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Goodyear CEO: Controversial slide made without authorisation
Added: 21 Aug 2020
US tire maker says the slide was created by an employee at its Topeka, Kansas plant

Apollo Covid-relief reaches over 1m people
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Kanwar: “Pandemic continues to impact all of us... being safe is the need of the hour.”

ERJ Tire Maker Shares
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Share values show a ‘general uptick’ over the four-week period

Rodolfo set for remote start-up at new India tire plant
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Project at new tire plant being brought on line by the Mahansaria group

Apollo advances “premier player’ plan amid pandemic
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Chairman Kanwar: “We continued to work to achieve our vision of being ‘a premier tire company’"

Wastefront inks deal to establish UK tire recycling plant
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Sunderland unit will have a daily capacity to process 180 tonnes of ELT waste

Tokai progress on carbon black emission cutbacks
Added: 21 Aug 2020
Work includes installation of NOX and sulphur dioxide reduction equipment at different plants

Bridgestone to close South Africa tire plant
Added: 20 Aug 2020
Initiates process to shut down bias-tire manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth

Cabot increasing prices for rubber carbon blacks
Added: 20 Aug 2020
North America hike to ensure supply as the industry rebounds from the Covid-19 crisis

Goodyear shares recover after Trump boycott call
Added: 20 Aug 2020
‘Don't buy Goodyear Tires’ message triggered by policy on wearing of clothing with political slogan…

Vredestein to spearhead Apollo push into North America
Added: 19 Aug 2020
Four years in the making, brand-based strategy might eventually culminate in the opening of a US ma…

Lanxess launches bio-based prepolymers for sustainable PU production
Added: 18 Aug 2020
New range to allow PU processors to produce components with reduced CO2 footprint

Toyoda Gosei in red as revenue falls 47%
Added: 18 Aug 2020
Company reports “extremely difficult” operating environment as automotive industry collapsed

MRB forecasts flat rubber prices in near term
Added: 18 Aug 2020
Possible resurgence of Covid pandemic and ongoing China-US trade war to impact prices

Malaysian firms to set up rubber glove JV
Added: 18 Aug 2020
Technology group making a foray into medical rubber gloves business

Sumitomo Rubber doubling rubber gloves capacity in Malaysia
Added: 18 Aug 2020
The products are destined for Japan for domestic use, according to company spokesman

RIEG to hold online event on low-temperature elastomers
Added: 18 Aug 2020
Event to be held in the afternoon of 11 Sept and will be moderated by Prof James Busfield

Bridgestone tire line enables "customised performance" at mining sites
Added: 18 Aug 2020
The line has been initially launched globally in 63-inch rim diameter sizes

Bekaert expects Brazil rubber downturn to continue
Added: 18 Aug 2020
Order activity was impacted particularly by Covid-related stoppages in the construction sector

Comerio Ercole team starts up calendering line 10,000km away
Added: 18 Aug 2020
Commissioning project for customer in the Far East took place at height of the Covid pandemic