The Notch Blog

The New York Times recently had an article that asked one of the key questions regarding the future of the US and global motor vehicle...

According to an article at DNA, an Indian news site, Phillips Carbon Black has decided to defer a project to build a 55,000 tonnes per...

Notch has learned that Evonik Degussa has shut its Akron, Ohio technical service center and research facilities and consolidated those...

Continental Carbon Co. has announced on its website that it is has expanded its product line beyond rubber blacks to include both...

From ThomasNet comes word that John A. Bailey Jr., a quality systems manager at Continental Carbon Co. in Houston, Texas, has received...

From the Maryville Daily Forum in Maryville, Missouri comes news that another tire recycler is entering the market for recycled carbon...

Here are some key takeaways from Cabot’s conference call for the second quarter FY2009, which was held on Thursday, April 30. The call...

Cabot Corporation announced its financial results for the second quarter of FY 2009 after the close of business today. For the quarter,...

On Tuesday, Aditya Birla Nuvo Ltd. announced its results for the quarter and fiscal year ended March 31, 2009. The company posted a...

Phillips Carbon Black announced that it commissioned a new 30 MW power plant at its carbon black plant in Durgapur, India on April 1,...

From the Corpus Christi Caller Times comes news that Aransas County may acquire the land on which Evonik Degussa’s Aransas Pass carbon...

On April 13, Michelin North America announced that it would close its BFGoodrich Tire Manufacturing plant in Opelika, Alabama by October...

On March 23, 2009, DC Chemical filed a lawsuit in New York supreme court against One Equity Partners, L.P. (OEP) for breach of share...

On April 1, 2009, Korean chemical company DC Chemical Co., Ltd. changed its name to OCI Company Ltd., part of a change in its corporate...

Conditions are definitely difficult in the rubber and tire industries right now, so I wanted to pass on two potential employment...

I neglected to mention this news when it came across my desk. On March 10, the European Parliament adopted new road safety legislation...

I neglected to mention the publication last week of a very good article on carbon black in Rubber & Plastics News. The article was...

Carbon Black Advisory Board Notice McKinstry Reklaim is a Pacific Northwest company focused on reclaiming carbon black, oil, and steel...

CBp Carbon Industries, Inc. (Bratislava, Slovakia) has announced the signing of a 20-year sale agreement for the company’s recycled...

From Nanowerk News comes word of a new hollow carbon particle produced from biomass, which could potentially become a replacement for...