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SK Global Chemicals closing South Korea EPDM plant
Added: 30 Mar 2020
Closure part of South Korean company's strategy to focus on high-value products

KraussMaffei names new chief executive
Added: 30 Mar 2020
Group’s top executive is leaving amid "further rationalisation" to respond to the Covid-19 crisis
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Sumitomo halts S Africa tire plant, non-tire facilities
Added: 27 Mar 2020
All other tire production facilities of the group remain in operation globally

VW extends production halt in Germany, Renault idles Turkish plant
Added: 27 Mar 2020
Measures in response to weakening demand and supply chain disruptions

Semperit braces for challenging 2020
Added: 27 Mar 2020
Pandemic disrupting raw-materials supply chain, reducing customer demand, Austrian rubber products …

Vibracoustic names new chief financial officer
Added: 27 Mar 2020
New CFO succeeds Volker Christ who left the company at the end of February

Leoni to close plants, apply for state aid due to Covid
Added: 27 Mar 2020
But wiring systems facilities in China are returning to previous production levels

Pirelli cancels 2021 calendar, to donate for pandemic fight
Added: 27 Mar 2020
Will donate €100,000 to initiative to support activities, including research into coronavirus.

Semperit delivering 60m gloves amid Covid-19 pandemic
Added: 27 Mar 2020
Gloves are produced at manufacturing site in Kamunting, Malaysia and will be flown into Austria

Hankook subsidiary opens lab for industrial design
Added: 27 Mar 2020
CMF Lab created by Hankook company Model Solution for latest design trends

Natural rubber price tracker: Decline continues
Added: 27 Mar 2020
Prices plunged further across all the markets observed by ERJ over the two weeks to 20 March

Nokian to halt production at tire plants in US, Russia
Added: 26 Mar 2020
Company will continue supplying customers through its regional warehouses

Toyoda Gosei names new executive leaders
Added: 26 Mar 2020
Appointments to take effect after company AGM scheduled for June

Semperit restructuring delivers increased profitability
Added: 26 Mar 2020
Austrian group posts 46% higher earnings for 2019 despite lower sales

Smiley Monroe to close factories in India, Ireland
Added: 26 Mar 2020
Conveyor belt manufacturer announces temporary shutdowns, reviewing US operation

Analysis: Goodyear faces coronavirus crisis in weakened state
Added: 26 Mar 2020
Between year-end 2019 and 18 March, the company's shares lost 70% of their value

Hankook to idle US, Hungarian plants for two weeks
Added: 26 Mar 2020
Move to impact some 3,000 employees in the US and Europe

Michelin cancels 2020 Movin'On summit
Added: 25 Mar 2020
French tire maker has previously used the event to unveil new tire concepts

Receiving your print edition of European Rubber Journal
Added: 25 Mar 2020
Coronavirus: print subscribers update

ETRMA: Europe’s tire industry needs recovery-support
Added: 25 Mar 2020
Suspension of operational activities “will undoubtedly have severe, long-lasting reverberations for…