The Notch Blog

NPR has the latest on an escalating war of words between Maurice Taylor, CEO of Illinois-based Titan tire company, and Arnaud Montebourg,...

Tire Technology Expo 2013 is being held this week (Feb 5-7) in Cologne. This really is one of the best conferences on the tire industry...

Rubber News reports that Mitas Tires North America continues to expand its new agricultural tire plant in Charles City, Iowa. New curing...

Rubber and Plastics News reports that Michelin North America Inc. will spend $200 million through 2014 to increase rubber compounding...

European Rubber Journal reports that Birla Tyres, a unit of the BK Birla Group company Kesoram Industries, has idled its plant in Odisha...

On December 17, Nokian Tyres announced temporary and permanent layoffs for its Finnish factory after concluding statutory negotiations at...

Yesterday, the Rubber Manufacturers Association announced that it expects tire shipments in the United States to remain unchanged in 2012...

Rubber News (subscription required) reports that Bridgestone Americas is progressing steadily on two expansion projects in South Carolina...

Hurricane Isaac made landfall in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana at 6:45 PM (CDT) and then moved back over water for several hours until it...

European Rubber Journal (subscription required) reports that Brazil has concluded the comment period for its proposed rules for tire...

The Rubber Manufacturers Association has forecast that US tire shipments will increase by approximately 1.2 percent, or just over 3...

On June 7, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations announced it was investing another $74 million for capacity expansion at its Des Moines,...

Tyrepress.com reports that Bridgestone’s recently appointed CEO Maasaki Tsuya indicated in an interview with the Wall Street Journal that...

From Rubber & Plastics News comes word that TC Debica S.A. has announced a plan to cut production of consumer and agricultural tires at...

From European Rubber Journal comes word that China’s tire production rose 2.8% in May, based on data published by China’s National Bureau...

Nokian is scheduled to begin production at its new factory in Vsevolozhsk, Russia in June 2012. The factory is built alonside an existing...

Belgian conceptual artist Wim Delvoye works in a wide range of mediums, one of which is radial car and truck tires. Under Delvoye’s hand,...

One of the best tire conferences around is Clemson’s Global Tire Industry Conference, held every April on Hilton Head in South Carolina....

On Friday, Michelin announced that it plans to reduce tire output at a number of its European facilities in response to “very challenging...

On Monday, Continental announced it has acquired the outstanding 30% of the shares of Continental Sime Tyre Sdn. Bhd. from its joint...