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.
Pic of the Week: Visibly 3D Printed Watch Case
Jessica Pompili | Additive Manufacturing
This week, LPBF and CAD-based design software help to produce a watch case that is recognizably 3D printed — with visible patterns and assorted latticing.
Preserve the Craft of Manufacturing as Technology Advances
John Miller | Modern Machine Shop
As the industry continues to move toward a digital future, be sure to reinforce the core fundamentals right alongside it.
#workforcedevelopment
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Forkhardt Hardinge Acquires ATS Systems
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
ATS Systems is a supplier of workholding, coolant management systems, bar feeders and more.
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?
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.
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.
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
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.
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?
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.
SABIC Creates Thermotuf Flame-Retardant, Nano-Molding Material
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
PBT compound will support consumer electronics applications.
#electronics
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.
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.