous quarter and the same period last year.
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Pic of the Week: Technique for Reinforced Polymers
Jodee McElfresh | Additive Manufacturing
Near injection molding strength via 3D printing? AIM3D’s Voxelfill technique is getting closer.
Graphene Turns 20: Two Decades of Innovation in Graphene-Enhanced Polymers
| Plastics Technology
First isolated in 2004 and earnings its inventors the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2010, graphene has only been on the scene for two decades but its growth and impact in plastics is undeniable.
Trelleborg invests in Innovation Center expansion, remodel
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
An additional purpose-built space in Delano, Minnesota, by early 2027 adds a visitor center, Swiss machining, injection molding and increased space for automation.
Mako, PTM&W Industries launch HyperCure composite systems
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The Mako resin and adhesive system, paired with PTM&W’s comprehensive materials portfolio, deliver speed, strength and full U.S. supply chain compliance for composite UAS manufacturers.
SGL Carbon reports lower sales amid weak markets, early gains from Carbon Fibers restructuring
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
SGL Carbon’s half-year 2025 results show a significant drop in sales, driven mainly by weaker semiconductor demand and heightened global trade tensions impacting key markets.
Global research teams propose standards for structural power composites
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Researchers have published a set of characterization and reporting protocols to accelerate the industrial adoption of SPCs, which combine structural strength with energy storage capabilities.
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