The Notch Blog

Prices for synthetic rubber and petrochemical feedstocks have been “incredibly volatile” and are likely to remain so for a while,...

Bridgestone Corp. has announced it has developed a way to bond rubber and resins at the molecular level into a hybrid polymer, a...

On June 1, New York-based private equity firm SK Capital Partners announced the acquisition of SI Group (Schenectady, NY), a leading...

Next week is the annual Tire Technology Expo in Hannover. This is one of the best tire conferences in the world, with a huge trade show...

Eastman Chemical Co. has unveiled a new insoluble sulfur that it said will help tire manufacturers improve the productivity of their...

Birla Carbon has announced the appointment of Todd Cottrell as president of its Specialty Blacks Business. He will succeed Jas Sandhu who...

Notch recently updated its annual report on the global rubber chemicals industry, The Rubber Chemicals Market Update. The report provides...

Konimpex Ltd., a distributor of raw materials and chemicals for the tire and rubber sector, has opened a new logistics center in Kolo,...

Following the acquisition of U.S. firm Chemtura in April this year, specialty chemicals company Lanxess has revised its organizational...

Last week INDSPEC Chemical, an affiliate of Occidental Chemical Corp., announced that it was immediately ceasing production of resorcinol...

On May 6, Emerald Performance Materials (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) announced an agreement to sell its Specialties and Polymer Additives and...

This month, Notch Consulting published a new edition of the Rubber Chemicals Market Update, an annual overview of the global rubber...

Following a strategic review that began in September 2013, Lanxess has decided to retain its antioxidant and accelerators businesses...

Rubber News reports that New-York-based private equity firm American Securities L.L.C. plans to acquire specialty chemicals maker Emerald...

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

LANXESS has announced a price increase for its rubber chemicals effective 1 January 2014. The company said in a press release that the...

Vanderbilt Chemicals, L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of R.T. Vanderbilt Holding Co. Inc., has announced plans to consolidate its...

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

On Friday, LANXESS announced a price increase for rubber chemicals effective July 1, 2013. The increases are required to offset higher...

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