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.