The Notch Blog

Apollo Tyres Ltd. executives and local officials laid the ceremonial foundation stone on January 8 for a $280 million passenger tire...

Sailun Jinyu Group Co. Ltd. plans to increase its investment in a truck and OTR tire plant under construction in Vietnam by more than...

Global Rubber Industries Pvt. Ltd. (GRI) is prepared to bring on stream in January the radial agricultural and construction tire plant it...

With the EU introducing plans in 2012 to inform consumers about a tire’s noise, wet-braking and rolling resistance performance, and...

Trelleborg Wheel Systems has developed a sensor-based smart wheel called ConnecTire that it said enables data-sharing at multiple levels,...

Michelin has inaugurated a new production line at its Chennai plant that will help double the current capacity of the facility by 2018....

Bridgestone Corp. has announced a $315 million, five-year investment program in Europe to upgrade and expand capacity by approximately 20...

On October 17, Hankook Tire America Corp. held a grand opening ceremony for its first U.S. manufacturing facility. The $800 million plant...

Site clearing for Continental A.G.’s $1.4 billion commercial truck and bus tire plant near Clinton, Mississippi is nearly finished,...

Continental A.G.’s tire division and Kordsa Inc. recently entered into a joint initiative to develop a sustainable adhesion system...

South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster and Walmert President and CEO, Greg Foran were present to help Giti Tire Group mark the start of...

Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. plans to expand tire production capacity in the U.S. and Malaysia, and is considering additional capacity...

Taking the next step toward its first tire plant in North America, Nokian broke ground on the $360 million manufacturing facility in...

Sentury Tire North America has engaged Jones Lang Lasalle IP Inc. (JLL) of Atlanta to help it solicit offers from developers interested...

Hankook Tire America Corp. has introduced the Kinergy PT (H737), a premium touring all-season tire that is the first product made...

With three new factories poised to begin production in the coming months, tire manufacturing in North America will see a significant...

Goodyear broke ground yesterday on a passenger tire plant in Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg “that utilizes an innovative production process to...

Tennessee officials have approved a $28.42 million state infrastructure grant in support of Finnish tire manufacturer Nokian Tyres’...

Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd., a group company of Bridgestone Corporation has announced plans to invest $304.3 million USD for expansions...

An Indian tire company, Balkrishna Industries Ltd. (Mumbai, India), has announced a new project to build a 60,000 ton/year carbon black...