The Notch Blog

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

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...

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

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...

Notch Consulting Group has just published a new report covering the global market for insoluble sulfur, a non-blooming vulcanizing agent...

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...

Hankook Tire has launched its enfren line of low rolling-resistance tires to the Australian market, the first market outside Korea to...

Tire Business is reporting (subscription required) that tire companies Continental A.G., Goodyear and Bridgestone Corp. are among General...

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

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...

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

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...

From Reuters comes the news that China’s economy slowed in the first quarter to its weakest pace on record. However, though an...

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

The research firm AutoPacific Inc. has announced the results of a new survey about the American public’s views of the automobile...

Rubber & Plastics News (subscription required) reports that Goodyear’s antitrust suit against a group of synthetic rubber suppliers will...

On March 30, Chrysler LLC announced on its website that the company and its majority owner, Cerberus Capital Management L.P., had agreed...