Big Daishowa Tools for Schools Program Supports Future Manufacturers

| Modern Machine Shop

Big Daishowa’s Tools for Schools 2026 program has awarded tooling certificates totaling $51,000 to technical schools, bringing the program's cumulative impact to nearly $120,000 in donated tooling.

Envases industriales Amcor obtienen certificación ONU

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Amcor obtiene certificación ONU para envases industriales con 50 % de plástico reciclado posconsumo en su planta de Pamplona.  

Big Daishowa Tools for Schools Program Supports Future Manufacturers

| Production Machining

Big Daishowa’s Tools for Schools 2026 program has awarded tooling certificates totaling $51,000 to technical schools, bringing the program's cumulative impact to nearly $120,000 in donated tooling.

Hasco Unveils Push-Lok, Extended Temperature Control Systems

Loraine DeBonis | Plastics Technology

Designed for intricate mold areas and tight spaces, the Push-Lok and Temperature Control Systems "set new standards" for mold temperature control. 

The Value of RFID Machine Operator Authentication

Derek Korn | Production Machining

Can secure shopfloor employee authentication via radio frequency identification enable shops to optimize their data-driven manufacturing efforts?

DSI se fusiona con NexGen Solutions para fortalecer su oferta de software CAD/CAM

Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México

La integración reúne capacidades en CAD/CAM, simulación, automatización y manufactura aditiva para ofrecer servicios más amplios a fabricantes de Norteamérica.

TPE libres de halógenos: innovación de Kraiburg TPE

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Kraiburg TPE presenta la serie FR3 con baja toxicidad de humo y alta resiliencia. Una tecnología reciclable diseñada para sistemas de sellado y de cables.

Roehm Introduces Capstock Material for Outdoor Applications

Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology

PMMA molding compound forms a thin coextruded protective layer that blocks UV light up to 400 nm, helping to preserve color and surface integrity.

NPE 2027 supera 900 mil pies cuadrados vendidos

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

La Plastics Industry Association reporta fuerte inicio para NPE 2027 con 82% del área de exhibición ya comprometida.

Polymer Science for Those Who Work With Plastics — The Glass Transition: Part 1

| Plastics Technology

What is glass transition really — not from a datasheet point of view but from the polymer molecule and up. Learn how the same material can be brittle and stiff or rubbery and flowing.

Cross-supply chain collab achieves rCCF aircraft access panel

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

The NCC, Cygnet Texkimp, SHD and Teledyne CML Composites successfully manufactured an aerospace part using a reclaimed composite prepreg product, demonstrating equivalent virgin fiber mechanical properties, stiffness. 

James Cropper, Hexcel to advance composites circularity through ECCA 

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Collaboration brings ECCA ambitions to solve limiting composites recycling challenges into practice, with James Cropper’s Vectis platform supporting high-value rCF materials production.

FACC develops, manufactures cabin components for Embraer Praetor family

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

Contract spans multiple materials and cabin components for 600E and 500E interiors, securing FACC’s supplier role in the jet fleet’s next evolution. 

Gardner Editorial Teams in Action

Grace Stubbins | GROW

This is a shout-out to a couple of the teams that do it all — from staying relevant and dynamic in a fast-paced industry environment to just producing amazing work time and time again.

Armacell PET Foam is recognized as a Factory of the Future

Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld

SNAPSHOT: The label highlights the companies’ attention to innovation and forward-looking policies in its eco-friendly PET foam production.

Dürr EcoAUC2 Provides More Paint Functions, Greater Flexibility

| Products Finishing

Control unit has been made more central for reliable and efficient painting processes including faster integration enhancements, control of up to 20 colors and maximum flexibility in painting processes.

Drug-Delivery Platform Launches

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

MGS is positioning its Auto-injector Reimagined (A.i.r.) drug-delivery device, which harnesses its design, molding and moldmaking capabilities, as a means to bring new medicines to market faster.

How Can Smaller Shops Increase Efficiency and Protect Margins?

Tony Deligio | Manufacturing Connected

What if the greater efficiency in your manufacturing operations didn’t lie outside its four walls and require a capital investment in equipment, software or services?

ANIPAC realizará la Feria “Los plásticos en tu vida”

Suset Carlos Campos | Plastics Technology México

Estudiantes y público general podrán conocer usos, clasificación y reciclaje de plásticos en la feria virtual de ANIPAC.  

Latest, Most Advanced Portable Chillers on Display

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

Thermal Care will display its latest NQ Series Chiller and RQT Series TCU at PTXPO 2026 (March 17-19; Rosemont, Illinois).

Inspección inteligente con Intravis en Expo Plásticos

Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México

Intravis presenta su nueva tecnología de inspección: el compacto CapWatcher para tapas y la plataforma de datos IntraVisualizer para optimizar la producción.

Moretto Expands in Italy, Mexico

Tony Deligio | Plastics Technology

During a Plast preview event, the Italian maker of auxiliary equipment revealed a new 140,000-square-foot expansion of its Massanzago production facility.