The Notch Blog

According to the European Rubber Journal, Aditya Birla has declined to confirm reports that it is planning to build a new carbon black...

IntertechPira has announced that Carbon Black World 2008 will be held in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on November 3-5, 2008. The...

Major news today. According to the Sri Lankan Ministry of Enterprise Development, Aditya Birla Group plans to build a $120 million carbon...

India’s two leading carbon black producers have reported their most recent results. Aditya Birla Nuvo, parent company of Hi-Tech Carbon,...

An air of uncertainty hangs over the North American carbon black industry. There are persistent rumors that one of the US producers will...

On Wednesday, Cabot Corporation released its financial results for the first quarter of FY 2008. The company announced net income of $36...

Talking about X number of tons used worldwide, it’s easy to forget where all this carbon black comes from. Here is an interesting essay...

This week, US researchers announced that they had developed the darkest material on Earth, a substance that is more than 30 times darker...

Evonik’s Inorganic Materials segment has announced a price increase for pigment blacks and Acematt matting agents. The price increase for...

Notch Consulting has just published an update of World Thermal Black, which covers the global market for thermal black, a type of large...

On December 10, 2007, Evonik Industries announced a new organizational structure for its chemicals business, Evonik Degussa GmbH. Under...

According to an article in the Hindustan Times, the Birlas plan to raise their stake in Aditya Bira Group by 11% to 50% through a...

According to Rubber & Plastic News, Goodyear ceased tire production at its Tyler, Texas plant on December 21, 2007. The closure reflects...

The Times of India has published a short profile of Kumar Mangalam Birla of Aditya Birla Group. Here is the link.

According to news reports, Continental Carbon’s carbon black plant in Ponca City, Oklahoma experienced an equipment failure yesterday...

From SIFY comes word that Phillips Carbon Black Ltd. (Kolkata, India) plans to invest RS 500-crore (US$127 million) over the next 16...

On December 6, 2007, Cabot Corporation announced that Kennett Burnes will step down as President and CEO effective January 1, 2008. He...

As is perhaps obvious from the last two entries, I have been reviewing the thermal black market over the last few weeks. As part of that...

Our friends at Cancarb report that they recently completed a major capital project. Cancarb (Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada) is the...

I have just returned from Carbon Black 2007, Perspective in Asia Pacific, held in November 6-9, 2007 in Seoul, South Korea. The Asian...