About a month after 1,550 people lost their jobs as a result of the sudden closure of the Sumitomo Rubber plant in the Town ...

THE EARLY RACE: A rubber plant’s closure on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s home turf has become fodder for her Republican critics — and an early indication of how her looming reelection campaign could ...

In a flash, one of the region's largest and oldest manufacturers was gone when Sumitomo closed its Town of Tonawanda tire ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Sumitomo Rubber on Thursday announced via its website that it will be closing the facility in Tonawanda. The plant previously manufactured tires for cars, trucks ...

It comes just four days after workers found out that the rubber plant would be closing, arriving at the plant Thursday to find armed security, chains and fencing up around the facility that many ...