AMPP Center Assists AM Users in Development, Sourcing of Advanced Materials

Jessica Pompili | Additive Manufacturing

LIFT’s Advanced Metallic Production and Processing (AMPP) Center is managing the testing, handling, processing and production of advanced materials for both defense and client-centered applications in additive manufacturing. 

Industry News

| Valve Magazine

The flow control sector is seeing rapid change. Here’s the latest on major projects, acquisitions and innovations making headlines.

Siemens presentará el Sinumerik Machine Tool Robot y su visión de la manufactura digital en EMO 2025

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

EMO: La empresa destaca avances en robótica de precisión y control CNC con inteligencia artificial.

AkzoNobel Enhances Durability of Historic KC-135 Aircraft

| Products Finishing

AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings supports the full refinish of a Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker with high-performance systems, featuring a heritage tail design for the 128th Air Refueling Wing.

3Devo Filament Maker Two Enhances Extrusion Control

Matt Stonecash | Additive Manufacturing

The machine includes an upgraded screw drive, monitoring and user interface for enhanced filament production.

Materials portfolio elevates composites scalability, sustainability

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Scalable, eco-conscious mobility is Mitsubishi Chemical Group’s strategic focus, which it highlights through a display of materials from PAN precursor to prepregs, and an EV battery case demonstrator.

ECOCE y Greenback impulsan reciclaje de empaques flexibles

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Greenback implementa planta de reciclaje químico en México en colaboración con ECOCE para dar valor a empaques plásticos flexibles posconsumo.

UTAS-NOVA invierte 930 millones de pesos en nueva planta en Aguascalientes

| Modern Machine Shop México

En la planta de UTAS-NOVA se fabricarán anualmente seis millones de luces exteriores, faros antiniebla y luces de freno, así como medio millón de faros delanteros y traseros.

Craftsman Cribsheet No. 141: 10 Things We Learned at Horn Technology Days 2025

Miles Free | Production Machining

Horn's Technology Days 2025 event was far more than an open house.

Plastics Summit 2025 reunirá a líderes globales en Lisboa

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

El 6 de octubre se celebrará el Plastics Summit 2025 en Lisboa, con expertos globales que debatirán sobre sostenibilidad, economía circular y nuevas regulaciones.  

battenfeld-cincinnati Extends High-Performance Extruder Series

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

New machine is equipped with its own water-supply line.  

Reifenhäuser Rolls Out Water-Cooled Blown-Film Line

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Aimed at barrier applications requiring more puncture resistance, transparency or thermoformability.  

AkzoNobel Introduces Terracotta Effect Collection

| Products Finishing

The Interpon D2525 Terracotta Effect Collection offers durable, terracotta-inspired finishes in 12 Moroccan-inspired colors for long-lasting performance in architectural designs.

Reel Power Delivers 'World's Largest' Plastic Pipe Coiler

| Plastics Technology

Machine is capable of handling coil weights up to 32,000 lbs and pipe diameters up to 8 in.  

Going Beyond Torque

| Valve Magazine

 The values of ASME PCC-1 Appendix O on bolted flange joint assembly.  

DLR closes the loop in fiber-reinforced 3D printing with EmpowerAX, SchallFTP projects

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Building on its work in EmpowerAX, the DLR and partners now aim to create a standardized, certifiable value chain that turns fiber waste into consistently reinforced thermoplastic filaments for 3D printing.

Base Materials announces DNV type approval across entire Subtec portfolio

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Syntactic buoyancy material range is now backed by regulatory and safety standard assurances for use in 2,000 to 11,500-meter subsea depths.

Kautex Textron wins BEV battery housing contract with automotive OEM

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Order for full BEV lower battery housing unit will incorporate Kautex’s thermoplastic composite (TPC) Pentatonic battery enclosure product, which enhances thermal management and reduces vehicle weight.

Consumer goods manufacturer orders Hexagon Agility CNG fuel systems

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Following successful piloting of X15N engine natural gas trucks, this new fleet of 60 day cab and sleeper trucks will benefit from Hexagon’s CNG systems with Type 4 tanks.

Amazement Introduces New Atomization Service for R&D

Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing

This on-demand service is designed to provide researchers with cost-effective, small-batch production of high-quality, custom metal powders.

All-Digital CMM Automates Mold and Die Inspection

Angela Osborne | MoldMaking Technology

Hexagon’s Maestro coordinate measuring machine offers highly accurate and efficient inspections, handling complex geometries, detailed mold cores, cavities and tight-tolerance components.

Sistema modular WinTwist de Ingersoll facilita el montaje en tornos suizos y multihusillo

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

El sistema WinTwist, de Ingersoll Cutting Tools, es una línea modular de herramientas de torneado que combina versatilidad en la configuración con facilidad de montaje.