The Notch Blog

Jan 10, 2018
1 min

Notch updates report on Insoluble Sulfur

Notch Consulting has updated its report World Markets for Insoluble Sulfur. The report provides a detailed analysis of the global market...

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Mar 16, 2015
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Notch publishes report on global market for insoluble sulfur

Notch Consulting is pleased to announce the publication of World Markets for Insoluble Sulfur 2015, an update of a report covering the...

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Apr 14, 2014
1 min

Tire Cord

Tiremakers continue to invest in the United States

Tire Business has an overview of the current slate of tire plant expansions underway or planned for the United States. This includes...

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Feb 24, 2014
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Notch updates report on insoluble sulfur

Notch Consulting is pleased to announce the publication of World Markets for Insoluble Sulfur, a new report covering the global outlook...

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Sep 22, 2013
1 min

Carbon Black

Bridgestone considering new tire plant in Turkey

On September 19, Bridgestone Corporation announced that Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (Brisa) is evaluating...

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Jun 14, 2013
1 min

Carbon Black

Michelin closing two tire plants in Colombia

Michelin announced this week that it was shutting down its Colombian subsidiary Icollantas. The decision will result in the closure of...

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Oct 2, 2012
1 min

Carbon Black

Bridgestone moving forward with big US expansions

Rubber News (subscription required) reports that Bridgestone Americas is progressing steadily on two expansion projects in South Carolina...

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May 29, 2012
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Nokian will cut back tire production in Finland as its new Russian plant begins production

Nokian is scheduled to begin production at its new factory in Vsevolozhsk, Russia in June 2012. The factory is built alonside an existing...

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May 20, 2012
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Oriental Carbon & Chemicals adds insoluble sulfur capacity in India

On May 15, Oriental Carbon & Chemicals Ltd. of Kolkata, India commissioned the second 5,500 mtpa phase of its 11,000 mtpa expansion...

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Dec 6, 2011
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RMA lowers estimate for US tire shipments

2011 TIRE SHIPMENTS TO GROW NEARLY ONE PERCENT Two percent increase anticipated for 2012 WASHINGTON, D.C., December 2, 2011 – The Rubber...

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Jul 21, 2011
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Bridgestone to invest $135 million in the US

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations will invest $135 million to expand capacity at its passenger and light truck tire plant in Aiken...

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Jul 4, 2011
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Conti announces new tire plant in Russia

On July 1, 2011, Continental announced plans to build a new tire plant in Kaluga, Russia. Kaluga is a city of just over 325,000...

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Jun 12, 2011
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Sinorgchem begins work on insoluble sulfur & accelerator units

On May 27, Taizhou Sinorgchem Technology Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Jiangsu Sinorgchem Technology Co., Ltd., broke ground on a new RMB 1...

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May 31, 2011
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Japanese car production fell 60% in April

JAMA (Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association, Inc.) have released their latest production figures for Japanese automobile production,...

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Apr 28, 2011
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Conti to build new tire plant in the US

Tire Business reported today (subscription required) that Continental A.G. is planning to build a greenfield-site tire plant in the U.S.,...

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Apr 22, 2011
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Toyota production cuts may last through November

Toyota Motors has announced that its previously announced production cuts will last at least until November/December as the carmaker...

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Apr 6, 2011
1 min

Toyota to idle North American factories

On Monday, Toyota announced it will shut down all of its North American factories due to shortages of parts from Japan. The temporary...

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Feb 14, 2011
2 min

Goodyear Shutting Union City Plant by Year-end

Goodyear has announced that it intends to close its tire plant in Union City, Tennessee by the end of 2011 as part of a program to cut...

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Jan 24, 2011
2 min