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Pirelli launches welfare initiative for employees
Added: 26 May 2020
Online courses include play-educational activities for children and psychological support to staff

Nokian profits fall 70% amid Covid, low demand
Added: 26 May 2020
Finnish tire maker expects the second quarter of 2020 to be “severely impacted” by Covid-19

Yokohama Rubber first quarter profit down 90%
Added: 22 May 2020
Japanese group withdraws full year financial forecast due to the “massive business disruption"

Shin-Etsu silicones business reports higher annual profits
Added: 22 May 2020
Japanese materials supplier announces “large-scale” expansion of production capacity at major sites…

Goodyear boosts senior notes offer to $800m
Added: 22 May 2020
Tire maker intends to use proceeds from the expanded offer for general corporate purposes

Rubber Division eyes European expansion
Added: 22 May 2020
Akron-based industry body aims to increase awareness and expand reach

Rubber Price Monitor: Signs of recovery
Added: 22 May 2020
Prices have been depressed in the past few months weighed down by Covid-19 pandemic

ERJ Rubber Processor Shares
Added: 22 May 2020
Most companies, particularly rubber gloves makers, registered significant gains in stock values

UK lowers tire import duties under new scheme
Added: 21 May 2020
New tariffs will come to effect in January 2021 when EU regulations no longer apply in the UK

UK, US associations call for removal of chemical tariffs
Added: 21 May 2020
Industry trade between the two countries totalled €4.8 billion in 2019

Michelin on track with CO2 emissions targets
Added: 21 May 2020
Approval “first step” towards achieving net-zero emissions across all sites by 2050

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