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In an effort to keep workers safe and healthy amid COVID-19 outbreak, General Motors and Ford Motor Co. will close North American plants...

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

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.

The last few days has seen a rapid escalation in the number of plant closures in Europe’s car industry. Companies announcing closures...

Tire Business has created an ongoing tracker detailing the status of tire-related events. The list covers conferences, technical...

From Rubber News comes word that the ACS Rubber Division has canceled its Spring Technical Meeting due to concerns about the coronavirus....

Rubber News reports that Goodyear is introducing a second generation of its EfficientGrip Performance tires for electric vehicle....

One day after reporting that its production plants in Italy were relatively unaffected by the coronavirus outbreak and quarantine,...

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

Tire Tech Expo will be held this week (Feb. 25, 26, 27) at the Hannover Messe. This is one of the best and most comprehensive conferences...

Rubber News reports that Goodyear has suspended operations at two facilities in China until at least Feb. 9 over concerns about the Wuhan...

Group Michelin has announced a new global sustainability policy that includes a pledge to reach zero CO2 emissions for all of its plants...

Tire Business reports that Dunlop Aircraft Tyres Ltd. is evaluating the possibility of building an aircraft tire factory in Indonesia....

Cooper Tire & Rubber and Sailun Vietnam Co., Ltd. recently celebrated production of a first tire at ACTR, their new joint venture...

Tire Business reports that Canada-based Kal Tire, one of North America’s largest commercial tire dealers, has opened an OTR tire...

On November 20, Bridgestone Americas, Inc. announced the industry’s first at-scale use of recovered carbon black (rCB) in the tire market...

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...

Tire Business reports that Yokohama Rubber is in advanced talks to acquire Prometeon Tire Group, the former industrial tires unit of...