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Visual Shop, Bluestreak Join Forces With Steelhead Technologies
Grace Stubbins | Products Finishing
The three industry partners are bringing decades of metal finishing and heat treating expertise to one platform built for margin and growth.
PPG Excimer UV Coatings Earn Innovation Award
| Products Finishing
PPG’s excimer ultraviolet matte-finish coatings for consumer electronics were recognized in the Coatings Industry category at the 2026 Ringier Technology Innovation Awards.
#electronics
Seeing Advances in Large-Scale Multitask Machining
Derek Korn | Modern Machine Shop
At a recent open house, WFL Millturn Technologies highlighted new forms of automation, tooling and process control for its sizeable turn-mill equipment.
Aerospace- and Defense-Grade Carbon Fiber Composites Are Engineered for High Rate
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
CAMX 2026: Teijin Carbon highlights rapid-cure prepregs, resin infusion systems and thermoplastic composites (TPC) built for high-rate aerospace and defense manufacturing.
Zoller Indexable Insert Handler Automates Milling Tool Preparation
| Production Machining
IMTS 2026: Zoller introduces the Micbox, a compact automated system for indexable insert handling on milling tools, featuring optional AI-supported wear detection via the Zoller Wearcheck measuring function.
Metrology Matters
Derek Korn | Production Machining
Don’t look at inspection equipment as a necessary evil. Embrace new industrial metrology technology as shown at IMTS 2026 to increase your manufacturing operation’s profitability.
Plastics Processing Slips Again in June but Remains in Growth Range
Mike Shirk | Plastics Technology
The GBI Processing Index contracted another 1.1 points in June, but the market is now in its sixth straight month above the 50-point growth threshold.
#economics
Avantium lleva el PEF vegetal a ropa deportiva con Casa da Malha
Marcela Castro | Plastics Technology México
Avantium, Casa da Malha y Lacatoni desarrollaron un prototipo de camiseta deportiva con PEF releaf, un polímero de base vegetal y reciclable, presentado en Milano Unica 2026 como la primera aplicación textil de la colaboración entre los tres socios.
Formlabs Large-Format SLS 3D Printer Reduces Part Costs by 50%
| Additive Manufacturing
Formlabs introduces the Fuse X1, a large-format selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printing system, designed to deliver production-quality parts in under 24 hours.
Mikron Rotary Transfer Machine Supports Greater Part Diversity
| Modern Machine Shop
IMTS 2026: Mikron introduces the Multistar Next, a flexible CNC rotary transfer machine that combines high-speed production with full CNC control for electrical connector applications.
Okamoto Automatic Surface Grinder Improves Precision, Simplifies Operation
| MoldMaking Technology
IMTS 2026: Okamoto's ACC-818SA-iQ automatic surface grinder combines a heavy-duty Meehanite cast-iron base with the SA-iQ conversational control for multiposition grinding and integrated wheel profiling in a compact footprint.
Exportaciones de productos manufacturados crecieron 35.3 % en junio
Mauricio Pineda | Modern Machine Shop México
Los mayores aumentos se observaron en las exportaciones de productos de la minerometalurgia, de equipos y aparatos eléctricos y electrónicos, de alimentos, bebidas y tabaco y de productos automotrices.
For More Than 20 Years, Setting the Bar for Success
Brian Budzynski | Products Finishing
Products Finishing Champion of the Industry Jamie Visker has set a course toward a bright future.
Koma integra soluciones D’Andrea para mandrinado y refrentado
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
IMTS 2026: Los sistemas incluyen cabezales manuales, automáticos y controlados por CNC, componentes modulares y alternativas con eje U para realizar mandrinado, refrentado y torneado en centros de mecanizado.
APR Expands PCR Certification Program to Verify Recycled Content in Plastic Products
Matt Stonecash | Plastics Technology
Program will verify recycled plastic content across the supply chain to include finished products.
Mate DynoGrip Air automatiza la sujeción mediante accionamiento neumático
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
IMTS 2026: Las mordazas neumáticas están disponibles en versiones con ranuras convencionales o garras de cambio rápido y pueden integrarse con sistemas automatizados mediante conexiones laterales e inferiores de aire.
Automating Layer Preparation in Composite Tooling Workflows
| CompositesWorld
Rule-based add-in for CAM workflow automates sliced layer preparation for CNC-machined molds, cutting 10 seconds per layer to 10 seconds per mold for scalable, high-volume custom tooling production.
New Vista RTU automatiza la verificación de roscas con calibres pasa/no pasa
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
IMTS 2026: La unidad se instala en robots industriales o colaborativos y ajusta automáticamente la herramienta, el par y la profundidad para inspeccionar roscas de diferentes diámetros, pasos y longitudes.
Dormer Pramet amplía su oferta para torneado, fresado y barrenado
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
La compañía incorpora nuevos grados de torneado, rompevirutas, fresas de carburo sólido, brocas de alto desempeño y portaherramientas modulares para aplicaciones en aceros, fundiciones, inoxidables y materiales de difícil mecanizado.
Tormach 15LX aumenta la potencia del husillo para cortes pesados
Eduardo Tovar | Modern Machine Shop México
IMTS 2026: El torno CNC incorpora hasta 10 hp de potencia máxima, desplazamientos rápidos de 360 pulgadas por minuto y servomotores con encoders absolutos para prototipos y producción de lotes pequeños.
Understanding Hot Runner Temperature Controllers
| MoldMaking Technology
Learn what’s new and what’s possible in the various hot runner temperature controller formats, including modular, GUI-style and advanced GUI-style systems.
University Research Center Bridges Composites Discovery and Manufacturing
Grace Stubbins | CompositesWorld
CAMX 2026: The University of Delaware's Center for Composite Materials has worked with industry, government and academic partners since 1974 to move composite materials research toward manufacturing readiness.
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