Sumitomo Rubber USA on Thursday announced it will close its Town of Tonawanda tire plant, which employs 1,550 people as one of the region’s largest manufacturers.

She added that the ISCC certification is just one step in the right direction when it comes to creating a climate-neutral tire and rubber industry. "With our mass-balanced materials, we are steadily .

Inside the USW Local 135 office in Tonawanda, the union is working to get answers for its members after the Sumitomo Rubber ...

Workers from Sumitomo Rubber in the Town of Tonawanda protesting last week’s immediate shutdown of the tire maker.

Sumitomo makes automotive tires for passenger cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles. Production at the Tonawanda facility has ...

Rubber News' requests for comment from the local USW and city officials have not yet been returned. USW, however, sent out a press release slamming the tire maker’s decision to close the plant ... as ...

Steve Godfrey started seeing ominous signs around the plant months ago. The 62-year-old Lockport resident said he began ...

THE EARLY RACE: A rubber plant ... governors. We must make that happen in 2026.” Lawler’s Hudson Valley House seat is nearly 400 miles away from the Sumitomo plant in Tonawanda.

Researchers from the University of Missouri’s College of Engineering have been given a $1.2m grant to develop environmental product declarations (EPDs) for asphalt made with ground rubber tires.

Hundreds of Sumitomo Rubber employees gathered for a rally Monday to demand severance packages and express their shock after ...

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