The Notch Blog

Nokian Tyres announced it is investing $360 million to build its first North American plant in Rhea County, Tennessee. Nokian Tyres will...

Less than a month after inaugurating its state-of-the-art plant in Gyongyoshalasz, Hungary, Apollo Tyres Ltd. will relocate its U.S....

The Future Tire Conference 2017, organized by European Rubber Journal, will take place on the 27-28 June 2017 at the Leonardo Royal Hotel...

As an avid cyclist, the idea of riding without worrying about a flat tire is very appealing. Bridgestone hopes to make my dreams come...

Cheng Shin Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd. is ready to start production this year at its new plants in India and Indonesia. The two plants...

With an inauguration ceremony on April 7, attended by more than 1,400 Apollo employees, vendors, dealers and dignitaries, including...

Continental AG recently broke ground on a $265 million tire plant in Rayong, Thailand. This will be Conti’s sixth plant in the...

Here’s a promo video for Qingdao Sentury’s new $500M tire plant being built in Lagrange, Georgia. Startup is scheduled for 2018. Rami...

At a ceremony on March 25, 2017, Linglong International Tire (Thailand) Co., Ltd. signed a strategic cooperation agreement with India’s...

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

China’s Qingdao Doublestar says it has signed an agreement with creditors of Korea’s Kumho Tire to acquire a 42% stake in the company....

From Tire Business comes word that the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) will not order antidumping and countervailing duties...

In 2008, 68% of all passenger cars assembled worldwide came equipped with a full-size spare tire, but by 2015 that number had fallen to...

On January 9, Bridgestone Americas announced plans to invest an additional $180 million at its passenger tire plant in Wilson, North...

On January 6, the Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd., announced that it had reached agreement with the shareholders of Aichi Tire Industry Co.,...

Rubber & Plastics News has details on Goodyear’s recently detailed plans to expand its capacity for high-value added tires around the...

There have been several significant tire plant capacity expansions announced over the last few weeks, as well as one plant closure. Here...

The US Department of Commerce today made an affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty investigation for truck and bus...

Sumitomo Rubber Industries will double capacity for passenger car and light truck tires in Tonawanda, New York by the end of 2019. The...

R&P News reports that Sumitomo Rubber Industries is adding truck tire capacity at its 3-year-old plant in Fazenda Rio Grande, Brazil. The...