How 3D printing creates stronger vehicle parts by solving aluminum's high-temperature weakness

Aluminum is prized for being lightweight and strong, but at high temperatures it loses strength.

Electric Cars Market 2025: What intensifying EV competition means for metalworking

As the global electric cars market intensifies in 2025, competition is increasingly driven by manufacturing capability and production efficiency. From battery housings to e-motors and lightweight structures, rising EV demand is creating new opportunities for metalworking, machine tools, and automation suppliers supporting the next phase of automotive electrification.

Dr Volker Nilles is new CEO of Arburg

Dr Volker Nilles brings with him more than 30 years of leadership experience in mechanical and automotive engineering.

Efficient production of solar hydrogen without the scarce metal platinum

Using sunlight, water and tiny particles of electrically conductive plastic, researchers from Chalmers University of Technology show how the hydrogen can be produced efficiently, sustainably and at low cost.

ProPak Philippines underscores sustainability, consumer-centric packaging and processing

ProPak Philippines 2026 will highlight solutions that are not only efficient but also aligned with local consumer values and needs.

Outlook 2026: The China-Southeast Asia connection

China’s technological strength and production scale, complement Southeast Asia’s growing consumer base – creating a mutually reinforcing synergy in the food and beverage sector.

User-friendly and adaptable extrusion cross head

Guill introduces the Unicam™ Crosshead, which combines the benefits of tried and true technologies from the company.

Jarkko Tuominen takes role as CEO of Paptic

This change in leadership is designed to accelerate the company’s growth and position Paptic as a leader in fiber-based packaging materials.

Seven charts defining the U.S. plastics industry in 2025

FastBack 4.0 to debut in Propak Philippines 2026

Visitors to ProPak Philippines will be able to see Heat and Control's horizontal motion conveyor, FastBack 4.0 at booth G31

F&B manufacturing in 2026: Insights from an Industry 4.0 and Operational Excellence leader

Co-founder and CEO of Opex Consulting Group, Franklin Kurniawan, shares his views on the opportunities, challenges, and technological requirements in the food industry. For the food and beverage manufacturing sector, this necessitates rapid adaptation to varied consumer choices.

2026 ASEAN High-Performance Machining Summit Moves to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

After two consecutive years in Hanoi, the ASEAN High-Performance Machining Summit — Autoparts, Electronics, Assembly Automation is moving to Ho Chi Minh City on 10 March 2026.

Making advanced materials and methods accessible to all

Innovative manufacturing technologies are often out of reach for smaller firms—until now. This article highlights how new collaborative research is lowering barriers to cutting-edge materials and analytical methods.

Schaeffler and NTU strengthen innovation ties in Singapore

Schaeffler and the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore bolster their partnership by opening a new laboratory for robotics and artificial intelligence

AI uncovers markets you didn’t know you had

B2B manufacturers often struggle to identify niche markets where their versatile products could excel. This article explores how generative AI functions like an intelligent radar, analyzing product capabilities and matching them with unmet industry needs worldwide.

Making Quantum computers more reliable

Researchers are tackling one of quantum computing’s biggest challenges—unreliable measurement results. A new study shows that by actively monitoring and recalibrating charge on superconducting qubits, disruptive quantum state transitions can be reduced, leading to fewer readout errors and more dependable quantum computations. This advance brings practical, high-fidelity quantum processors closer to reality.

Micro machines with major impact as autonomous microrobots enter real-world use

Researchers have overcome long-standing barriers in robotics to create autonomous micro-robots that combine computing, sensors, power and movement in tiny, untethered systems.

Festo's AX controls is redefining smart production

Festo’s new AX Controls platform promises to shake up industrial automation by eliminating long programming and commissioning phases.

Trends shaping nutrition in 2026

FrieslandCampina Ingredients launches latest trends report, notes 2026 as the year of accessible nutrition

PreForm’s smart tools turn CAD models into print-ready parts

Discover how the new PreForm 3.54 software from Formlabs streamlines 3D printing prep from design to production.