Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers

Company

13-14 Aug

20-21 Aug

Change

Bridgestone Corp.

Yen4,129

Yen4,089

-1.0%

Goodyear

  $6.04

  $5.99

-0.8%

Hankook

KRW71,500

KRW66,500

-7.0%

Michelin

€34.74

€34.71

-0.1%

Nokian Tyres

€15.12

€15.75

+4.2%

Pirelli

€6.55

€6.58

+0.5%

Sumitomo Rubber (SRI)

Yen2,377

Yen2,296

-3.4%

Yokohama Rubber (YRC)

Yen7,626

Yen7,562

-0.8%

ZC Rubber

CNY47.51

CNY50.45

+6.2%

Company

13-14 July

20-21 July

Change

Avon Technologies

£19.56

£18.30

  -6.4%

Cooper-Standard

$27.57

$28.47

  +3.3%

Datwyler

CHF136.00

CHF132.20

  -2.8%

Hexpol

SEK90.00

SEK89.70

  -0.3%

Sanok Rubber

PLN22.50

PLN22.70

  +0.9%

Semperit

€15.40

€16.95

 +10.0%

Top Glove

MYR0.66

MYR0.66

   0.0%

Trelleborg

SEK436.20

SEK426.60

  -2.2%

Exchange

Commodity

Delivery

Week to 7/8/26

Week to 14/8/26

% Change

Osaka

RSS3

Sept ‘26

 429.9 (JPY)

 444.0 (JPY)

 +3.2%

SHFE

SCR/RSS

Sept ‘26

16,885 (CNY)

16,840 (CNY)

-0.3%

INE

TSR

Sept ’26

14,720 (CNY)

14,635 (CNY)

-0.6%

SICOM

TSR20

Sept ‘26

219.2 (US$c)

219.8 (US$c)

+0.3%

SHFE

BR

Sept ‘26

13,110 (CNY)

13,520 (CNY)

+3.1%

Company

Period

Sales

YoY change

Earnings

YoY change

ZC Rubber

H1/26

Yuan23.5bn (€3bn)

+7.4%

Yuan2.4bn⁵

+5.8%

Semperit Group

H1/26

€356m

+11.1%

€66.6m³

+116%

Apollo Tyres

fQ1/26-27

INR74bn (€670m)

+12.8%

INR8.7bn¹

~0%

Hankook Tires

Q2/26

KRW2,807bn

+5.8%

KRW483.2bn¹

+39.5%

Hankook Tires

H1/26

KRW5,373bn

+10.6%

KRW920.7bn¹

+35.4%

Cooper Standard

ERJ report

Q2/26

$721m (€625m)

+2.2%

$54m (adj) ³

-14.2%

Cooper Standard

FY/26 forecast

$2.7-2.9bn

+2.2% approx.

$260-300m (adj) ³

+33.3%

Akwel

Q2/26

€208m

-18.3%

 n/s

n/s

Akwel

H1/26

€415m

-18.7%

 n/s

n/s

Orion Rubber carbon blacks

Q2/26

$316m (€274m)

+3%

$19.2m (adj) ³

-61%

Sumitomo Rubber Tires

Q2/26

Yen274.5bn

+113%

Yen34.1bn⁴

+172%

Sumitomo Rubber Tires

H1/26

Yen534.4bn

+8.3%

Yen34.1bn⁴

+53.7%

Yokohama Rubber Tires  

H1/26

Yen639.4bn

+10.4%

Yen89.0bn⁴

+57.2%

Yokohama Rubber MB (non-tire)

H1/26

Yen54.9bn

+6.9%

Yen6.3bn⁴

+21.2%

Yokohama Rubber

FY/26 forecast

Yen1,320bn (€7.2bn)

+6.8%

Yen192.5bn⁴

+15.5%

Bridgestone Tire

H1/26

Yen1,536bn

+10%

Yen217bn¹

(adj)

+15%

Bridgestone DP (non-tire)

H1/26

 Yen149bn

+ 4%

Yen4.3bn¹ (adj)

+12%

MRF

Q1/26 (to 30 June)

RS Crores 8,291.6

+9.7%

Rs Crores 474.4 (profit continuing ops)

-2.0%

Kuraray Isoprene BU

H1/26

Yen45.9bn

+15%

Yen1.8bn¹

vs loss of Yen1.3bn

Toyoda Gosei

fQ1/26 (to 30 June)

Yen303.8bn (€1.7bn)

+16.7%

Yen23.2 bn

+26.1%

Bekaert Rubber Reinforcement

H1/26

€899m

~0%

€107m³

-13.7%

Hartalega

fQ1/26 (to 30 June)

RM605.8m

+9.5%

RM80.0m¹

+939%

Goodyear

Q2/26

$4.3bn

-4.8%

$36m¹

-77%

Goodyear

H1/26

$8.1bn

-6.7%

$131m¹

-63%

Continental Tires

Q2/26

€3.3bn

-0.2%

€509m² (adj)

+26%

Continental Tires

H1/26

€6.58bn

-2.4%

€977m² (adj)

+14%

Reported

Company

Project

Location

Capex

Details

20 Aug

Black Cat Carbon Materials Technology

Planning 240ktpa carbon black plant

Liaoning province, China

Yuan1bn (€130m)

Construction scheduled for 2026-28

19 Aug

Guoneng Yulin Chemical

50ktpa EPDM plant

Yulin City, Shaanxi, China

n/s

Japan’s ETIC agrees technology licensing deal

13 Aug

Indian Oil Corp.

New butadiene rubber plant

Panipat, India

INR30bn ($350m)

Targeting year-end commissioning

13 Aug

Freudenberg Sealing Technologies

Opened new sealing products facility

Queretaro, Mexico

n/s

Static seals, O-rings, gaskets

10 Aug

Sailun Group

Studying ‘tire manufacturing hub’

Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa

ZAR2bn (€108m)

1m car tires/yr, 300k truck and bus tires/yr

4 Aug

Zeon Corp.

Built demo bio-BD facility

Tokuyama, Shunan City, Yamaguchi, Japan

n/s

Project with Yokohama Rubber  to commercialise tech by 2034.

4 Aug

Nocil Ltd

Plan to expand rubber chemicals capacity

Dahej, India

INR1.3bn (€12m)

Via  backward-integration project

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"