KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia—Global demand for and output of natural rubber fell last year, and the impact of the coronavirus outbreak could further complicate things for the industry as it heads into 2020.

MAUMEE, Ohio—Revenue was up, but profits were down for automobile parts maker Dana last year.

SEOUL, South Korea—Hankook Tire & Technology reported a drop in operating income for the fiscal year ended Dec. 31 on 1.5 percent higher sales.

For the first time since 2011, total construction spending in the U.S. suffered an annual decline in 2019. What does that mean for the rubber and plastics industry? Bill Wood breaks it down.

VIENNA, Austria—In what CEO Martin Fuellenbach called Semperit's "biggest strategic landmark decision," the company has decided to sell its medical goods operation, Sempermed.

ALTDORF, Switzerland—Datwyler Group is putting 2019 behind it and looking to the new year with optimism.

AKRON—The price of Goodyear's stock fell Feb. 11, hours after the Akron tire maker reported sales and earnings that fell short of expectations.

CONSETT, England—A family-owned chemical manufacturing company in the United Kingdom, Thomas Swan, has been awarded a grant from the business nexus Innovate UK to develop a new quality control measurement technique for graphene nanoplatelets.

WILMINGTON, Del.—Plastics and chemicals giant DuPont has wrapped up a challenging 2019, but company officials said that 2020 may have its share of challenges as well.