Its assets were sold and acquired multiple times, but there is a direct link from The Northern Rubber Company to aerospace components manufacturer Icon Aerospace Technology, which was acquired by US firm IPS in 2020 and which still manufactures engineering components on the Thrumpton Lane site in Retford.
In 1924 Colonel HE Kitching, Frank Pegler's son-in-law also joined the board along with AW Cripps and George Green.
His son, Alan Francis Pegler, joined the firm and was promoted to joint managing director in 1955, becoming chairman after his father's death in 1957.
[11] In 2017, Icon struck a deal with Cobham Mission Systems to supply its Flexiflow in-flight refuelling hose to the firm, which is already used on the Airbus A330 MRTT and the Boeing KC-46.
[14] In January 2020, it was announced that Integrated Polymer Solutions, a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management, was acquiring Icon Aerospace Technology .
According to Whitakers Red Book (1914), it later began selling products made from synthetic rubber along two main lines: The company had a patent for Leatherite, which was used for high pressure jointing and which was resistant to acids and alkalis.
The company exhibited in the 1937 British Industries Fair, where it is described in the listing (p. 396) as "the sole makers of Leatherite for Steam Alkalis and Acids along with Nordoil, which is resistant to oils, benzol, petrol, trichlorethylene, cellulose and other solvents.
D.817 and D.716)" In its current form as Icon Aerospace Technology Ltd it designs and manufactures custom, highly engineered polymer components, including engine seals, fabric-reinforced seals, hoses and rubber-to-metal bonding solutions for the aerospace and defence markets.