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Championing Change: Safety Concerns at the Heart of Finishing Advocate's Work
Scott Francis | Products Finishing
PF recognizes Mark Schario, CTO at Columbia Chemical, as the latest recipient of its Champions of the Industry award. Schario exemplifies the spirit of the award with a career spanning decades and a passion for innovation and mentorship.
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CEAD launches the Maritime Application Center dedicated to industrial 3D printing boat hulls
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
The MAC is an LFAM-powered production facility equipped with highly automated, digitally driven manufacturing processes and built around a collaborative model to develop the boats of the future.
Indexable Insert Line Expands for Small-Part or Swiss-Style Machining
Angela Osborne | MoldMaking Technology
Walter USA’s WT26 thread turning indexable inserts are designed to provide maximum sharpness for exacting precision.
AkzoNobel Works With BASF to Reduce High-Volume Paint Products CO2 Footprint
Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing
Integration of BASF’s biomass balanced ingredients cuts Akzonobel paint carbon footprint by at least 5% compared with the same formula produced using 100% fossil-based materials.
Navigating Medical Plastics Trends in 2025
| Plastics Technology
The past few years have tested the resilience of the health care supply chain, especially when it comes to medical plastics.
Syensqo White Radel Polyphenylsulfone for Health Applications
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Bright white PPSU for biopharma applications, surgical instruments and medical devices.
Horn Tool System Provides High Surface Quality Finishes
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
Horn’s CBN tool system features geometries specially developed for finishing with tight tolerances and high process reliability when machining the material groups P, K and S.
Advancing thermoplastic composite primary structure and morphing wings
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
The HERWINGT project in Clean Aviation seeks to ready technologies — including at least 16 composite demonstrators — for a hybrid-electric regional aircraft with 50% less fuel burn to be launched by 2035.
FOTEC Develops Key Processes for Automated Postprocessing
Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing
The project's aim is to make additive-subtractive manufacturing chains economically viable – including for small and medium-sized enterprises.
United Grinding Renews Partnership With Dynamic Machine
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
Dynamic Machine’s advanced technical center near Detroit, Michigan, features United Grinding machine demonstrations, test cuts, turnkey projects and training.
Are You Building Relationships in Emerging Markets?
Derek Korn | Production Machining
Parts for products in emerging markets can offer higher profit margins than those for legacy applications. The key is to get in tight with the product development engineers in those emerging markets.
X-Rite Announces Imaging Spectrophotometer for Delivering Consistently Colored Part
Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing
The CiF3200 imaging benchtop spectrophotometer delivers precision for color assessment of small, multicolored and complex parts.
North American Robot Orders Flat in First Quarter
Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology
The Association for Advancing Automation (A3) reported a 15% rise in order value, however, and announced plans to track cobot sales.
MMT Chats: Redefining Manufacturing Collaboration
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
Dynamic Tool’s Development Center fosters collaboration, offering tailored turnkey solutions with advanced automation and customer-focused innovation.
Stadler moderniza plantas de reciclaje en países nórdicos
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
La empresa colabora con Finlandia, Noruega, Suecia y Dinamarca en plantas con IA, sensores ópticos y digitalización para residuos más eficientes.
Additive Technologies for Injection Mold Tooling Ride Tailwinds
Matt Stonecash | Additive Manufacturing
Common barriers to additive manufacturing adoption in toolmaking — and how they’re being lowered.
Knipping Automotive invierte 350 millones de pesos en Tlaxcala
| Modern Machine Shop México
La empresa Knipping Automotive expandió sus instalaciones en Huamantla (Tlaxcala), donde generará 150 nuevos empleos.
Archer to provide Midnight eVTOL for 2028 Olympics, Paralympics
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Archer seeks to integrate air taxi support across LA through transporting LA28’s VIPs, fans and stakeholders to key venues.
Tata AutoComp, Katcon Global form strategic JV for composites
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Joint venture in Mexico is to specialize in lightweight applications for passenger and commercial vehicles, agricultural tractors and more for the North America market.
Hemco Launches EnviroMax HEPA-Filtered Enclosures
Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing
Unitized and modular designs provide exhaust air systems or HEPA-filtered laminar flow workstations.
Isodan mobile recycling plant supports fiberglass, composites processing at Greater Renewable of Iowa
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Now operational, the containerized plant enables GRI to process up to 20,000 pounds of end-of-life wind blades per shift, opening the way for repurposing opportunities.
Industrial Fan Services designs CFRP centrifugal fan impellers
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Compared to metallic options, the company has found CFRP impellers boast higher strength and operational life for industrial settings.