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Italy automotive sales fall 9% in February
Added: 12 Mar 2020
This marks Italy's second consecutive decline this year after a 5.9% drop in January

Goodyear to raise tire prices in US
Added: 12 Mar 2020
Goodyear joins Michelin North America and Sumitomo Rubber North America as tire companies raise pri…

TRM braces for challenges amid Italian lockdown
Added: 12 Mar 2020
Company calls for “concerted approach" to the coronavirus problem at European level

Trinseo eyes sustainability, 100% bio-rubber
Added: 12 Mar 2020
ERJ speaks to Andre Lanning, Trinseo’s recently appointed head of SR business

TPC to lay off 100 as it rebuilds Texas butadiene plant
Added: 11 Mar 2020
Company expects a five-year timeline for resumption of BD production at Port Neches

German rubber industry braces for ‘zero growth’ after 2019 decline
Added: 11 Mar 2020
Both tire and technical rubber segments posted a decrease in sales for last year

Conti names new manager for Romanian tire production site
Added: 11 Mar 2020
Company veteran Carlos Bernabé takes over at one of Conti's "most modern and strategic” production …

Pirelli cuts production at Italian plant after covid-19 Case
Added: 11 Mar 2020
But tire maker to ramp up production at the Settimo Torinese plant 'in coming days'

Natural rubber price tracker: Markets decline
Added: 10 Mar 2020
Slight uptrend observed in late February now reversed

Nokian starts commercial production at US tire plant
Added: 10 Mar 2020
At full capacity, the €730m factory will produce 4 million passenger and light truck tires annually…

Kraton completes sale of Cariflex business
Added: 10 Mar 2020
The polyisoprene products business sold to Daelim Industrial for $530 million cash

Semperit chief financial officer stepping down
Added: 10 Mar 2020
Frank Gumbinger to carry on in advisory capacity at the Austrian group until mid-August

Pirelli says operations unimpacted by Covid-19 provisions in Italy
Added: 10 Mar 2020
Italian tire maker says it gained "valuable experience" from coronavirus outbreak in China

Elkem closes head office due to 'confirmed' coronavirus case
Added: 9 Mar 2020
Temporary closure of Oslo-based HQ not expected to impact the company's operations

Application: Kraiburg TPE compounds for protective headset
Added: 9 Mar 2020
TPE claimed to offer soft-touch features, "outstanding adhesion" and high mechanical properties

Bridgestone Americas overhauls executive team
Added: 9 Mar 2020
Two new positions defined as company strengthens focus on mobility solutions

Hannover Messe 2020 postponed amid coronavirus fears
Added: 9 Mar 2020
Scheduled to take place in late April, the event has been moved to mid-July, according to Deutsche …

4Jet acquires Hennecke Systems' tire inspection business
Added: 9 Mar 2020
Based on industrial image processing know-how, the technology enables optical 2D and 3D inspection …

Conti to cut costs in response to automotive downtrend
Added: 9 Mar 2020
Measures in addition to German group's 10-year restructuring programme

Apollo to cut 750 jobs as it 'refocuses' Dutch tire plant
Added: 6 Mar 2020
Production to centre on high-performance passenger-car and agricultural tires