Understanding the fundamentals of adhesives is essential in choosing the appropriate adhesive, for a specific need and for the desired results.

The Academy Award-nominated film Erin Brockovich tells the true story of a woman who fought a utility company that was polluting the water supply of the surrounding community.

Standard parts and components are as vital to engineering today as they were in the mid-20th century. The main change has been the technology enabling greater productivity.

Even an established joining technology can show something new. Electronic riveting guns are redeveloping this corner of metal fastening, reports Will Dalrymple

What used to be smooth-flowing international trade in standard parts and fasteners is now fraught with delays, uncertainty and price hikes. Four suppliers offer advice about how to keep up.

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions is an exponent of multicomponent technology, a technique that creates a single component from multiple assembled parts.

In the past 30 years or so, electronic devices have almost completely replaced electrical controls, and yet the type and style of housing have remained remarkably constant since.

Lohmann explains the physical basis of its DuploCOLL EC range of electrically- and thermally-conductive adhesive tapes.

Liquid gaskets are an established way of sealing electronic devices, ensuring they are fully protected — even at the join — from water, pressure, vibration or contaminants.

Structural adhesives are powerful solutions for joining dissimilar materials. They can offer significant benefits over fasteners, and their performance now cannot be matched by composite material...

by Mark Powell, senior manufacturing director at Optimas

Spanish and UK vehicle body parts manufacturer Gestamp has developed a high-volume hot steel stamping process to form panels and structures. Ignacio Martin, R&D general director, body in white,...