The Notch Blog

Last week, Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy Co. announced the introduction of a new modified carbon black called ES200 that that imparts...

Tomorrow, Smithers Rapra will present a free webinar with Dr. Charles R. Herd, Director Rubber Carbon Black Technology, Birla Carbon on...

Rubber News (subscription required) reports that Bridgestone Americas is progressing steadily on two expansion projects in South Carolina...

Last week, Himadri Chemicals and Industries (HCIL) announced that it planned to sell all or part of its carbon black business based at...

Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana at 6:45 PM (CDT) and then moved back over water for several hours until it...

The Rubber Manufacturers Association has forecast that US tire shipments will increase by approximately 1.2 percent, or just over 3...

Cabot today announced an agreement to purchase Norit N.V., the global leader in activated carbon, from affiliates of Doughty Hanson & Co....

The Jakarta Post reports that PT Cabot Indonesia plans to invest US$100 million in Indonesia this year to expand production capacity at...

Tyrepress.com reports that Bridgestone’s recently appointed CEO Maasaki Tsuya indicated in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that...

Last week, this blog reported the news that Nigeria’s House of Representatives had advised the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation...

Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Petroleum, Downstream, has advised the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to...

Nokian is scheduled to begin production at its new factory in Vsevolozhsk, Russia in June 2012. The factory is built alonside an existing...

On Monday, four major auto companies signed Memorandums of Understanding with the government of Tamil Nadu state to invest at least Rs...

According to data published by the US ITC, Chinese imports of carbon black (HTS 2803000010) into the United States increased more than...

Triton has started a sales process for Rütgers Group, a Germany-based manufacturer of chemical raw materials made from coal tar,...

Smithers Rapra has announced the dates and location of the Carbon Black World 2012 conference, which will take place November 7-9, 2012,...

Cancarb Limited, the world’s leading producer of medium thermal black, reports that  it has been successfully recertified to the ISO...

Alberta, Canada-based Cancarb Limited announced today the opening of a new warehouse in Singapore for its N990 medium thermal black....

Notch Consulting is proud to announce the publication of the 2012 edition of the Carbon Black World Data Book, which has been fully...

Koppers Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Koppers Holdings Inc., has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with Nippon Steel...