Reifenhäuser Rolls Out Water-Cooled Blown-Film Line

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

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

Controlled polymer ablation enables stronger composite bonds

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

CAMX 2025: Plasma Bound’s surface pretreatment technology using CPA cleanly and effectively energizes similar and dissimilar surfaces to enhance bonding and joining.

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.

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.  

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Unilever y México Recicla apoyan acopiadores

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Unilever y México Recicla renovaron un centro de acopio en Ecatepec y capacitaron a recicladores como parte de su programa “Enchúlame el Acopio”.

Is AI Ready to Tackle High-Mix Grinding? Interview with GrayMatter Robotics Co-Founder

Brent Donaldson | Modern Machine Shop

GrayMatter Robotics co-founder Satyandra Kumar Gupta explains how the company’s AI-powered Scan&Grind system tackles weld blending, surface finishing and gate removal on metal parts — and why embodied intelligence is key to automating grinding in high-mix environments.

Cutting 100 pounds, certification time for the X-59 nose cone

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Swift Engineering used HyperX software to remove 100 pounds from 38-foot graphite/epoxy cored nose cone for X-59 supersonic aircraft.

Heller combina inteligencia artificial, automatización y precisión en EMO 2025

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

EMO: La firma alemana mostrará sus centros de mecanizado HF 3500 y F 5000 en celdas automatizadas, junto con soluciones de inteligencia artificial aplicadas a operación, servicio y planificación.

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.

Sandvik Coromant Turning Adapters Enhance Vibration Control

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

Sandvik Coromant’s Silent Tools turning adapters provide improved internal turning at long overhangs.

Juggerbot P3-44 Astra Enables Large Format Printing With PVC

Matt Stonecash | Additive Manufacturing

Process controls and safety systems specifically tailored for industrial printing with PVC.