Reduce Chemical Costs Without Compromising Performance

| Products Finishing

Industry experts offer guidance on cutting overall passivate chemical costs and reducing waste and environmental impact, all while maintaining salt spray performance.  

Precision Machining Index Surges into Expansion

Mike Shirk | Production Machining

The index climbed nearly three points to mark first expansion reading since February 2023.

Uniloy Celebrates 75th Anniversary

Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology

America’s first and oldest blow molding machine supplier marks a milestone.

A remembrance of Carmelo Lo Faro: A legacy of innovation and leadership

Jeff Sloan | CompositesWorld

Carmelo Lo Faro, who passed away prematurely a year ago, left behind a legacy that embraced leadership, compassion, innovation, teamwork and family.

Husky Expands Facilities and Services in India

Angela Osborne | Plastics Technology

The company says its expanded presence in India helps clients meet the country’s sustainability mandates — which require 30% recycled plastic content in packaging by 2026 and 60% by 2029.

NatureWorks lanza Ingeo Extend: bioplásticos con biodegradación acelerada

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

NatureWorks lanza Ingeo Extend, una plataforma de biopolímeros que mejora la biodegradación y optimiza la producción de bioplásticos a escala comercial.

Capacidad instalada para reciclar PET en México aumentó 11 % en 2024

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

En 2024, México alcanzó el acopio de 578 mil toneladas de PET, superando a Estados Unidos y Brasil en reciclaje, con 89% de los insumos reciclados aprovechados localmente.

Tungaloy Grooving Tools Enhance Machining Stability

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

The TetraForceCut and TetraMiniCut series are designed to provide greater productivity across external grooving, parting-off, face grooving, threading and custom profiling applications.

Airtech Acquires Kimya Assets to Expand AM Filament Capabilities

Jann Bond | Additive Manufacturing

Integration includes Kimya’s technical filament materials, development and production capabilities, validation equipment and intellectual property.

Video: The Value of a Desktop CNC Swiss-Type

Derek Korn | Production Machining

This Swiss-type requires only 120 volts of power, basic compressed air supply, weighs in at 150 pounds and needs a table that’s only maybe two by four feet. But it’s by no means a toy.

Deep-Cavity Cooling Made Easy

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

G.A. Roeders uses an advanced cooling system employing gun drilling to deliver high-pressure water to quickly and evenly cool areas deep within a mold cavity.

Baker Hughes' "Golden" Build Files Enable Reliable Additive Manufacturing Today, and Repeatable Production Tomorrow

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

The energy technology manufacturer has already demonstrated that AM can deliver service parts for harsh environments. Now, the key is developing and maintaining a catalog of parts with their processes for consistent production on an as-needed basis. 

Hubbard-Hall Welcomes Director of Specialty Sales

Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing

Rick Spicer’s 30-plus years of experience in sales leadership, business development and customer relationship management will help customers improve efficiency and achieve their goals.

Gobierno de Querétaro concreta cinco proyectos de inversión por más de 2,500 millones de pesos

| Modern Machine Shop México

En una gira de promoción por Alemania e Italia, el gobierno de Querétaro informó de que se concretaron cinco proyectos de inversión que prevén la generación de más de 900 empleos altamente especializados.

Stratview Research launches 2025 report on eVTOL dynamics

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

An update to the 2022 report features an in-depth analysis of 1,000-plus eVTOL aircraft programs worldwide with expert insight spanning eVTOL manufacturers, composite part producers and material suppliers.

CIMC-Hexagon delivers its first Type 4 H2 tanks to Europe

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Joint venture company has obtained European TPED certification, a critical step to develop local Type 4 tank certification in China, ramp up production capacity.

Daher celebrates Shap’in anniversary, highlights R&D developments

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Two years after its launch, Daher’s technology center has been actively pursuing its ambitions to mature aerocomposites, from thermoplastics welding to rethinking their entire life cycle.

Boeing, U.S. senator emphasize importance of thermoplastic composites in Senate Commerce hearing

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Boeing CEO Kelly Ortberg and Senator Maria Cantwell emphasize the need to invest in these material technologies for aviation, work that is already being contributed to by the AAMMC Tech Hub test bed and training center.

Forvia divests Faurecia Lightweight Solutions business to ASC

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

French automotive supplier Faurecia Automotive Composites becomes Compositec, intending a complete focus on composite-based solutions for its customers.

JEC World 2025 highlights: Trends in aerospace, new space and defense

Scott Francis | CompositesWorld

CW editor-in-chief Scott Francis discusses trends in aerospace on display at JEC World — as the composites industry awaits a new single aisle aircraft program, the industry puts continued focus on new space, defense, UAM.

We4Ce designs rotor blades for TouchWind’s floating one-piece rotor turbine

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Tiltable, liftable one-piece composite rotor design aims to withstand storm-force winds, boost energy yield and enable more compact offshore wind farms.

Free webinar explores advances in double-double composite laminates

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

April 14th workshop led by Professor Stephen Tsai of Stanford Univeristy and Professor Cheng Qiu of Institute of Mechanics, CAS, will share breakthroughs and opportunities with these novel laminates.