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Plastics Index Shows Fourth Consecutive Monthly Gain
Mike Shirk | Plastics Technology
December reading hints at slowing contraction as plastics industry outlook improves
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Finishing Index Rises Again to 46.4
Mike Shirk | Products Finishing
Broad-based growth across components contributes to encouraging close to 2024.
Innovación y sostenibilidad marcan el futuro del moldeo por inyección
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
El moldeo por inyección evoluciona con tecnologías como la digitalización, el uso de materiales reciclados y bioplásticos, y la integración de manufactura aditiva. Conozca las tendencias clave para 2025.
BMW Group Vehicle to Adopt 3D Printed Center Console
Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing
A vehicle coming to market in 2027 will include a center console carrier manufactured through polymer robot-based large-format additive manufacturing (LFAM).
Star Cutter Grinding Machines Improve Uptime, Throughput
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
Tru Tech grinding machines are designed to achieve high accuracy for high precision and micro components in numerous industries including medical, aerospace and electronics.
CCAI 2025 Scholarship Program Accepting Applications
Lori Beckman | Products Finishing
The scholarship program named for the first executive director of the CCAI aims to attract new talent to the industrial finishing and surface coating technologies industry.
Keeping It In The Family — The Sixth Generation | Pt. 3
Carli Kistler-Miller | Production Machining
Seventeen-year-old Maya Bagshaw shares her perspective on the family business.
#workforcedevelopment
Composites Index climbs closer to expansion
Mike Shirk | CompositesWorld
Rising readings across the GBI build a case for sustained composites growth headed into 2025.
How Proper Scheduling Leads to a Successful Machine Shop
Udo Jahn | Modern Machine Shop
Proper scheduling of jobs is paramount when it comes to running an efficient machine shop.
#workforcedevelopment
Coater Enables High-Performance Semiconductor Production
Jenn Cammel | Products Finishing
Toray Engineering Co. Ltd. has developed the Treng-PLP Coater, a high-accuracy coating device for panel level packaging.
Copeland Compresores invierte 22 millones de dólares en Coahuila
| Modern Machine Shop México
La planta de Copeland se ubicará en el municipio de Arteaga.
Automatic Tube and Hose Coilers Minimize Operator Involvement
Jim Callari | Plastics Technology
Units offer higher speeds and efficiencies for downstream operations in flexible pipe.
Midaco’s Automatic Pallet Changer Enhances VMC Versatility
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
Midaco’s Automatic 4-Pallet Changer with trunnion system for VMCs enables fourth-axis machining, expanding versatility of a three-axis mill.
Swancor, Adani sign MOU for recyclable wind farm in India
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Joint development of a wind farm using wind blades made from Swancor’s EzCiclo recyclable epoxy resin will further support India’s 140-gigawatt wind capacity goal for 2030.
Forkardt Hardinge Swiss Workholding Provides Reliable, Consistent Performance
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The company’s Swiss collets are designed to securely hold parts without marring surfaces, minimizing vibration to ensure smoother machining, enhanced accuracy and extended tool life.
Ecoinvent launches new LCA data for unsaturated polyester, vinyl ester resins
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Composites fabricators and components users can now reliably calculate the eco-footprint of their products using these resins.
IACMI celebrates a decade advancing U.S. composites manufacturing
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Established by the Department of Energy in 2015, IACMI has emerged as a core innovator driving economic growth and bolstering U.S. manufacturing and national defense.
Toolholding System Offers Stability Benefits for Moldmakers
Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology
Rego-Fix USA highlights its popular powRgrip toolholding system.The company developed its powRgrip system for stable toolholding when machining parts made from all types of materials making it an good fit for moldmakers.
2024 AMBA Wage and Salary Report Unveils Industry Compensation Trends and Workforce Challenges
Fiona Lawler | MoldMaking Technology
The American Mold Builders Association announces the release of its 2024 AMBA Wage and Salary Report.
Processors: Gear Up to Handle More Regrind
| Plastics Technology
Plastics auxiliary and primary processing equipment was optimized for running pellets; here’s how you can adjust to the bulk density differences of flake and regrind in drying, conveying, mixing, feeding and processing.
Cedo Acquires the Recycler Plasta
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Plasta operates manufacturing groups in Lithuania and Sweden.
Centro de mecanizado de cinco ejes de Milltronics mejora la productividad
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
El VM250IL-5X, de Milltronics, combina capacidades avanzadas con el control Inspire+ para mecanizado de cinco ejes.