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Emerging Leaders Nominations Now Open
Derek Korn | Production Machining
Here’s your chance to highlight a young person in your manufacturing business who is on the path to be a future leader moving your company forward.
Tungaloy Milling Tool Features Extra-Close Pitch Cutters
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The TungSpeed-Mill series features a lightweight construction and the necessary strength for challenging automotive and general industrial machinery applications.
Motion Announces Plans to Acquire Thompson Industrial Supply
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
Family-owned and operated in California since its beginnings in 1969, Thompson Industrial Supply is headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga with a second location in South El Monte.
Composites housing improves organ transport to save lives
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
Vabo Composites collaborates on novel design, supplies lighter, higher volume production housing.
Radii Planet Group Adopts Flightpath Pro Software, Enhances Coating Line Performance
Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing
Radii Planet Group works in close partnership with AkzoNobel Powder Coatings to reduce reject rates and minimize waste, from applying AI software to bringing coatings in-house.
Plastics Index Shows Fourth Consecutive Monthly Gain
Mike Shirk | Plastics Technology
December reading hints at slowing contraction as plastics industry outlook improves
#economics
M&M Quality Grinding Bars Support High-Volume Production
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
PMTS 2025: M&M Quality Grinding provides precision grinding services for a variety of materials, including titanium, stainless steel, alloys and plastics.
Hope Floats: Corrosion Prevention for Marine Applications
| Products Finishing
Cortec Corp. answers a question about corrosion protection for floating structures and caisson legs that rust from the inside out.
Metalworking Index Continues Climb into 2025
Mike Shirk | Modern Machine Shop
Steady improvement is short of expansion but component readings and future outlook remain strong.
Norwalt Automation Expands Tampa Footprint, Capacity
Angela Osborne | Plastics Technology
The new 28,000-square-foot site in Tampa, Florida, will focus on machine and system integration activities for various sectors.
Cutting Fluid’s Impact on Reducing Carbon Footprint
| Production Machining
Something as simple as a change in cutting fluid can make a huge impact in your efforts to reduce your carbon footprint.
Moldmaking Momentum Cools With January Index of 48.0
Mike Shirk | MoldMaking Technology
The Index continues to trend in the right direction while future business expectations climb.
#economics
Engis Milling Tool Enables High Stock Removal Rates
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
PMTS 2025: The Engis ElectroMill is designed to produce high-quality, flat milled surfaces, even if an interrupted cut is present or multiple materials need to be machined simultaneously.
Easy-to-process particle foam targets composite foam core needs
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
JEC World 2025: Asahi Kasei presents SunForce, a modified polyphenylene ether (mPPE) particle beads foam featuring high heat resistance and low water absorption.
System 3R ofrece sujeción estable y repetible en mecanizado
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
Las mordazas autocentrantes de System 3R aseguran precisión y durabilidad en aplicaciones exigentes.
Mazak Turning Machine Enables High-Volume Production of Small Parts
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
PMTS 2025: The Syncrex 38/9 Swiss-type turning machine features a nine-axis configuration that includes five spindle motors.
Thickness Gauge for 'Wet' Films
Jim Callari | Plastics Technology
The gauge requires minimal calibration and is insensitive to the angle and distance of measurement.
Strongwell expands utility representation agreement with NTS
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
NTS will now represent Strongwell in the state of Florida, ensuring that electrical utilities across a broader region are able to benefit from the company’s FRP solutions.
Emerson Extends North America Impact Partner Services
| Valve Magazine
Emerson’s network of 18 locally accessible, Emerson-certified, strategic partners will service select measurement devices throughout North America.
Saildrone received ISO 9001 certification for autonomous USV platforms
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
International recommendation adds to the company’s existing credentials in meeting rigorous compliance standards for its composites-intensive Voyager platform and Surveyor-class vehicles.
Cable and Plug Range Safely Offers Maximum Electrical Power
Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology
Hasco America Inc. offers innovative plug inserts and cables to enable fast and space-saving wiring of power/signal plugs to the mold.
Vat Photopolymerization 101: Understanding Resolution
Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing
The projector used in vat photopolymerization to cure material has a direct impact on the quality and accuracy of the print, but is not the only factor that influences resolution.