Opinion
Big names dominate the rubber custom mixing market, but it remains a business where smaller firms still can find a niche where they can be successful.
Now that the carbon black dust has settled, and Goodyear has officially become the owner of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co., it's time to analyze the merits of the deal while pondering its impact on the tire industry.
Bruce Meyer has been on the staff of Rubber & Plastics News since 1988. One thing that intrigues him all these years later is how people got their start in the rubber industry.
What can automotive companies do to address urgent risks and reduce their exposure to similar disruptions in the future?
There is no issue today that is more polarizing than climate change. And that point was on full display during Michelin's Movin'On Summit.
Over the past dozen years or so, the U.S. government has imposed antidumping and/or countervailing duties on tires several times—primarily on those coming from China. In none of the cases, however, has a U.S.-based tire maker agreed to testify on the record for such duties.
When they unveiled the Rubber Worker Statue in downtown Akron, I kept thinking a word was missing.
From now until July 9, we'll take nominations for our Unsung Heroes project. The goal is to spotlight men and women at the heart of the industry—the people our companies couldn't get by without.
The future has already arrived and the internal combustion engine isn't in it.
While the tires in question in the latest antidumping tariffs battle represent some of the lower-tier business in the U.S. tire industry, that doesn't mean the stakes aren't high.