Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers

Company

27-28 Aug

3-4 Sept

Change

Bridgestone Corp.

Yen4,136

Yen4,067

-1.7%

Goodyear

  $6.26

  $6.21

-0.8%

Hankook

KRW65,600

KRW66,600

+1.3%

Michelin

€34.36

€34.46

+0.3%

Nokian Tyres

€16.23

€16.05

-1.1%

Pirelli

€6.62

€6.52

-1.5%

Sumitomo Rubber (SRI)

Yen2,243

Yen2,168

-3.3%

Yokohama Rubber (YRC)

Yen7,448

Yen7,028

-5.6%

ZC Rubber

CNY50.51

CNY50.32

-0.4%

Company

3-4 Sept

3-4 Sept

Change

Avon Technologies

£18.32

£18.16

-0.9%

Cooper-Standard

$26.54

$25.75

-3.0%

Datwyler

CHF135.20

CHF131.00

-3.1%

Hexpol

SEK92.55

SEK96.15

+3.9%

Sanok Rubber

PLN23.00

PLN22.60

 -1.7%

Semperit

€16.75

€17.50

+4.5%

Top Glove

MYR0.68

MYR0.64

-5.9%

Trelleborg

SEK443.60

SEK442.00

-0.4%

Exchange

Commodity

Delivery

Week to 21/8/26

Week to 28/8/26

% Change

Osaka

RSS3

Jan ‘27

 439.0 (JPY)

 440.7 (JPY)

 +0.4%

SHFE

SCR/RSS

Jan ‘27

18,495 (CNY)

18,810 (CNY)

+1.7%

INE

TSR

Jan ’27

15,600 (CNY)

15,815CNY)

+1.4%

SICOM

TSR20

Jan ‘27

228.4 (US$c)

233.9 (US$c)

+2.4%

SHFE

BR

Nov ‘26

14,450 (CNY)

14,315 (CNY)

-0.9%

Company

Period

Sales

YoY change

Earnings

YoY change

Sailun Group

H1/26

Yuan20.03 bn

13.9%

Yuan2.16bn (€277m) ⁵

18%

JK Tyre & Industries

fQ1/27

(from 1/4)

INR39.56bn (€360m)

+2%

INR2.68bn³

-36.8%

Fukoku Co. Ltd

fQ1/27 (to 30/6)

Yen23.3bn

+2.8%

Yen1,515m¹

+51.4%

Prinx Chengshan

H1/26

Yuan5.8bn (€740m)

+1.4%

RMB414m⁵

-18.5%

Tokai Carbon Carbon Black  ERJ report

H1/26

Yen83.5bn

+10.5%

Yen14.35bn³

+9.7%

ElringKlinger

Q2/26

€478.9m

+17.3%

€53.5m³ (adj)

+6.6%

Gates Industrial

Q2/26

$942m (€815m)

+6.6%

$211m³ (adj)

+6%

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%

Reported

Company

Project

Location

Capex

Details

3 Sept

ZC Rubber

Integrated tire manufacturing project

Suez Canal Economic Zone, egypt

$500m (€431m)

Signed letter of intent with Egyptian govt. to study project

2 Sept

Aeolus Tire

20k unit/yr giant engineering tire capacity expansion

Jiaozuo, Henan province, China

Yuan1.4bn (€180m)

With another project will eventually take prod’n to: 261k OTR and 200k truck & bus tires/yr

1 Sept

Zeon Corp.

New single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) plant

Tokuyama site, Yamaguchi, Japan

n/s

Construction started / Project to increase site’s SWCNT capacity 10-fold

21 Aug

Guizhou Tire Co.

New 30ktpa  carbon black production line

Xiuwen, Guizhou, China

n/s

Planned start-up in June 2027

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.