The Notch Blog

Tire Business (subscription required) is reporting that Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. will move production of consumer tires it makes in...

On Tuesday, September 22, Cooper Tire & Rubber held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $7 million expansion of its tire plant in Tupelo,...

On September 9, 2009, India’s Department of Commerce issued a notification (DGFT Notification No 08/2009-2014, Import Policy of Carobn...

On September 9, Cabot Corporation announced two management changes. David A. Miller will replace William Brady as General Manager, Core...

The Rubber In Engineering Group (RIEG), part of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (London), is sponsoring a one-day technical...

According to an article at Steel Guru, Phillips Carbon Black expects to sell nearly 40 MW of energy in the 2009/2010 fiscal year from...

I found this news regarding a new family movie called Shorts and starring James Spader amusing: Spader plays Carbon Black in the movie,...

It’s a case of dueling press releases as a European tire recycler, CBp Carbon Industries, trades charges with one of its founding...

India’s Central Board of Customs and Excise has imposed anti-dumping duties on imports of carbon black used in rubber applications from...

NewsOK, the website of the Oklahoman newspaper, is reporting that American Indians owning land and homes around Continental Carbon’s...

Phillips Carbon Black Ltd. has announced its results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009. Total net sales of Rs.291.45 crore for the...

On Friday, July 24, the website of the New Indian Express newspaper reported that the “tyre and tread rubber manufacturing units in the...

The blog Science Codex has an interesting article on the use of microcrystalline cellulose as a reinforcing filler in tires, potentially...

McKinstry Reklaim Technologies Inc,, an Oregon tire recycler that began operations last fall, hosted a tour of state officials earlier...

A consortium of carbon black producers reports that it has successfully submitted the REACH dossier for carbon black to the European...

According the website This is Bristol, there are plans to turn the former Sevalco carbon black plant in Avonmouth, UK into a recycling...

India’s Business Standard reports that the Aditya Birla Group is aiming to double its revenue to $60 billion in the next five years by...

Native American Times is reporting that a settlement has been proposed in the Class Action lawsuit filed by the Ponca Tribe against...

According to Reuters, the US International Trade Commission announced on Thursday, June 18, that China was unfairly flooding the U.S....

Michelin has released its May 2009 and year-to-date figures for tire sales, revealing continued steep declines in the tire markets of...