Belotti S.p.A. and Moi Composites S.r.l. announce a strategic collaboration that integrates Short Fiber Manufacturing (SFM — registered trademark) additive technology into Belotti machining centres. The partnership gives rise to a new hybrid manufacturing platform capable of combining, within a single environment, additive deposition processes for thermoset matrix composites and high?precision CNC subtractive machining.

Complementary expertise for processing thermoset composite materials

Thanks to this collaboration, the entire range of Belotti gantry machining centres will be able to natively integrate Moi Composites’ technological solutions, making additive manufacturing of thermoset composites an integral part of Belotti CNC platforms. The integration will also be available as a retrofitting option on Belotti machining centres already in operation, enabling clients to upgrade existing technological assets and enhance value of previous investments.

The first integration package is based on Moi Composites’ Short Fiber Manufacturing (SFM) technology, which uses a range of specially formulated, photopolymerisable composite materials reinforced with short fibres, with a filler content of up to 45% by mass. The SFM® process operates without heat: the material is deposited at speeds up to 300 mm/s and in-situ polymerised through UV polymerisation. once consolidated, the composite behaves as a rigid and stable substrate, allowing high?speed removal operations and achieving excellent surface?finish quality during milling.

The nature of the material and process also enables great operational flexibility: production can be paused and resumed at a later time, or enriched with new layers and functionalities on already?built surfaces. From an application standpoint, components produced using SFM (registered trademark) additive technology stand out for their high dimensional stability and thermal and chemical resistance, making them particularly suitable for the production of moulds, tooling and finished parts across multiple industries, including aerospace, marine, energy and automotive.

Thanks to this partnership, companies will have the option to integrate Moi Composites’ technology across the entire Belotti range, transforming their machining centres into true hybrid additive and subtractive hubs—“Belotti Powered by Moi”—for the production of thermoset matrix composite components. Through this collaboration, Belotti and Moi Composites are not simply introducing a new technology, but a new way of conceiving composite manufacturing, addressing the need to reduce time?to?market, increase precision and simplify production workflows towards digital, integrated, scalable, future?oriented manufacturing processes.

The new hybrid manufacturing platform “Belotti Powered by Moi” has been officially unveiled at JEC World 2026.

The technology has been displayed and fully operational at the Belotti booth, Hall 6 – G61, where visitors were able to attend daily live demos to explore its technical features and application potential.