Sirmax reporta éxito de película agrícola biodegradable BioComp

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Sirmax y la Universidad de Turín demuestran que BioComp controla la maleza sin afectar el rendimiento y reduce microplásticos en suelos agrícolas.  

Mate Custom Machinable Hard Jaws Handle Complex Geometries

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Eastec 2025: Mate Precision Technologies’ machinable hard jaws can handle complex geometries typically associated with soft jaws but with increased rigidity and hardness.

Greenleaf Acquires Ceramic Cutting Tools Manufacturer

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

The acquisition of Haydale Ceramic Technologies increases Greenleaf’s capacity for producing precision-ground tools for customers across aerospace, automotive, energy and other high-performance industries.

Mastering Mold Design: A 4-Part Series for the Next Generation

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

This new series explores four critical areas of mold design to help educate moldmaking professionals and ensure production success.
#workforcedevelopment

Excelitas Offers Phoseon UV LED Curing With Modbus TCP

| Products Finishing

Adding this communication protocol enables users to operate UV curing in faster, more automated production environments for existing or new lines.

Control del herramental y sujeción optimizada en grabado de piezas

Emily Probst | Modern Machine Shop México

True Mark Engraving Co. usa metrología avanzada y sistemas de sujeción Rego-Fix para lograr precisión extrema en grabado de troqueles industriales. El desgaste prematuro y la desviación en husillos son mitigados mediante rectificado propio y control estricto del herramental. Esta metodología mejora calidad, repetibilidad y vida útil de herramientas.

Could Your New Entry-Level Employee be your Next CEO?

| Production Machining

Leadership exposure and training is best served early and often.
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Hufschmied, CMS open up advanced materials machining potential

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Technical partnership combining cutting tool technology and CNC machining will open up new possibilities for comprehensive process efficiency, quality and sustainability for composite materials and engineered plastics.

Partnership Announced to Develop Nuclear Propulsion for Space Power

| Valve Magazine

SpaceNukes is positioned for SPAR as the only US company experienced designing, building and testing a new reactor concept in the past 50 years.

Cambium launches ApexShield 1000 resin to ramp up C/C composite part production speed

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

High-temperature matrix system for aerospace manufacturers reduces hypersonic composite parts fabrication by 70-80%.

Kent continues pultrusion legacy under new leadership

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Michael Pollard is shifting ownership of Kent Automation and Kent Pultrusion to Sean Robbins to support the company’s sustained growth and future development.

The new Slate truck costs less than $20,000, uses PP composite body panels

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Stylish vehicle EV pickup model is supported by a simplified manufacturing process. It is also capable of customization from two seats to five seats.

Vertical Well Depth Record Set for Shale Gas

| Valve Magazine

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec) announces breakthrough.

Lockheed Martin completes Orion development for Artemis II

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Upgraded composite spacecraft has been delivered to NASA for final preparations for the 2026 launch that, unlike the Artemis I mission, will be crewed.

DePoly to Launch Demonstration PET Recycling Facility

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Polyester recycling technology will produce feedstocks for production of new plastic.

México: la apuesta por una mayor productividad en los sectores exportadores

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

De acuerdo con un informe de BBVA Research, la política industrial en México debe mantener como uno de sus principales objetivos aumentar el porcentaje de exportaciones realizadas a través del T-MEC.

Braskem y Fitesa presentan polietileno de base biológica

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Braskem y Fitesa desarrollan una gama de HDPE I’m green, derivado de caña de azúcar, con mayor estabilidad y resistencia para aplicaciones de no tejidos en la industria sanitaria.

Crushing Lattices to Feed An AI Model

| Additive Manufacturing

Why deliberately destroy 3D printed lattice structures? Software developer Vixiv is doing it to inform its AI, making lattice designs faster and less complicated to access. 

Aumenta el indicador de la actividad industrial de la fabricación de productos metálicos

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

El subsector de Fabricación de productos metálicos presentó un crecimiento de 3.8 % comparado con el mismo mes de 2024, con cifras originales.

Moldmaking Index Falls to 45.0 in April Amid Tariff Uncertainty

Mike Shirk | MoldMaking Technology

After two months of expansion, the GBI reports rapidly changing business conditions.
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Centro de mecanizado vertical CPV-1050B: versatilidad y alto rendimiento

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Pyramid Rebuild and Machine presenta el centro de mecanizado vertical con alta capacidad de corte en materiales ferrosos y exóticos, Campro CPV-1050B.

When Injection Molding Simulation Can Be a Great Troubleshooting Tool

| Plastics Technology

Injection molding simulation can serve as a powerful tool not just for design but also for ongoing production optimization.