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On July 1, 2011, Continental announced plans to build a new tire plant in Kaluga, Russia. Kaluga is a city of just over 325,000...

JAMA (Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.) have released their latest production figures for Japanese automobile production,...

Bob Ulrich at Modern Tire Dealer notes something that also caught my eye. More and more cars are eliminating their spare tire to save...

On May 23, Yokohama Tire held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of expansion work at the company’s Clark Freeport Zone tire...

Michelin said it expects global rubber production to grow 40% in the next decade, averting a market shortage and a price surge, Bloomberg...

From R&P News (subscription required) comes word that China plans to appeal a World Trade Organization ruling from last December that...

From European Rubber Journal comes word that Turkish tire maker BRISA has announced investments of $285 million over four years. The...

On Thursday, May 12, Continental Tire the Americas L.L.C. announced plans to invest $224 million to expand its tire plant in Mount...

The latest data from JAMA (the Japanese Automobile Manufacturers Association) indicate that Japanese production of automobile production...

Though the post-quake situation in Japan remains quite changeable, it appears that the parts disruptions currently plaguing Toyota,...

Tire Business reported today (subscription required) that Continental A.G. is planning to build a greenfield-site tire plant in the U.S.,...

Toyota Motors has announced that its previously announced production cuts will last at least until November/December as the carmaker...

Evonik Industries AG announced today that is has agreed to sell its carbon black business to New York-based buyout firm Rhone Capital LLC...

A fascinating and eerie report from Dateline Australia about China’s new ghost towns — massive infrastructure projects building cities...

From the Associated Press comes the news that everyone knew was coming: With the price of gas above $3.50 a gallon in all but one state,...

On Monday, Toyota announced it will shut down all of its North American factories due to shortages of parts from Japan. The temporary...

Nikkei.com has an update on some Japanese factories affected by the quake. Production facilities damaged by last month’s disaster that...

From Rubber & Plastics News: The U.S. Department of State is on defunding U.S. participation in Singapore-based International Rubber...

Eric Savitz at Forbes has a roundup of the status of tech companies in the wake of the quake.

Given the terrible scope of the Japan’s earthquake and tsunami, not to mention the ongoing nuclear crisis, it has been difficult to get...