Nicholas Plastics Inc. has signed an agreement with Derby Cellular Products Inc. to add ethylene propylene diene monomer sealing to Nicholas' line of plastic and thermoplastic vulcanizate vehicle ...

Global heavy manufacturing industries are chasing an elusive trinity: sustainability, performance, and efficiency. Automotive design is, as a result, undergoing a quiet revolution. Once unremarkable, ...

BRUSSELS—ExxonMobil Chemical has developed what it says is a novel approach for formulating its Vistalon EPDM compounds for automotive sponge weatherseals. The technology is said to produce a compound ...

SIDNEY, Ohio—Innovation was key for Dayton brothers Orville and Wilbur Wright, 19th-century bicycle shop owners who built the first controlled, heavier-than-air flying machine. More than a century ...

Cord extrusions, for example, are candidates for O-rings in applications ranging from camera cases to tractors and machine-gun turrets. Other standard-use extrusions include weatherstripping and ...