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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