The Notch Blog

On September 23, Yokohama Tire Manufacturing Mississippi (YTMM, which was established by Yokohama Tire Corporation, a subsidiary of...

On September 18, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. broke ground on its new $500 million tire plant factory in Cankiri Province, Turkey....

On Friday, Group Michelin released an overview of its strategic objectives through 2020 as part of its fall investors’ conference. Group...

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

Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. has announced a new deal that will expand its distribution network in Brazil by integrating one of the country’s...

Earlier this month, Bridgestone Asia Pacific held the opening ceremony for Bridgestone Asia Pacific Technical Center in Bangkok. This...

From Rubber News comes news that Pirelli & C. S.p.A. is raising its equity in its Moscow-based joint venture, Pirelli Tyre Russia, from...

The big news this week of course was Apollo Tyres’ acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber (Findlay, Ohio) for $2.5 billion in cash. The deal...

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

Last Thursday, both Michelin and Pirelli released their monthly tire sales figures for April, and the data are consistent in several...

LANXESS reported lower-than-expected earnings in its first quarter due to a weak market environment, particularly in the tire and...

Rubber & Plastics News (subscription required) has details on a new consumer satisfaction survey from J.D. Power that indicates that...

On April 1, 2013, Bridgestone Americas announced it had begun production at its new $346 million expansion at its tire plant in Aiken...

Rubber News has an update on Yokohama’s six-year, three-phase expansion of its tire plant in the Philippines. The ¥50B project began in...

The Rubber Manufacturers Association released its latest figures for its Tire Market Analysis Committee report on the US tire market on...

RubberWorld reports that the Yokohama Rubber Co. has announced that Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co., Ltd., its tire production base in China,...

Tyrepress (free subscription required) reports that Michelin is possibly considering some restructuring amongst its European capacity due...

From Rubber News comes word that the Tire Industry Association (TIA) has asked Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., to send a letter of inquiry...

From Tyrepress (subscription required): DB Equity Research Automotive analyst Gaetan Toulemonde estimates that the tire industry in...

Bridgestone Europe NV/SA (Brussels, Belgium) today announced its decision to close down its passenger car tire production facility in...