Climate Impulse Project Receives Official Patronage from European Commission

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The strategic endorsement reflects the EU’s firm commitment and alignment with the project’s zero-emission aviation ambitions, industrial competitiveness and strategic autonomy. 

Mastercam Toolpathing Software Streamlines Complex Part Programming

| Production Machining

IMTS 2026: Mastercam's EverPath Technology is an advanced toolpathing solution featuring adaptive algorithms, real-time collision awareness and automated toolpath optimization for high-speed, multi-axis machining.

Ecoclean Launches Intelligent Process Control Solutions for Water-Based Cleaning

Jessica Pompili | Products Finishing

Ecoclean’s two automated process control solutions, the Lab-on-a-Chip (LOC) system and Smart Drying technology, are designed to meet the high quality standards of water-based cleaning processes. 

Applying Machine Learning to Process Damping

Tony Schmitz | Modern Machine Shop

Process damping is difficult to quantify using a physics-based model and, therefore, is a good candidate for a physics-informed machine learning approach.

AI Built into Your Shop’s Live Data

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Build custom apps and save time with autonomous agents, fed straight from the source of your shop’s own live data. All ITAR-secure and hosted on Microsoft Gov Cloud.

Powder Coating Equipment Market Expected to Reach $1.93 Billion by 2034

| Products Finishing

A newly published analysis from Polaris Market Research projects the global powder coating equipment market will expand at a 3.4% CAGR from 2025 to 2034, driven by automotive, EV and architectural demand.
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Cast Film Die Built for PFAS-Free Formulations

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Amid the push to ban “forever chemicals,” Nordson has engineered a new flow-distribution channel to enable stable extrusion of formulations without fluoropolymer-based processing aids.

CMMC Pause, Cyber Readiness and What It Means for Mold Builders

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

CMMC Phase II is paused, but cyber readiness isn't. Mold builders still need to protect customer data and prove it.

GKN Aerospace's ASPIRE Program Targets Next-Gen Composite Wing Manufacturing Technologies

Stewart Mitchell | CompositesWorld

The three-year, £12 million ASPIRE consortium brings together rapid tow shearing, tailored fiber placement, aligned recycled discontinuous carbon fiber and self-heated tool curing to prove lighter, high-rate composite wings for the next-generation single-aisle aircraft.

Walter amplía las operaciones de fresado a 90 grados con insertos TNMU

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Los nuevos insertos indexables TNMU en grado Tiger-tec Gold WKK25G incorporan seis filos de corte y están diseñados para fresado de hombros, planeado, fresado de cavidades e interpolación circular en acero y fundición.

Ingersoll Cutting Tools High-Feed Milling System Reduces Cycle Times

| MoldMaking Technology

IMTS 2026: Ingersoll Cutting Tools introduces the DiFeedWinV high-feed milling system, designed for die and mold manufacturing with V-bottom insert clamping for improved stability and aggressive toolpath capability.

Mazak Advanced Machining Solutions Accelerate Production Output

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2026: Mazak Corp. showcases Neo Series machines, Ez Series vertical machining centers, multitasking models and Syncrex Swiss-type lathes with automation.

INEOS y Recuro desarrollan planta de pirólisis en Noruega

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

INEOS y Recuro firmaron un memorando para desarrollar Full Circle, una planta de reciclaje avanzado por pirólisis de 33,000 t/año en Bamble, Noruega, que producirá polietileno reciclado de calidad equivalente al virgen para empaques de alimentos y médicos bajo el PPWR europeo.

Vida Circular inaugura centro de acopio de plásticos en Tlalpan

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Vida Circular, la Alcaldía Tlalpan y empresas como ALPLA, Colgate y Braskem Idesa inauguraron un centro de acopio en el Deportivo Vivanco, con capacidad de 400 kg mensuales y una meta de cinco toneladas anuales de plásticos recuperados.  

MachineMetrics Platform Targets Unplanned Downtime in High-Volume Machining

| Modern Machine Shop

IMTS 2026: MachineMetrics previews Tool Intelligence — a capability within its AI-powered Manufacturing Operations Platform with production-grade availability planned for Q4 2026.  

México y Estados Unidos fortalecen alianza estratégica en semiconductores

| Modern Machine Shop México

Durante el Séptimo Foro Binacional México–Estados Unidos sobre Semiconductores, se abordó la construcción de acciones para fortalecer el ecosistema binacional para estos dispositivos.

NGR presenta el S:GRAN 085 para reciclaje postindustrial

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Next Generation Recyclingmaschinen lanzó el S:GRAN 085, una combinación triturador-alimentador-extrusora para reciclaje postindustrial sobre la plataforma NXT, con geometría de alimentación revisada, paquetes para fibra de vidrio y películas biodegradables.

ORNL Develops Error Correction System to Enhance 3D Printing of Large Composite Parts

Grace Stubbins | Additive Manufacturing

Material and system agnostic sensors and computer vision automate printing speed and temperature monitoring and are able to make on-the-fly adjustments without human interaction.

Production of European Sikorsky Firehawk Begins in Poland

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

PZL Mielec starts manufacturing two S-70 Firehawk helicopters — a variant of the well-known Black Hawk series — for the Czech Republic to bolster its operational fleet and wildfire and emergency response capacity.

Eurocode 11 for Composites Construction, Civil Engineering Design is Set for 2028 Publication

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Years of close cooperation between academic, standardization bodies and industry has led to this newest CEN standard design, providing a harmonized framework and wider acceptance of composites.

Syensqo Composite Materials to Power MV-75 Cheyenne

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Composites, adhesive and specialty polymers will contribute to the U.S. Army’s vertical lift aircraft, enhancing speed, range and survivability.

Lamilux Expands GFRP Applications for Vehicles, Hygienic Cladding

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The composite company's work spans commercial vehicle and caravan materials, a temperature-controlled transport demonstrator and hygienic wall cladding installed at an Austrian bakery.