Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers

Company

23-24 July

30-31 July

Change

Bridgestone Corp.

Yen3,747

Yen4,050

+8.1%

Goodyear

  $7.45

  $7.12

-4.4%

Hankook

KRW76,700

KRW65,100

-15.1%

Michelin

€34.92

€34.88

-0.1%

Nokian Tyres

€15.00

€15.34

+2.3%

Pirelli

€6.56

€6.44

-1.8%

Sumitomo Rubber (SRI)

Yen2,247

Yen2,317

+3.1%

Yokohama Rubber (YRC)

Yen7,776

Yen7,694

-1.1%

ZC Rubber

CNY49.11

CNY50.18

+2.2%

Company

23-24 July

23-24 July

Change

Avon Technologies

£17.24

£17.60

+2.1%

Cooper-Standard

$29.00

$28.78

-0.8%

Datwyler

CHF143.80

CHF141.60

-1.5%

Hexpol

SEK87.50

SEK88.20

+0.8%

Sanok Rubber

PLN22.40

PLN22.10

-1.3%

Semperit

€15.20

€14.60

 -4.0%

Top Glove

MYR0.65

MYR0.67

+3.1%

Trelleborg

SEK417.00

SEK426.00

+2.2%

Exchange

Commodity

Delivery

Week to 17/7/26

Week to 24/7/26

% Change

Osaka

RSS3

Sept ‘26

 423.0 (JPY)

 416.0 (JPY)

+1.7%

SHFE

SCR/RSS

Sept ‘26

16,795 (CNY)

16,855 (CNY)

+0.4%

INE

TSR

Sept ’26

14,570 (CNY)

14,585 (CNY)

+0.1%

SICOM

TSR20

Sept ‘26

213.9 (US$c)

214.4 (US$c)

+0.2%

SHFE

BR

Sept ‘26

13,645 (CNY)

13,990 (CNY)

+2. 5%

Company

Period

Sales

YoY change

Earnings

YoY change

Pirelli

Q1/26

€1.76bn

+1.0%

€280.4m²

+0.7%

Pirelli

(ERJ report)

H1/26

€3.49bn

-0.1%

€794.5m³

+3.0%

Zeon Corp Elastomers

ERJ report

fQ1/26 (to 30 June)

Yen58.2bn

~0%

Yen5.5bn¹

+31%

Nexen Tire

Q2/26

KRW891.3bn

+10.8%

KRW34.3bn¹

-19.5%

Michelin Group

H1/26

€12.69bn

- 2.6%

€1.4bn¹

~0%

Datwyler

H1/26

CHF582.7m

3.5%

CHF75.7m²

9.9%

Doublestar Group

H1/26

forecast

n/s

n/s

Yuan110-160m⁵

c/f Yuan35.4m loss

Linglong Tire

H1/26

forecast

n/s

n/s

Yuan110m⁵ (€14m)

-87%

Nokian Tyres

Q2/26

€380m

+10.6%

€35m¹

+136%

Nokian Tyres

H1/26

€660m

+7.6%

€17m¹

c/f loss of €21m

Reported

Company

Project

Location

Capex

Details

27 July

South Korea ministry of climate, energy, environment

Higher-value recycling of end-of-life tires

South Korea

KRW48 billion (€30 million)

Increase use of rCB in new-tire production

22 July

Befar Group

Build 250ktpa speciality rubber plant by 2029

Binzhou City, Shandong, China

Phase I: Yuan1.82bn (€235)

Phase I includes 70ktpa halobutyl rubber unit

21 July

Sinochem  Quanzhou Petrochemical

New 80ktpa carbon black plant

Quanzhou, Fujian, China

Yuan543m (€70m)

Commissioning environmental protection facilities

20 July

Ceat Ltd

Plan to expand 2W tire production

Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

INR12.1bn (€109m)

Add 53k to current 80k units/day capacity

13 July

Kumho Tire

Investment in new tire plant to start in 2028

Hampyeong, South Korea

Up to KRW760bn (€440m), from prev. KRW661bn

Capacity: 5.3m/yr tires, 7m/yr units "refined rubber"

13 July

Zenith Group

Build plant to  produce 120ktpa steel cord for tires, 50ktpa bead wire

Suez Canal Economic Zone, Egypt

$300m (€260m)

Agreement announced by Egypt government

8 July

Wanli Tire, Berjaya Group

New tire manufacturing plant

Bukit Tagar, Selangor, Malaysia

€280m

70/30 Wanli-led JV to establish plant to make  5m/yr PCRs, 1.2m/yr TBRs

2 July

Solvay

Start-up of waste sand-based silica production

Qingdao, China, and Gunsan, South Korea

n/s

Follows recent launch of Livorno, Italy silica unit, which uses rice husk ash feedstock

1 July

Pirelli

Major US investment plan

US

$1.0-1.2bn

Pending approval at upcoming board meeting

1 July

Covestro

Build a new 660ktpa MDI production train

Shanghai, China

n/s

Also feasibility study for a second plant in UAE

1 July

Pyrum Innovations 

Project to establish tire pyrolysis plant

Perl-Besch, Germany

n/s

Moving ahead following delays linked to issues (now resolved) at flagship Dillingen plant