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Feb 10, 20101 min read
Evonik Restructures; Carbon Black Business Under Review – UPDATED
Details on this story are not yet available, but according to statements that Evonik has made to the Financial Times Deutschland over the...
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Notch
Nov 20, 20091 min read
Michelin Reports Stronger Tire Sales for October
Michelin has released its October 2009 and year-to-date figures for tire sales, and the figures offer a significantly more positive...
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Notch
Oct 29, 20091 min read
Notch Publishes Silica Market Update
Notch Consulting this month published the first issue of the Silica Market Update, a new, twice-yearly report updating conditions in the...
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Notch
Oct 22, 20091 min read
Goodyear to Close Spartanburg
Goodyear has announced that it plans to close its plant in Spartanburg, South Carolina by the end of the year. The plant, which employs...
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Notch
Oct 8, 20091 min read
Vietnam Bans Exports of Silica Sand
Updated: Subsequent to the original report below, the Vietnamese government clarified that the ban would cover only construction sand,...
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Notch
Oct 1, 20091 min read
Michelin Issues Cautious Outlook
From the Wall Street Journal (subscription required): The recent world economic recovery is shaky and could soon fade, one of Michelin’s...
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Notch
Sep 30, 20091 min read
Evonik Raises Silica Prices
On September 29, Evonik Industries announced it would increase its silica prices worldwide. The price increase of 5% will become...
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Notch
Sep 24, 20091 min read
Toyo Moving Production from China to Japan Due to US Tariffs
Tire Business (subscription required) is reporting that Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. will move production of consumer tires it makes in...
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Notch
Sep 23, 20091 min read
Cooper Breaks Ground on Tupelo Expansion
On Tuesday, September 22, Cooper Tire & Rubber held a groundbreaking ceremony for a $7 million expansion of its tire plant in Tupelo,...
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Notch
Sep 7, 20091 min read
Conference on Sustainable Additives and Fillers in Rubber to be Held in London
The Rubber In Engineering Group (RIEG), part of Institute of Materials, Minerals & Mining (London), is sponsoring a one-day technical...
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Notch
Jul 22, 20092 min read
Microcrystalline Cellulose as a Silica Replacement in Tires
The blog Science Codex has an interesting article on the use of microcrystalline cellulose as a reinforcing filler in tires, potentially...
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Notch
Jul 1, 20091 min read
Huber Completes Construction of Chinese Silica Plant
According to Industrial Minerals (subscription required), Huber Engineered Materials has completed construction of its new precipitated...
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Notch
Jun 18, 20091 min read
ITC Rules that Chinese Tire Imports Have Harmed US Industry
According to Reuters, the US International Trade Commission announced on Thursday, June 18, that China was unfairly flooding the U.S....
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Notch
Jun 8, 20093 min read
How Many New Cars Does the US Need?
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...
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Notch
Jun 4, 20091 min read
Hankook Tire Introduces Fuel Efficient Tire Line in Australia
Hankook Tire has launched its enfren line of low rolling-resistance tires to the Australian market, the first market outside Korea to...
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Notch
May 3, 20093 min read
Takeaways from Cabot’s 2QFY09 Conference Call
Here are some key takeaways from Cabot’s conference call for the second quarter FY2009, which was held on Thursday, April 30. The call...
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Notch
Apr 29, 20092 min read
Cabot Anounces Second Quarter Results
Cabot Corporation announced its financial results for the second quarter of FY 2009 after the close of business today. For the quarter,...
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Notch
Apr 26, 20092 min read
Raw Material Implications of Opelika Closure
On April 13, Michelin North America announced that it would close its BFGoodrich Tire Manufacturing plant in Opelika, Alabama by October...
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Notch
Apr 16, 20091 min read
Work Opportunities in Silica and Carbon Black
Conditions are definitely difficult in the rubber and tire industries right now, so I wanted to pass on two potential employment...
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Notch
Apr 10, 20091 min read
Europe Adopts New Tire Regulations
I neglected to mention this news when it came across my desk. On March 10, the European Parliament adopted new road safety legislation...
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