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Emerald Performance Materials L.L.C. is closing a chemical plant in Henry, Illinois, a move that will impact more than 50 workers at the...

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Kobe, Japan) plans to invest $122 million over three years to increase capacity for passenger car, light...

Shandong Linglong Tire Co.’s new tire plant in Zrenjanin, Serbia is attracting new environmental scrutiny as 26 members of the European...

On January 12, the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association issued a statement in response to the California Department of Toxic Substances...

On September 16, Bridgestone Corporation announced plans to cease production at its 60-year-old passenger tire plant in Bethune, France...

Last week, Bridgestone announced a plan to close its bias tire manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The closure is in...

Amid all the plant closures, some good news. Tire Business reports that Prinx Chengshan Tire has inaugurated production of truck tires at...

Bridgestone Americas is suspending production at its 15 factories in North and South America beginning March 21. All facilities plan to...

Pirelli Tire North America plans to suspend operations at its factory in Rome, Georgia due to concerns about the coronavirus. Pirelli...

In an effort to halt the spread of COVID-19, as well as response to related market decline, Goodyear is suspending production at its...

According to the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries, a sharp decline in demand in the first two months of the year has...

Japanese chemicals company Denka Corp. expects significant sales decline of its chloroprene rubber for the fiscal year 2019, due in large...

The following conferences, expos and meetings have been postponed and/or rescheduled due to the coronavirus: As of March 17, 6 pm, the...

Michelin is idling tire factories in Italy, Spain, and France beginning today for at least one week to deal with coronavirus.

This week, Nokian Tyres North America began commercial scale production of passenger car and light truck tires at its new plant in...

Tire Business (via European Rubber Journal) reports that Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. has postponed plans to establish a $318...

On October 2, Nokian Tyres celebrated the official opening of its North American production factory in Dayton, Tennessee. The...

Synthomer will buy specialty chemical company Omnova Solutions Inc. in a deal worth about $455 million. Synthomer will pay $10.15 a share...

Lion Elastomers has acquired a styrene-butadiene copolymers production site owned and operated by Firestone Polymers in Orange, Texas....

Chinese authorities have audited and approved research by Linglong Tire into the “large-scale application” of graphene rubber composites...