About

This is the official blog of Notch Consulting Group, a consultancy focused on meeting the business intelligence and market research needs of the global specialty chemicals industry. Our primary focus is on supply and demand for raw materials used in the tire industry, particularly carbon black, precipitated silica, rubber chemicals (including antioxidants, antiozoants, and accelerators), and tire cord. Notch publishes a series of multi-client market research reports, which provide detailed and proprietary data covering supply and demand, markets and applications, pricing, market share, capacity and competitive issues.