The Notch Blog

The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has released new data covering 2009, and the results show sharp declines...

There’s a round of “I told you so” going through the tire industry today. When the tariffs on Chinese tires were introduced last year,...

On Monday, Bridgestone Corporation announced a definitive agreement to sell 100% of the shares of its Italian and Chinese steel cord...

Tbere are two conferences coming up over the next several months of interest to the tire industry: The Tire Technology Expo 2010 will be...

R&P News (subscription required) is reporting that Chinese passenger tire imports into the U.S. fell by more than 50 percent in October...

Michelin has released its October 2009 and year-to-date figures for tire sales, and the figures offer a significantly more positive...

Australia and New Zealand will lose their last tire manufacturing capacity based on Bridgestone Australia’s announcement on Friday that...

Goodyear has announced that it plans to close its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina by the end of the year. The plant, which employs...

Carbolytic Materials Co. L.L.C. has announced that its tire recycling plant in Maryville, Missouri has opened. The plant recycles tire...

A list of upcoming conferences at which Notch will be presenting: Carbon Black 2009 – Perspective in Asia Pacific Location: Bangkok,...

On Monday, October 5, Copper Tire & Rubber announced that it planned to increase production capacity at its tire plant in Texarkana,...

From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required): The recent world economic recovery is shaky and could soon fade, one of Michelin’s...

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

During the launch of a new small car in New Delhi, India, Ford CEO Alan Mulally told reporters that the company expects U.S. car sales to...

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

On September 2, Amtel-Vredstein N.V. issued a press release announcing that an extraordinary general meeting of shareholders had been...

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

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...