From raincoats to winter parkas, zippers are practically unavoidable, and they often get stuck at the most inconvenient of times. A stubborn or malfunctioning zipper may make you think it's time to ...

Toronto, Ontario --In this episode of Industry Insider, Hunter Engineering’s Washington DC regional manager Steve Dawson joins host Mackenzie Grant to examine why in house alignment and ADAS ...

One of the most recognisable sounds is one you would hear when sealing a bag, closing up a raincoat, or packing a suitcase. I’m talking about the sound of a zipper! The process of zipping something up ...

The zipper has virtually been unchanged ever since it debuted over a century ago: two interlocking rows of metal or plastic teeth, a sliding fastener, and the fabric tape that constitutes the ...

For a company that makes half the world’s zippers, new ideas have big impacts. At Japan’s YKK, they’ve debuted a zipper sans fabric tape—the typically black-colored strip of material that separates ...

Few inventions reach such widespread use as the zipper. Odds are, you’re wearing a zippered garment right now. And yet—in its over 100-year-old history—it has received no significant updates. Until a ...

For more than a century, the zipper has stayed more or less the same: two interlocking rows of teeth, a sliding pull, and the fabric tape that holds it together. It’s one of those inventions that ...

We've all been there. You're driving down a highway before coming across signs informing you of an upcoming work zone and that one lane will be closing soon. There are two schools of thought on what ...

We've all been there. You're driving down I-70 before coming across signs informing you of an upcoming work zone and that one lane will be closing soon. There are two schools of thought on what to do ...

In early February, executives from YKK, the world’s largest zipper manufacturer, gathered in Kurobe, Japan, for annual budget meetings. Normally, these gatherings leave time for a bit of ...