Plastic Flow Enhances Simulation Software for Extrusion

Jim Callari | Plastics Technology

Among the new features, this version enables sequential batch processing of multiple flow simulation jobs.  

GP1350 Portal Mill Targets Large-Part Machining in Compact Footprint

| MoldMaking Technology

GROB Systems introduces a five-axis portal milling machining center designed for large, complex components with automation-ready flexibility.

Owens Corning Glass Reinforcements business is now operating as The Original Composites Co.

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Following finalization of Glass Reinforcements sale, the new name clearly honors where Owens Corning came from and where the company is headed.

Dispositivos médicos: digitalización y optimización de la cadena de valor como habilitadores de eficiencia

| Modern Machine Shop México

Durante el Medical Devices Innovation Summit se destacó la necesidad de transitar de “Hecho en México” a “Creado en México” en la producción de dispositivos médicos.

Nagel Deep-Hole Drilling Systems Provide Highly Flexible Performance

| Production Machining

Nagel’s customizable deep-hole drilling machines are fully customizable and can be configured either as stand-alone systems or as fully integrated turnkey solutions.

Gneuss impulsa reciclaje de PET con sistemas OMNI

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Gneuss presenta en Plastics Recycling LATAM su serie OMNI, orientada a transformar materiales reciclados en productos de alto desempeño. Su diseño compacto y configurable permite procesar diversas corrientes, mejorar la desgasificación y asegurar calidad constante en aplicaciones exigentes.

Sidel desarrolla botella retornable de PET para agua

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Sidel lanzó una botella retornable de PET para agua sin gas, más ligera y compatible con reciclaje botella a botella.

GA-EMS industrializing SiC/SiC and other CMC via MAITrX facility

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Developing materials used across General Atomics, this lab is onshoring nuclear-grade SiC fiber, innovating SiC foam and promoting collaboration to accelerate CMC production and commercialization.

Trillium raises $13 million to begin bio-based acrylonitrile demo plant operations, design of commercial version

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Project Falcon demonstrates technical performance of drop-in, plant-based ACN technology, the ability to execute at industrial scale and a significant advancement toward commercialization efforts.

Engel Expands Wintec All-Electric Line Globally, Provides 2-Platen Updates

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Engel began a global rollout of its Wintec brand e-win all-electric press and presented a streamlined portfolio of its duo and t-win two-platen machines.

Fundamentals of Designing the Optimal Cooling System

| MoldMaking Technology

The right mold components can help improve mold cooling and thereby produce higher-quality parts.

ChemQuest Expands Strategy Bench with Latest Director Addition

| Products Finishing

Scott Reams’ specialty chemicals expertise and work in related areas will support ChemQuest’s Operational Excellence and Technology Development business pillars.

Recubrimiento AlCrN para herramientas de tallado de engranes

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

Star SU incorpora el recubrimiento Alcrona EVO a su portafolio de herramientas de corte de engranes para producción en alto volumen.

APR presenta herramientas para evaluar reciclabilidad de envases plásticos

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

En Plastics Recycling LATAM 2026, la Asociación de Recicladores de Plástico (APR) destaca su Guía APR Design y su herramienta de evaluación, que permiten optimizar el diseño de empaques plásticos y asegurar su compatibilidad con los sistemas de reciclaje.  

Stop Guessing. Start Designing Smarter.

Christina Fuges | MoldMaking Technology

Experts reveal how understanding molds as physics-driven systems — balancing flow, thermal and mechanical forces — enables smarter design decisions and better performance.

Nuevo León muestra señales de recuperación manufacturera

| Modern Machine Shop México

El indicador de nuevos pedidos encabezó la mejora de marzo, con un avance de 6.3 puntos que lo llevó nuevamente a zona de expansión.

Making (and Re-Making) with Large-Format Additive Manufacturing

Stephanie Hendrixson | Additive Manufacturing

OEM and social enterprise re:3D develops large-format 3D printers in the U.S. with a focus on sustainability, upgradability and enabling economic independence anywhere.

MMT Tech Days: Mold Design Fundamentals: A Framework for Smarter Decisions

| MoldMaking Technology

This webinar breaks mold design down into its three essential pillars — Flow, Thermal and Mechanical. Each pillar will be covered by four leading mold builders, with each sharing their decision-making strategies for comparing common design choices, from gating and cooling to steel selection and ejection strategies.

Filtro FCS de Fimic para reciclaje de plásticos

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

En Plastics Recycling LATAM, Fimic introduce el FCS Filter, una tecnología diseñada para mejorar la filtración de masa fundida en materiales altamente contaminados.

NASA, Boeing advance TTBW research in wind tunnel test

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The transonic truss-braced wing concept, originating from aeronautics-supported research and NASA and Boeing engineers, continue to shift this wing design from an idea to practical reality.

PCCL, Isovolta win Styrian Innovation Prize for vitrimer-based prepregs

Ginger Gardiner | CompositesWorld

Austrian-based Polymer Competence Center Leoben and Isovolta win regional award for achieving economic and large-scale production of recyclable, vitrimer-based composites.

EATC releases comprehensive thermoplastic composites market study

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Developments, trends and prospects for long and continuous fiber TPC provide a systematic overview of the European market.