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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

Goodyear to issue senior notes to raise $600m
Added: 15 May 2020
Tire maker plans to use the proceeds from the offering for general corporate purposes

Cabot braces for ‘severe Covid impact’
Added: 15 May 2020
Company expects Asia Pacific volumes to be weak as most tire production is export related

Automotive suppliers increasingly worried about recovery
Added: 15 May 2020
Survey finds concerns over low utilisation rates and higher fixed costs post-Covid

US union pushes for additional antidumping, countervailing duties
Added: 14 May 2020
Petition targets passenger car and light truck tires from South Korea, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam…

Cooper Tire to restart UK plant mid-June
Added: 14 May 2020
Facility, which primarily manufactures motorcycle and racing tires, has been closed since late Marc…

Bridgestone names new chief operating officer
Added: 14 May 2020
Higashi is currently the vice chair of the group and chief solution officer for strategy, finance a…

Pirelli sales, profitability fall amid Covid crisis
Added: 14 May 2020
Tire maker says cost-cutting programmes delivered €33m savings over the first quarter

European Parliament votes for new tire labelling regulation
Added: 14 May 2020
ETRMA calls for development of tire database ahead of the final adoption of revised legislation

ETRMA voices support for ‘green’ Covid recovery
Added: 13 May 2020
Tire & rubber industry group calls for regulatory framework that supports sustainable practices

US lifts sanctions against Nynas
Added: 13 May 2020
Swedish supplier expects to return to "normal trading conditions" following the decision

Bridgestone to reopen all North American tire plants by end of May
Added: 13 May 2020
Move marks final phase restarting initiative in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic

Trinseo first quarter sales fall 18%
Added: 13 May 2020
Demand significantly impacted in April but good order flow starts in May