The Notch Blog

Notch will be presenting a paper on current conditions in the global carbon black industry at the Tire Tech Expo happening this week at...

General Motors is increasing its financial commitment to electric vehicles and predicts that 40% of the company’s US entries will be...

Continental A.G.’s tire group expects a slight recovery in the tire market for the remainder of 2020, despite suffering a 23 percent drop...

Rubber & Plastic News reports that Continental A.G. is planning a $4 million expansion of their Auburn, Indiana facility, transforming...

Rubber & Plastic News reports that the outlook for auto sales for the remainder of 2020 is better than it was a few months ago, though...

On August 7, Toyo Tire released financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2020, projecting double digit declines. Toyo...

The Festival of Automotive conference will be held virtually next week from August 18-20. The meeting will encompass both the WardsAuto...

On July 16, the European Automobile Manufacturers Association released data on registrations of new passenger cars in the EU for June and...

On May 18, Ford Motor Co. will resume most North American vehicle production following the lifting of restrictions by Michigan Gov....

IHS Markit, which tracks automotive sales and production trends, sharply lowered its 2020 forecast for global light vehicle sales in...

In an effort to keep workers safe and healthy amid COVID-19 outbreak, General Motors and Ford Motor Co. will close North American plants...

The following conferences, expos and meetings have been postponed and/or rescheduled due to the coronavirus: As of March 17, 6 pm, the...

UK car manufacturing output fell by almost 50 percent in April, for the 11th consecutive month of decline in automotive production. Just...

Automotive supplier Tenneco Inc. has reached a definitive agreement to acquire Federal-Mogul in a transaction valued at $5.4 billion. The...

Maxion Wheels will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on 19 February for its new light vehicle aluminum wheel plant in India. The company has...

New passenger car registrations in Europe increased by 3.4 percent in 2017. This marked four consecutive years of growth and the best...

As reported in Tire Business, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) projects that new car and light truck sales in the...

From Reuters comes news of plans by the Chinese government to remove five million aging vehicles from the country’s clogged roadways this...

In 2008, 69% of all passenger cars assembled worldwide came equipped with a full-size spare tire, but by 2012 that number had fallen to...

President Obama has directed the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration along with the US Environmental Protection Agency to...