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ERJ Live: Tire manufacture in the 'new normal'
Added: 21 May 2020
ERJ editor Patrick Raleigh and Dominique Scheider of Rockwell will discuss challenges and opportuni…

Bridgestone announces new temporary production halts in Japan
Added: 20 May 2020
Suspensions introduced in response “market situation and decline in the demand”

Nokian claims emissions-reduction target
Added: 20 May 2020
Finnish tire maker says reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 44% over past six years

Toyo Tire reports 32% decline in operating income
Added: 20 May 2020
Japanese tire & rubber company links decline to 'sharp downturn' in consumer spending

Semperit increases profitability despite lower revenue
Added: 20 May 2020
Medical sector gains momentum in Q1 amid restructuring, Covid pandemic

Apollo sees dent in full year sales, profits
Added: 20 May 2020
Tire maker reports gains in Indian replacement market in 'most product categories'

Safic-Alcan extends Tronox TiO2 distribution deal
Added: 20 May 2020
New distribution deal covers entire range of Tronox TiO2 pigments

Sumitomo Rubber's Q1 profits drop 54% on lower sales volume
Added: 20 May 2020
Company withdraws 2020 results forecast and will reissue guidance at a later date

Halcyon Agri, WWF to set up rubber trust fund
Added: 19 May 2020
GPSNR members supported by the Conservation Finance Alliance (CFA) Incubator grant

AirBoss sees lower profit for first quarter
Added: 19 May 2020
Company anticipates further Covid impact on its results as customers suspended operations in late M…

US trade commission to rule on import duty petition by end of June
Added: 19 May 2020
Move targets passenger car and light truck tires from Thailand, South Korea, Vietnam and Taiwan
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Slow demand weighs on Hankook sales, profits
Added: 19 May 2020
South Korean group reports growth in sales of high-inch tires in major markets

EU new car sales fall 76% in April
Added: 19 May 2020
Market registers sharpest monthly decline in demand since records began

German rubber industry poised for double-digit decline
Added: 18 May 2020
WDK had previously predicted 'zero growth' for the industry in 2020

Smithers: Tire market poised for growth
Added: 18 May 2020
Prediction takes into account disruptions caused by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic

Sibur reports decline in first quarter elastomer sales
Added: 18 May 2020
Volumes fall due to divestment of group's rubber assets in western Russia

Swiss tire recycling firm TRS signs MoU on joint China project
Added: 18 May 2020
New facility to be located in Zaozhuang, where Chinese partner Star Smith is headquartered

Toyo withdraws 2020 financial outlook
Added: 18 May 2020
Company unable to make “informed forecasts” of its business results due to Covid-19

Zeon's elastomers unit reports 45% decline in profitability
Added: 18 May 2020
Materials supplier links weak performance to slow demand from automotive sector

Pirelli to resume production in UK shortly
Added: 15 May 2020
Initial production will be at a reduced rate, reflecting current market demand