The Notch Blog

Here’s an interesting overview of the Indian tire industry, including raw materials. It’s posted at scribd.com but it’s difficult to...

We find that the program induced the purchase of an additional 360,000 cars in July and August of 2009. However, almost all of the...

Yesterday, Solutia named Greta Senn as president and general manager of its Technical Specialties division, which includes the Flexsys...

Notch Consulting has published the latest edition of the Rubber Chemicals Market Update, a bi-annual report on the global rubber...

On Thursday, Korea Kumho Petrochemical announced that it has won a six-year lawsuit with Flexsys America (a subsidiary of Solutia)...

VILLEJUST, France, June 15th, 2010 – Due to a very high demand of para-cresol monomer for the production of antioxidants but also for...

LANXESS announced last week that it had officially begun construction of its first production facility in Russia, a rubber chemicals...

Some major news that was announced while I was traveling: ST. LOUIS, April 22, 2010 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — Solutia Inc. announced...

Notch Consulting is proud to announce a new addition to its lineup of reports: the Rubber Chemicals Market Update. This is a bi-annual...

In early March, LANXESS announced that it had completed the first phase of construction of its new site in Jhagadia, Gujarat state,...

A REACH registration consortium has been announced for oligomers of 1,2-dihydro-2,2,4-trimethylquinoline (TMQ), with the speciality...

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

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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