Optimize Cure Time to Boost Efficiency and Profits

| Products Finishing

Learn how simple curing process changes and innovative technologies can help meet demand without overhauling your system.  

Mechanical testing of ceramic matrix composites

Dan Adams | CompositesWorld

Today’s CMC materials, robust and resistant to high temperatures, provide their own set of challenges when determining their performance through mechanical testing.

BYK presents BYK-MAX LS 4128 UV stabilizer 

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Additive was developed to preserve properties, surface quality of polyamides, polyolefins (fiber-reinforced and other) under demanding light conditions, minimizing changes in color and gloss.

Uplift360 awarded Innovate UK Smart Grant for ChemR recycling

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The grant will support Uplift360’s carbon fiber recycling technology, including a pilot-scale system and real-world demonstrations to support its eventual commercial roll-out.

Automating oxide CMC for higher part volumes

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

FOX Composites has adapted infusion and RTM for slurry-based matrices, commercializing its VASI and IFOX technologies for automatable, scalable, serial production of high-quality oxide ceramic matrix composite parts, already proven in flight missions and a pilot-scale line.

Stratasys Opens New Tooling Center to Advance Access to 3D Printing in Auto Manufacturing

Jann Bond | MoldMaking Technology

North American Stratasys Tooling Center (NASTC), a new collaboration with Automation Intelligence in Flint, Michigan, is aimed at helping manufacturers validate and scale real-world applications of 3D printing in production environments.  

Tecnología de extrusión eficiente para PET reciclado

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La extrusora MRS de Gneuss transforma PET reciclado en productos de alta calidad en una sola etapa, sin presecado y con bajo consumo energético.  

SABIC Creates Thermotuf Flame-Retardant, Nano-Molding Material

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

PBT compound will support consumer electronics applications.
#electronics

Binks Celebrates Global HQ Move to Enhance Fluid Tech Innovation, Operational Excellence

| Products Finishing

Binks opens a 120,000-square-foot facility in Shoreview, Minnesota, consolidating operations and establishing a Controls Center of Excellence to support advanced manufacturing and customer-focused solutions.

Moldmaking Index Climbs Again to 49.6 for June, Just Shy of Expansion

Mike Shirk | MoldMaking Technology

Consecutive months of improving results have the index moving in the right direction after April’s drop.  
#economics

Software platform improves composites manufacturing automation

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Radius Engineering introduces Insights, integrated software that automates critical functions in RTM and SQRTM processes, boosting efficiency and reducing human error and training needs.

Crecimiento global de plásticos para impresión 3D hasta 2030

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

El mercado de plásticos para impresión 3D experimenta un crecimiento impulsado por la demanda de personalización y eficiencia en sectores clave. La falta de soluciones sostenibles y versátiles ha sido enfrentada mediante plásticos de alto rendimiento y filamentos reciclables, según MarketsandMarkets.

Gobierno de Nuevo León promueve el proyecto Alianzas Climáticas

| Modern Machine Shop México

Las secretarías de Medio Ambiente y de Economía de Nuevo León firmaron convenios de colaboración para el proyecto Alianzas Climáticas con el Clúster Energético, el Clúster de Electrodomésticos y el Clúster Automotriz.

Have You Checked Your Quote Book Recently?

David Wynn | Production Machining

Check your quote book to get a glimpse of where your business is positioned. 

Three Drivers of AM Materials Development and Adoption

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

Lack of material options is becoming an outdated reason not to use additive manufacturing. But what factors are driving the creation — and use — of new materials for AM?

Making Every Cycle Count — Best Practices in Maintenance for Maximum Uptime

| Plastics Technology

Plastics processing equipment works hard around the clock. In many operations, unplanned downtime is too expensive to contemplate.

Polymer and Additive Suppliers Tease Their K Show Presentations at the EMG Pre K Event in Rotterdam

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Producers stressed material solutions aligning with trends in carbon emissions reduction, electrification and chemical substitution. 

Electrodomésticos en México: 3,000 millones de dólares en juego para proveedores

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

De acuerdo con el Clúster de Electrodomésticos, este año se registra una bolsa récord de 3,000 millones de dólares en oportunidades de proveeduría para esta industria. ¿La razón?

Video Interview: Programming Faster and Winning Jobs with AI CAM Software

Evan Doran | Modern Machine Shop

Part programming can become a bottleneck, one that only gets longer as part complexity increases. MSP has cut down this bottleneck through AI-powered CAM software. Get the details inside.

Forkhardt Hardinge Acquires ATS Systems

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

ATS Systems is a supplier of workholding, coolant management systems, bar feeders and more.

Helmel CMM Enables High-Speed, Autonomous Measurements

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

The Microstar Model 320-185 CMM features an enhanced drive system with steel- and Kevlar-reinforced drive belts, enabling more aggressive motion parameters.

TransRail Connection announces ninth edition dedicated to rail, urban mobility

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The two-day October 2025 event in France provides a crossroads for companies, startups, labs and research centers to exchange ideas and innovations modernizing rail and urban mobility ecosystems.