KOBE, Japan — Porsche A.G. and Toyota Motor Corp. have selected Falken- and Dunlop-brand tires as OE fitments on their 2019 Macan and 2020 RAV4 sport utility vehicles, respectively, according to the tires' maker, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.

NEW YORK — Icahn Enterprises L.P. and Monro Inc. are both tapping into new financing options valued at hundreds of millions of dollars that both companies potentially could use for debt retirement, acquisition funding and other corporate purposes.

DES MOINES, Iowa—The Iowa Occupational Safety and Health Administration is investigating an accident at the Liberty Tire L.L.C. facility in Des Moines in which a man lost part of his right arm.

DUESSELDORF, Germany — Dutch tire recycler Black Bear Carbon B.V. is partnering with MMEC Mannesmann to help accelerate the rollout of its tire-recycling technology.

WASHINGTON — Trailer tire and wheel distributor Trans Texas Tire is recalling 560 Contender-brand 5.70-B lawn, garden and small trailer tires because of possible sidewall mislabeling.

MUNICH — Recovered carbon black (rCB) producer Pyrolyx A.G. is moving ahead with plans for a second plant in the U.S., to be built adjacent to one under construction in Terre Haute, Ind.

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. —Disruption is now almost a daily event in the tire industry, according to Dave Zielasko, publisher of Tire Business.

WASHINGTON — Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 263,000 jobs in April 2019, according to the latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

AKRON — Is it time for the industry to consider adding "all-weather" to the accepted product mix vocabulary?