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European Rubber Journal reports that Goodyear has restarted its tire plant in Fayetteville, North Carolina after it was damaged by a...

There aren’t many opportunities to be funny when you cover the tire industry, but someone at European Rubber Journal jumped at the chance...

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...

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

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

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

The Automotive Tyre Manufacturers Association (ATMA) of India has charged China and South Korea with dumping tires on the Indian market,...

According to Rubber & Plastics News (subscription required), the European Union plans to set up a market surveillance program to assess...

Goodyear has announced that it intends to close its tire plant in Union City, Tennessee by the end of 2011 as part of a program to cut...

From USA Today: The Obama administration and the state of California announced a deal today to propose their new fuel-economy standards...

After a very sharp downturn that began around mid-2008 and deepened during the downturn in 2009, the commercial truck tire industry...

Rubber News (subscription required) has a short article on Conti’s tire development program, which includes an intense focus on fuel...

Pirelli’s latest tire data show that the tire market continued to grow in November, albeit with some slowing. The results, which show...

The World Trade Organization’s dispute-settlement panel has sided with the Obama administration on a September 2009 decision to levy...

Here’s a story that has me scratching my head. On December 2, Bloomberg reported that Bridgestone planned to cut its rubber consumption...

According to Reuters, Nokian will decide by the spring where to site a new Euro 200 million tire plant — either in Russia or another...

Here is a video from Momentive Performance Materials detailing the utility of NXT* silanes as a means to lower rolling resistance in...

Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. has announced that Yokohama Tire Manufacturing (Thailand) Co. Ltd. has achieved “complete zero emissions” —...