Rhoda Miel

The soft urethane Guardian Caps mandated by the NFL for some players in pre-season play resulted in lower numbers of concussions. So why aren't they used more?

The big plastics treaty talks in Nairobi, Kenya, this month may have failed to meet hopes of advancing a global approach to sustainable plastics, but there were still some small wins.

Shopping for the pickleball enthusiast on your holiday list? Perhaps you want to pick something that offers a benefit to nonplayers as well: quieter equipment.

While the potential for reusable packaging is getting more attention, getting to a complete system change won't be easy.

Before any of the 16 giant balloons float above the streets of New York for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, they begin as coated material manufactured at a Trelleborg Coated Systems Inc. plant in Monson, Mass.

Genevieve Caplette, Michelin: "Whose voices are you listening to in your head? The voices of doubt? It's time to listen to your own voice."

The winter home and studio of American architect Frank Lloyd Wright will use PVC in a massive infrastructure improvement.

Cambro, the California-based molder of restaurant and foodservice products, has seen interest in its colorful tumblers via social media.

Women on setting goals, improvisation and precision on shop floors, inspiring the next generation.

Sure, Cabbage Patch Kids are known as the hottest toy of the mid-1980s. But while flying off store shelves they also helped set a trend in manufacturing for computer-aided production.

Frunks were in spotlight at the SPE Automotive Innovation Awards on Nov. 8, with two different Ford Motor Co. vehicles winning category awards for the storage system and one of them — on the F-150 Lightning — also taking the grand prize.

About three years after COVID-19 restrictions led to spending splurges that stuffed containers on ships, trains and trucks, shipping giant A.P. Moller-Maersk is cutting more than 3,500 jobs, dropping its global workforce from a high of 110,000 to less than 100,000.

All new commemorative poppy pins manufactured for Remembrance Day 2023 in the United Kingdom, Nov. 11, will be plastic free.