The Notch Blog

Feb 16, 2022
1 min

Cabot breaks ground on Specialty Compounds facility in Indonesia

On February 15, Cabot Corporation announced the groundbreaking of a new specialty compounds facility in Cilegon, Indonesia. The new...

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Feb 2, 2022
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Wolfersdorff/Notch publish new report on Recovered Carbon Black

Notch Consulting and Wolfersdorff Consulting Berlin are proud to announce the publication of their first co-authored report, Prospects...

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Jan 25, 2022
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Tire Tech Expo postponed from April to May 2022

Due to the current rapid escalation of the Omicron variant of Covid-19 throughout Europe, the Tire Technology Expo 2022 is being...

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Mar 12, 2021
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Birla Carbon raising specialty black prices

On March 11, Birla Carbon (Mumbai, India & Marietta, GA) announced an increase in specialty black prices. The worldwide price increase of...

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Mar 4, 2021
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Carbon Black Asia Webinar coming next week

Notch is participating in a webinar scheduled for Wednesday, March 10. The webinar will consist of three presentations covering the...

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Feb 22, 2021
1 min

Goodyear acquiring Cooper for $2.5B

Goodyear Tire & Rubber announced today that it has reached an agreement to buy Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. for $2.5 billion. Akron-based...

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Feb 16, 2021
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BKT expanding capacity for tires and carbon black in India

Balkrishna Industries Ltd. has announced a capital investment plan valued at $257 million that will increase capacity for OTR tires and...

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Feb 16, 2021
1 min

Silica

Sumitomo expanding tire capacity in NY, Thailand, and Japan

Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (Kobe, Japan) plans to invest $122 million over three years to increase capacity for passenger car, light...

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Feb 7, 2021
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Linglong’s Serbian tire plant attracts EU environmental scrutiny

Shandong Linglong Tire Co.’s new tire plant in Zrenjanin, Serbia is attracting new environmental scrutiny as 26 members of the European...

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Feb 3, 2021
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Nokian Tyres to introduce tire made entirely from eco-friendly materials by 2025

On January 28, Nokian Tyres announced a plan to introduce a concept tire made entirely from renewable and recycled materials by 2025. In...

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Feb 2, 2021
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Monolith Materials hosting webinar on its novel approach to carbon black manufacturing

Monolith Materials, a new US producer of carbon black through a novel pyrolysis method that uses natural gas as a feedstock, will host a...

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Jan 11, 2021
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Bridgestone reaches deal to divest Firestone Building Products

Bridgestone Americas Inc. has reached an agreement to divest its Firestone Building Products unit, which produces commercial roofing and...

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Jan 11, 2021
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Fire consumes Hexpol Compounding site in Tennessee

Hexpol Compounding’s rubber compounding plant in Jonesborough, Tennessee caught fire in the early morning of January 7, causing workers...

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Dec 1, 2020
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USTMA raises forecast for US tire shipments in 2020

On December 1, the US Tire Manufacturers Association announced a significant revision to its forecast for US tire shipments. Even with...

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Dec 1, 2020
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Mitsubishi invests in Monolith Materials for clean hydrogen production

Monolith Materials (Lincoln, Nebraska) has announced an investment from Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America to support its innovative...

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Dec 1, 2020
1 min

Auto

GM raising EV spending, predicts 40% of US lineup will be electric by 2025

General Motors is increasing its financial commitment to electric vehicles and predicts that 40% of the company’s US entries will be...

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Sep 23, 2020
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Tire Tech Expo delayed until June 2021

Tire Technology Expo, originally scheduled to be held at the Deutsche Messe, Hannover in March 2021, has been rescheduled to June 8-10,...

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Sep 20, 2020
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International Tar Association to hold free virtual conference this week

The International Tar Association (ITA) will hold a 2020 Virtual Conference on Tuesday, September 22nd at 7:45 am EST – 11:15 am EST....

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Sep 18, 2020
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