Inicia la participación mexicana en el Paris Air Show 2025
| Modern Machine Shop México
En la edición de 2025 del Paris Air Show, la delegación mexicana está formada por los estados de Chihuahua, Baja California, Querétaro, Yucatán, Aguascalientes y Oaxaca.
MMT Chats: Talent Crisis Meets 2030
Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology
The manufacturing industry faces a critical talent shortage as baby boomers retire while reshoring creates new demand and technology transforms workflows.
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Syensqo Introduces Orange-Colored Grade for Electric Vehicles
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Amodel PPA HFFR-4133 Orange provides high visibility for high-voltage components.
The 3 C's of Clean Lubricants
| Plastics Technology
Clean lubricants enable machines to meet OEM specifications from the outset, keeping sensitive components like servovalves, hoses and proportional control valves operating smoothly while avoiding contaminants — even as small as a few microns — that drastically shorten their lifespans.
Schreiner ProTech Delivers Intelligent Industrial Markings, Labels
| Products Finishing
Schreiner ProTech introduces Paint Mask Labels, HighTemp Labels and Color Laser Film for extreme manufacturing conditions.
Südpack reduce CO₂ con soluciones para café reciclables
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Los nuevos empaques de Südpack para café ofrecen barrera, reciclabilidad y reducción de hasta 30 % en emisiones de CO₂ frente a materiales multicapa.
Epsilon Composite, Toray Carbon Fibers Europe target composites in electrical infrastructure
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
A 15-year partnership collaborating on carbon fiber core conductors has culminated in numerous global projects like modernizing TenneT’s 400-kilovolt high-voltage grid.
TPRC offers specialized training in TPC for engineers
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Three hands-on programs are available, covering the intricacies of thermoplastic composites, from intro to advanced levels.
Coriolis Composites introduces the C3 dockable AFP head
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
AFP solution for gantry and robot systems offers manufacturers enhanced flexibility, performance and ease of use for a wide range of composite parts.
JetZero selects Greensboro, North Carolina for first U.S. factory
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Access to talent, infrastructure and supportive business-friendly state culture were keys to selecting this location for JetZero’s all-wing composite Z4 aircraft, which will be able to produce 20 aircraft/month when at full rate.
Carbitex flexible composites enter tactical boot market
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Flexible footwear plates provide enhanced performance and stability for Prabos footwear serving military and law enforcement professionals.
EDM Graphite Line for High-End EDM Machining
Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology
IMTS 2024: Mersen offers its complete family of EDM graphite, including its ultra-fine DS4 graphite. The graphite is used as the electrode which acts as a “cutting tool” in the sinker EDM, a machining process often used by moldmakers.
Heated Sprue Bushing Assemblies Refine Resin Processing for Injection Molding Applications
Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology
PCS Company’s 0.500- and 0.750-inch integrally heated sprue bushing assemblies for injection molding applications provide heat transfer ability when processing a wide range of commodity resins in small-to-medium volumes.
Calcium carbonate mineral modifier expands sustainability, processing capabilities
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
CAMX 2025: Sustainability and cost-effective manufacturing is embedded in every stage of Incoa’s InCal product line, meeting the diverse processing needs of resins, adhesives and fibers.
How Might You Use a Desktop CNC Swiss-Type?
Derek Korn | Production Machining
This compact machine could be valuable for education and training purposes as well as low-volume production work that shops might not want to run on their traditional Swiss-types.
Koch Finishing Systems Launches Hex Barrels
Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing
Koch Finishing Systems has launched hex barrels, which represent an advancement in barrel plating technology, enhancing agitation and efficiency in process tanks.
¿Cómo planea Plastics Europe alcanzar cero emisiones netas en 2050?
Ángela Andrea Castro | Plastics Technology México
En entrevista con Plastics Technology México durante el evento previo a la feria K 2025, Christine Bunte, vocera de Plastics Europe, presentó la hoja de ruta hacia una industria plástica circular y climáticamente neutra. El plan contempla inversiones en reciclaje químico y mecánico, electrificación de procesos, uso de biomasa sostenible y materias primas derivadas de CO₂.
Understanding Postmold Shrinkage — Why Do Part Dimensions Change Over Time? — Part 1
| Plastics Technology
What role does the glass transition temperature (Tg) of a polymer play in whether a molded part will continue to shrink after it’s molded?
Tolsa Flame Retardant Synergiests Offer ATO- and Halogen-Free Option
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
ADINS provides smoke suppression, anti-drip and heat release reduction.
Querétaro: plásticos enfrentan alza en transporte y aranceles
Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México
El alza en fletes marítimos impacta a la industria del plástico en Querétaro, que mantiene empleo y producción estable pese a incertidumbre global.
Bucci Composites expands automotive production capabilities with facility addition, new high-ton presses
Hannah Mason | CompositesWorld
CW Top Shops recipient Bucci Composites shares an update on its facility expansion, automotive composites applications, sustainability, education initiatives and more.
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Strategic Mold Venting
| MoldMaking Technology
Venting is one of the most crucial, but often overlooked, aspects of mold design and manufacturing.