EOS and NASA Sign Space Act Agreement to Launch Metal AM Master Class

Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing

The Additive Minds Academy, in partnership with NASA, to help expand access to industrial 3D printing through technical knowledge and practical skills.

Level Up Your Moldmaking With AI

| MoldMaking Technology

AI-powered technologies, including feature detection, improve moldmaking efficiency and accuracy, enabling experts to focus on innovation.

Umicore Platinum Electrolyte Enhances Medical Technology Applications

| Products Finishing

Umicore Metal Deposition Solutions introduces Platuna PT, a high-purity platinum coating designed for optimal performance in implants, sensors and other medical instruments.

NCP Coatings Acquires Glyptal to Expand Specialty Coatings

| Products Finishing

NCP Coatings LLC strengthens its portfolio with Glyptal Inc., focusing on high-performance electrical insulation and automotive engine coatings.

NCW 2025: Bringing the composites community together

| CompositesWorld

Whether you’re sharing your company story, highlighting materials applications, engaging with the community or celebrating National Composites Week in other ways, make sure to tag CW and use the #CompositesPerformanceWithPurpose hashtag!

Abaris relocates training facility to Sparks, Nevada

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Larger facility gives room to expand offices, classrooms, labs and other workspaces and provides students with easy access to several local amenities.
#workforcedevelopment

Compact Lab Processor Highlights Farrel Pomini Display

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Booth to feature a range of technologies and demonstrations focusing on sustainability.   

Centro Micro5XL de Chiron: precisión y eficiencia en formato compacto

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

EMO: El nuevo centro de mecanizado Micro5XL, de Chiron, ofrece una solución compacta y de bajo consumo energético para la manufactura de componentes complejos en las industrias médica, electrónica y de joyería.

Pic of the Week: 3D Printed Composite-Reinforced Airfoil

Jessica Pompili | Additive Manufacturing

Commissioned by NASA, a student-led contract manufacturing business has 3D printed airfoils from composite-reinforced plastic filament.

Avances en inyección y colada caliente en Meximold Tech Preview 2025

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Descubra las tecnologías que debutarán en Meximold 2025 durante el evento virtual gratuito Meximold Tech Preview, el 20 y 21 de agosto.

Schwanog Tooling Lineup Provides Productive Machining of Precision Parts

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Schwanog’s milling and grooving lineup includes efficient, custom solutions for a wide range of applications.

T-MEC: retos clave en la verificación de reglas de origen

| Modern Machine Shop México

Según AMCHAM Capítulo Noreste, invertir en formación continua, fortalecer los sistemas de trazabilidad y mantener una gestión documental impecable permite a las empresas protegerse de la pérdida de los beneficios arancelarios del T-MEC.

Screw Design Insights To Boost Extrusion Performance

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Culled from our monthly Extrusion Know How column, screw design aficionado Mark Spalding offers his real-world insights on how screw design impacts performance in single-screw extruders.

Freepoint y Source One impulsan reciclaje químico en Europa

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Ambas firmas desarrollarán plantas para pretratar residuos plásticos y abastecer procesos avanzados de reciclaje químico y mecánico en la región.

Solución térmica HiTemp EPDM para moldeo e inyección

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Plastec presenta en Meximold 2025 la manguera HiTemp EPDM Superflex, compatible con acoples Mouldpro y diseñada para operaciones térmicas industriales.  

Sumitomo (SHI) Demag Plans for ‘Electric’ K 2025

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Debuts include an all-electric multicomponent IntElect 350t combined with a SAM-C20 robot and two high-speed PAC-E machines targeting high-speed packaging applications.

Trelleborg Invests in Innovation Center and Tool Shop Remodel

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Trelleborg Medical Solutions plans a 45,000-square-foot Innovation Center and is expanding its tool room to include more Swiss-machining and injection molding.

The Promise of Additive Manufacturing for Paul Horn GmbH

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Additive manufacturing offers various benefits for cutting tool manufacturers such as reduced tool weight and the creation of complex internal coolant channels that cannot be produced via traditional CNC machining methods. Here is how it currently plays out at one such German company.

Archer acquires assets from Overair, Mission Critical Composites

Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld

Aiming to accelerate its defense aircraft portfolio, acquisitions include a patent portfolio from tiltrotor aircraft specialist Overair, and a composites manufacturing site.

Aciturri Aerostructures to build Vertical's VX4 eVTOL airframe

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Under a long-term agreement, Aciturri will supply the airframe for Vertical’s composites-intensive VX4, providing manufacturing engineering and design support.

Greene Tweed to deliver advanced TPC components for jet engines

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

More than 50 custom-designed parts made from Greene Tweed’s Xycomp DLF thermoplastic composite material will be delivered over the course of this 10-year strategic agreement.

CRP USA highlights 3D printing composites success for small, flight-ready satellite missions

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

A combination of the Windform portfolio of CFRTP and GFRTP materials and SLS printing have proven CRP’s ability to meet critical space requirements.