Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers

Company

17-18 Sept

24-25 Sept

Change

Bridgestone Corp.

Yen3,789

Yen3,801

+0.3%

Goodyear

  $5.16

  $5.34

+3.5%

Hankook

KRW58,900

KRW57,300

-2.7%

Michelin

€33.50

€33.63

+0.4%

Nokian Tyres

€15.95

€16.17

+1.4%

Pirelli

€6.39

€6.48

+1.4%

Sumitomo Rubber (SRI)

Yen2,020

Yen2,032

+0.6%

Yokohama Rubber (YRC)

Yen6,878

Yen6,974

+1.4%

ZC Rubber

CNY44.94

CNY44.53

-0.9%

Company

17-18 Sept

24-25 Sept

Change

Avon Technologies

£17.48

£18.16

+3.9%

Cooper-Standard

$23.59

$23.01

-2.5%

Datwyler

CHF126.20

CHF127.20

+0.8%

Hexpol

SEK95.60

SEK96.50

+0.9%

Sanok Rubber

PLN19.75

PLN20.00

 +1.3%

Semperit

€17.90

€18.35

+2.5%

Top Glove

MYR0.80

MYR0.78

-2.5%

Trelleborg

SEK457.40

SEK458.60

+0.3%

Exchange

Commodity

Delivery

Week to 11/9/26

Week to 18/9/26

% Change

Osaka

RSS3

Jan ‘27

 429.3 (JPY)

 429.3 (JPY)

0.0%

SHFE

SCR/RSS

Jan ‘27

19,340 (CNY)

18,750 (CNY)

-3.1%

INE

TSR

Jan ’27

16,340CNY)

15,845CNY)

-3.0%

SICOM

TSR20

Jan ‘27

239.8 (US$c)

235.0 (US$c)

-2.0%

SHFE

BR

Nov ‘26

15,505 (CNY)

14,690 (CNY)

-5.3%

Company

Period

Sales

YoY change

Earnings

YoY change

Pirelli UK Tyres Ltd

FY/25

£461m (€539m)

-4%

£21.2m¹

-1.9%

Ansell

fFY/26 30 June

€1.85bn

+6.8%

$321.9m² (adj)

+14%

Synthomer

H1/26

GBP954.3m

+6.7%

GBP96.7m³

+16.4%

Kumho Petrochemical

H1/26

KRW4,050bn (€2.56bn)

+10.0%

KRW398.4bn¹

+114.4%

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%

Reported

Company

Project

Location

Capex

Details

23 Sept

Pirelli

Expand US tire plant

Rome, Georgia

€1bn

To increase capacity to 6m car tires/yr by 2033

22 Sept

Tokai Carbon

Pilot plant for rCB  secondary processing

Japan

n/s

To start up by end of 2027

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.