Rubber & Tire industry in numbers

Company

16-17 April

23-24 April

Change

Bridgestone Corp.

Yen3,411

Yen3,313

            -2.9%

Goodyear

US$6.72

US$7.09

            +5.5%

Hankook

KRW60,400

KRW64,200

            +6.3%

Michelin

€31.17

€31.83

            +2.1%

Nokian Tyres

€9.50

€10.31

            +8.5%

Pirelli

€5.98

€5.92

            -1.0%

Sumitomo Rubber (SRI)

Yen2,142

Yen2,020

            -5.7%

Yokohama Rubber (YRC)

Yen6,381

Yen6,410

            +0.5%

ZC Rubber

CNY50.70

CNY48.73

            -3.9%

Company

16-17 April

23-24 April

Change

Avon Technologies

£18.14

£16.96

       -6.5%

Cooper-Standard

$30.74

$31.33

       +1.9%

Datwyler

CHF152.80

CHF151.00

       -1.2%

Hexpol

SEK78.35

SEK80.50

       +2.7%

Sanok Rubber

PLN22.20

PLN21.80

       -1.8%

Semperit

€14.95

€14.90

       -0.3 %

Trelleborg

SEK385.40

SEK395.40

       +2.6%

Exchange

Commodity

Delivery

Week to 10/04/26

Week to 17/04/26

% Change

Osaka

RSS3

May‘26

 381.5 (JPY)

 378.0 (JPY)

   -0.9%

SHFE

SCR/RSS

May‘26

16,920 (CNY)

16,500 (CNY)

    -2.5%

INE

TSR

May‘26

13,960 (CNY)

13,515 (CNY)

    -3.2%

SICOM

TSR20

May‘26

203.0 (US$c)

201.2 (US$c)

    -0.9%

SHFE

BR

Jun‘26

16,080 (CNY)

15,740 (CNY)

    -2.1%

Company

Period

Sales

YoY change

Earnings

YoY change

Trelleborg AB

Q1/26

SEK8,606m

+3.8%

SEK1,586m³

-2%

Nokian Tyres

Q1/26

€279.6m

+3.8%

€30m³

+140.0%

Semperit AG

ERJ report

Q1/26

(forecast)

n/s

n/s

€26m³

+136.4%

Akwel

(ERJ report)

FY/25

€938.3m

-5.1%

€36.7m³

-58%

Prinx Chengshan

(ERJ report)

FY/25

Yuan11.8bn (€1.5bn)

+7.6%

Yuan1.1bn⁵

-17.1%

Mesnac

FY/25

Yuan8.32bn (€1bn)

+16%

Yuan403.1m⁵

-20%

Sri Trang Agro-Industry

FY/25

THB113.48bn (€3bn)

-0.8%

THB4,049m³

~ -50%

Top Glove

ERJ report

fH1/26 (to 28 Feb 26

RM1.9bn (€420m)

+7%

RM69m

(PATAMI)

+92%

Reported

Company

Project

Location

Capex

Details

22 April

SaarGummi

Expand manufacturing base

Chennai, India

n/s

Launched new unit with output  including EPDM, TPV sealing

21 April

Sailun Group

ERJ report

Expand tire production

Ataqa, Suez, Egypt

€242m

Add 6m/yr PCR and 1.05m/yr TBR capacity

16 April

Nocil Ltd

Commissioned new rubber chemicals facility

Dahej, India

Part of INR2.5bn (€23m) investment programme

Making TDQ/TMQ anti-degradants for tire and non-tire applications

16 April

Arlanxeo

Opened Asian innovation centre

Changzhou, China

n/s

Upgrade to existing regional technical centre

15 Apr

Trelleborg Sealing Solutions

To establish new greenfield facility

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

n/s

To expand capacity in India by 30%  by 2027

10 April

Cabot Sanmar

(JVJ

Expand the production of fumed silica capacity

Mettur, India

(Existing site)

INR2.2bn (€20m)

Broke ground on project, due on-stream Q4/27

9 April

Nemus Materials, part of  Black Donuts

Scale up production of bio-based fillers

Kotka, Finland

n/s

Based on 80–87% natural rubber, 13–20% microfibrillated cellulose

9 April

Shandong Yanggu-Huatai Chemical

New 30ktpa rubber additives plant

Rayong, Thailand

Yuan273m (€35m)

Started up phase I – 10ktpa

8 April

ContiTech

New  compounding centre

Mount Pleasant, Iowa

$85m (€73m)

Support hose & belt businesses

7 April

ZC Rubber

Approved plan to build new tire plan

Ho Chi Minh City,  Vietnam

Yuan1.04bn (€130m)

5m/yr radial passenger car tires

1 April

Shoujia Technology

Steel tire cord plant

Romania

n/s

Secured Romanian government support