PTXPO On Display: LS Mtron’s Smart Solution

Sarah Barnett | Plastics Technology

Get a preview of technology you’ll see live on the Plastics Technology Expo show floor March 18-20 in Rosemont, Illinois.

MC Machinery amplía sus operaciones al norte de México

Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México

En las nuevas instalaciones de MC Machinery, ubicadas en el municipio de Apodaca (Nuevo León), la empresa exhibirá maquinaria de corte láser, electroerosión, dobladoras y rectificadoras.

Novel Line Turns Fluff to Blown Film

María Natalia Ortega Leyva | Plastics Technology

Processor Bioflex of Mexico is utilizing Reifenhäuser Blown Film’s EVO Fusion technology to integrate postindustrial and postconsumer recycled materials into products.  

ANCA Tool Grinder Provides Consistent Cutting Tool Production

Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop

PMTS 2025: The MX7 Ultra tool grinder is designed to provide micron-level precision, reducing tool runout and optimizing tool life.

SPE Thermoforming abre inscripciones para 2025 con nuevas categorías

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La SPE Thermoforming Division abre inscripciones para su competencia 2025, con una nueva categoría de ensamblajes.

MC Machinery Systems Inc. Appoints Marketing Manager

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

Michelle Moody will lead marketing strategy, brand development and digital initiatives to enhance the company’s presence in the manufacturing industry.

Unified Interface Promises Seamless Workflow

Jodee McElfresh | Additive Manufacturing

Authentise has integrated Autodesk's Fusion Industry Cloud APIs into its Flows production management system. This collaboration aims to streamline the AM workflow. In practical terms, it would enable users to check design quality, create support structures, slice, nest, and even create a machine-specific build file from the Flows interface, all while operating directly on live Fusion Data.

Arburg presenta innovaciones en inyección híbrida en Plastimagen

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Arburg lanza en Plastimagen su serie Allrounder Hidrive, con tecnología híbrida que mejora eficiencia energética, precisión y sostenibilidad en inyección de plástico.

How’s the Water? From Business As Usual to VUCA to BANI

Miles Free | Production Machining

Do we even have the words to describe and/or make sense of how business circumstances have changed?

Materials Performance Hires Technical Editor

Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing

Dr. Mersedeh Akhoondan will bring her corrosion control and condition assessment experience to her work collaborating with authors, members and the magazine’s editorial advisory board.

Mate Custom Hard Jaws Accommodate Holding of Complex Geometries

Chris Pasion | Production Machining

PMTS 2025: Mate’s machinable hard jaws are well suited for holding complex part geometry during finishing operations.

Exploring Strategies and Technologies Driving Growth, Efficiency and Sustainability in Moldmaking

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

MMT's Editorial Advisory Board member Isaac Trevino, business development manager for Best Tool and Engineering (BTE), shares his top MoldMaking Technology articles over the past year and how this content has been valuable to the business.

NASF/AESF Foundation Research Project #123: Electrochemical Manufacturing for Energy Applications - 12th Quarterly Report

| Products Finishing

Within this white paper, NASF researchers extended their work on 3D printing porous yttria-stabilized zirconia, focusing on the mechanism of porosity formation, as well as evaluating its mechanical strength and thermal shock resistance.  

How to Map Mold Water Circuits

| MoldMaking Technology

Prevent mold damage and maintain consistent part quality by using a mold mapping system that ensures consistent turbulent flow.

Plastic Energy Releases Life Cycle Assessment Results for Chemical Recycling Process

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

Process provides carbon emissions savings over incineration with energy recovery, the incumbent disposal method in Europe for many formats.

Chomarat inaugurates UD carbon fiber production line

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

French company extends its noncrimp fabric (NCF) material offerings with uni-, bi-, tri- or quadriaxial options, targets new markets.

INCA Renewtech earns grant to complete biocomposites development, conduct consumer line trials

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Alberta Innovates funding will drive refinement of INCA’s hemp fiber biocomposite, vertical integration by 2026 and trials with Tier 1 automotive customers.

JEC World 2025 exhibitor previews

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Are you prepared for all that JEC World 2025 has to offer? This list will guide you through some of the exhibitors present at this year’s event.

NIAR innovates overmolded TPC production process for eVTOLs

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Fully automated hybrid thermoforming and injection overmolding process was executed to produce complex thermoplastic composite rib structure in 2 minutes versus 100-hour metal counterpart.

GFRP Tech launches EnviraBar rebar

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

GFRP rebar product range is produced in South Africa, offering an alternative solution to steel rebar.  

Building Composites, Asynt Solutions partner on highway construction improvements

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Dayton-based company becomes exclusive North American contract manufacturer for 24-foot composite road barriers offering enhanced shipping efficiency and reduced carbon footprint.

Base Materials forms long-term partnership with Triton Submarines

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Deep-diving acrylic submersible Triton 7500/3 will be equipped with DNV-certified Subtec syntactic buoyancy materials from Base Materials.