The Notch Blog

Feb 16, 20211 min read

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, 20211 min read

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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Jan 19, 20212 min read

Regulatory

US Tire Manufacturers Association issues statement on California’s proposed actions on zinc an

On January 12, the U.S. Tire Manufacturers Association issued a statement in response to the California Department of Toxic Substances...

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Sep 18, 20201 min read

Bridgestone closing French tire plant in 2021

On September 16, Bridgestone Corporation announced plans to cease production at its 60-year-old passenger tire plant in Bethune, France...

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Aug 24, 20201 min read

Bridgestone to close tire plant in South Africa

Last week, Bridgestone announced a plan to close its bias tire manufacturing plant in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. The closure is in...

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Mar 30, 20201 min read

Prinx Chengshan Tire inaugurates Thai tire plant

Amid all the plant closures, some good news. Tire Business reports that Prinx Chengshan Tire has inaugurated production of truck tires at...

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Mar 20, 20201 min read

Bridgestone suspending production in North & South America

Bridgestone Americas is suspending production at its 15 factories in North and South America beginning March 21. All facilities plan to...

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Mar 20, 20201 min read

Pirelli suspending production in Georgia and Romania

Pirelli Tire North America plans to suspend operations at its factory in Rome, Georgia due to concerns about the coronavirus. Pirelli...

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Mar 19, 20201 min read

Goodyear suspends production at European, North and South American plants

In an effort to halt the spread of COVID-19, as well as response to related market decline, Goodyear is suspending production at its...

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Mar 18, 20201 min read

Rubber

COVID-19 impacts global NR consumption

According to the Association of Natural Rubber Producing Countries, a sharp decline in demand in the first two months of the year has...

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Mar 18, 20201 min read

General

Denka revises fiscal year outlook after rubber sales drop

Japanese chemicals company Denka Corp. expects significant sales decline of its chloroprene rubber for the fiscal year 2019, due in large...

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Mar 18, 20203 min read

Conferences

Conferences, expos and meetings rescheduled due to Coronavirus outbreak

The following conferences, expos and meetings have been postponed and/or rescheduled due to the coronavirus: As of March 17, 6 pm, the...

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Mar 17, 20201 min read

Michelin idling tire plants in Italy, Spain, and France

Michelin is idling tire factories in Italy, Spain, and France beginning today for at least one week to deal with coronavirus.

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Mar 11, 20201 min read

Nokian begins commercial production at Dayton

This week, Nokian Tyres North America began commercial scale production of passenger car and light truck tires at its new plant in...

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Oct 7, 20191 min read

Hankook postpones truck tire plant in Hungary

Tire Business (via European Rubber Journal) reports that Hankook Tire & Technology Co. Ltd. has postponed plans to establish a $318...

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Oct 6, 20191 min read

Nokian’s US plant begins production

On October 2, Nokian Tyres celebrated the official opening of its North American production factory in Dayton, Tennessee. The...

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Jul 11, 20191 min read

Rubber Chemicals

Omnova sold to Synthomer in $455 million deal

Synthomer will buy specialty chemical company Omnova Solutions Inc. in a deal worth about $455 million. Synthomer will pay $10.15 a share...

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Jun 6, 20191 min read

Rubber Chemicals

Lion Elastomers acquires SBR site from Firestone Polymers

Lion Elastomers has acquired a styrene-butadiene copolymers production site owned and operated by Firestone Polymers in Orange, Texas....

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