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Walter Surface Technologies Acquires PushCorp
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
With the acquisition of PushCorp, Walter aims to help customers be more productive with robotics and automation for their material removal processes.
Boom Supersonic achieves first XB-1 demonstrator flight
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
Supersonic demonstrator met all test objectives, aided by use of carbon fiber materials, advanced avionics, digitally optimized aerodynamics and a supersonic propulsion system.
SGL Carbon achieves annual targets for 2023, invests more in growth markets
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
SGL highlights record profits in three out of four businesses despite drop in demand from wind market, looks into declining Carbon Fibers unit as it enters 2024.
Anisoprint opens office in China, scales up continuous fiber 3D printer production
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
With a new location in Shanghai, and a shift in management roles, Anisoprint is looking forward to rapid growth in Chinese, European and U.S. markets, further aided by funding rounds.
Pinzas eléctricas permiten una producción flexible
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
Las pinzas eléctricas 92W, de Destaco, funcionan completamente sin aire comprimido.
Paulson Training Acquired
| Plastics Technology
Certus, a technical skills training business and portfolio company of private equity firm Ridgemont Equity Partners, has acquired the plastics processing training business founded in 1981.
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Enhanced Injection-Blow Machine In Servohydraulic and Hybrid Versions
Matthew Naitove | Plastics Technology
NPE2024: Jomar is showing its 85-S GEN II machine with beefed-up specs in standard servohydraulic version and brand-new hybrid model.
AMBA Announces 2024 Mold Builder and Tooling Trailblazer of the Year Award Recipients; Inaugural 2024 Emerging Leaders Rising Star Award
| MoldMaking Technology
The American Mold Builders Association (AMBA), based in Indianapolis, IN, recently held its annual conference in Grand Rapids, MI, where they honored outstanding individuals and companies in the mold building industry.
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PPG Reviews Strategic Alternatives for Architectural Coatings Business in U.S. & Canada
| Products Finishing
PPG is reviewing its architectural coatings business in the U.S. and Canada. The company affirms that the review is routine strategic in nature.
What You Need to Know About the Design and Operation of Maddock Mixers
| Plastics Technology
Designed properly, all entering solid polymer fragments and certain types of PE gels entering the Maddock mixer can be trapped and dispersed into the matrix resin. But many are not properly designed. Here’s what to look out for.
Omron Automated Mobile Robots Provide Reliable Transport
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The MD-650 and MD-900 AMRs are designed to safely pick up, transport and drop off pallets and cargo.
Studer's Automation, Entry-Level Solutions Take Center Stage
| Modern Machine Shop
At its 2024 Music Motion Meeting, Studer AG showed off its entry-level line of grinding machines, as well as its newest universal loading system.
Single-Inlet Plenum Air Ring Improves Gauge Control
Jim Callari | Plastics Technology
NPE2024: New design also eliminates multiple hoses to clean up production area.
Haimer Partners With TCM Group to Distribute Tooling Technology
Chris Pasion | Modern Machine Shop
The TCM Group will rely on Haimer as a strategic supplier in the field of toolholders, shrinking, balancing and presetting machines in the core business of tool management.
WiM Announces 2024 Board of Directors
Chris Pasion | Production Machining
The Women in Manufacturing Association has elected 20 members to its 2024 board of directors, who begin their terms on April 1, 2024.
Producción eficiente: Arburg presenta sus tecnologías en Chinaplas 2024
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Arburg presentará su portafolio de soluciones para las industrias automotriz y médica en Chinaplas 2024. Demostraciones en vivo de sobremoldeo, procesamiento de LSR y producción de componentes médicos, harán parte de la oferta.
Stellantis México busca consolidar la cadena de proveeduría del sector automotriz
| Modern Machine Shop México
Stellantis México firma convenio de colaboración con la Asociación Mexicana de Secretarios de Desarrollo Económico para consolidar la cadena de proveeduría del sector.
Implementation and Tracking: Strategic Planning | Part 2
Carli Kistler-Miller | Production Machining
A strategic plan that you have to dust off does not advance your business.
Walmec Unveils Membrane Dryer for Sensitive Applications
| Products Finishing
The AMD-035 membrane dryer is built for longevity and designed for sensitive applications.
March 2024 Technology Roundup Highlights
| MoldMaking Technology
In this most recent roundup, MMT continues to present the breadth of new or proven technologies that target the moldmaking industry, from cutting tools to software to hot runner products, that have been shared this month.
Measuring energy use to enable sustainable composites production
Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld
Airbus subsidiary CTC uses new technology to measure energy use in machine components and processes to optimize equipment, production lines and guide decisions for future composites.
IHEA Announces Industrial Heating Decarbonization Summit
| Products Finishing
The Industrial Heating Equipment Association (IHEA) will be holding the Industrial Heating Decarbonization Summit in October.