Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers

Company

1-2 Oct

8-9 Oct

Change

Bridgestone Corp.

Yen3,842

Yen3,882

+1.0%

Goodyear

  $4.89

  $4.69

-4.1%

Hankook

KRW58,900

KRW62,100

+5.4%

Michelin

€33.75

€33.19

-1.7%

Nokian Tyres

€15.51

€14.30

-7.8%

Pirelli

€6.59

€6.58

-0.2%

Sumitomo Rubber (SRI)

Yen2,022

Yen2,008

-0.7%

Yokohama Rubber (YRC)

Yen7,150

Yen7,284

+1.9%

ZC Rubber

CNY43.96

CNY43.41

-1.3%

Company

1-2 Oct

8-9 Oct

Change

Avon Technologies

£18.38

£22.20

+20.8%

Cooper-Standard

$20.95

$21.86

+4.3%

Datwyler

CHF124.80

CHF128.00

+2.6%

Hexpol

SEK96.40

SEK95.35

-1.1%

Sanok Rubber

PLN20.00

PLN19.85

 -0.8%

Semperit

€19.25

€19.60

+1.8%

Top Glove

MYR0.74

MYR0.88

+18.9%

Trelleborg

SEK439.40

SEK446.40

+1.6%

Exchange

Commodity

Delivery

Week to 25/9/26

Week to 2/10/26

% Change

Osaka

RSS3

Jan ‘27

 448.3 (JPY)

 445.3 (JPY)

-0.7%

SHFE

SCR/RSS

Jan ‘27

19,425 (CNY)

19,710 (CNY)

+1.5%

INE

TSR

Jan ’27

16,630CNY)

16,920CNY)

+1.7%

SICOM

TSR20

Jan ‘27

250.2 (US$c)

256.4 (US$c)

+2.5%

SHFE

BR

Dec ‘26

15,125 (CNY)

15,730 (CNY)

+4.0%

 Reported

Company

Project / Deal

Location

Capex / Value

Details

8 Oct

Sentury

New tire plant

Turkey

$273m (€240m)

Capacity: 7m/yr  car and light truck radial tires

8 Oct

HS Hyosung

Advanced materials expansion

San Luis Potosi, Mexico

n/s

New prod’n hub to serve N America, global markets

6 Oct

Pyrum Innovations

Pyrolysis plant process 23ktpa of ELTs due to start up in ‘27

‘Billingsfors’, Sweden

n/s

€24m grant for partner GreenTech Recycling Tires

5 Oct

Huangpu Tire Technology

New aviation and speciality tire plant

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, China

Yuan1.2bn (€150m)

Design: 80k/yr eng tires, 15k aviation tires, 15k aviation retreads

2 Oct

Trelleborg

Acquired Producta Srl

Montelupone, Italy

n/s (Producta ‘25 sales ~€12m

Sealing, profiles for construction industry

1 Oct

Mutares

Completed acquisition Synthomer Czech acrylate monomers business

Sokolov, Czech Republic

n/s (Business €68m ‘25 sales, EBITDA minus €10m)

Produces acrylic acids & esters at site in Sokolov. ~300 employees

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

Company

Period

Sales

YoY change

Earnings

YoY change

Bekaert Rubber Reinforcement

H1/26

€899m

~0%

€107m³

-13.7%

Cabot Reinforcement

fQ3/26 (Q to 30/6)

$599m

+4.5%

$117m³

-20%

Denka - Elastomers & Infrastructure

fFY/25

(To 31/5/26)

Yen97.5bn (€528m)

-12.6%

Yen68m¹

Vs loss of Yen7.9bn

Kuraray Isoprene

H1/26

Yen45.9bn

+15%

Yen1.8bn¹

vs loss of Yen1.3bn

Orion

Carbon blacks

Q2/26

$316m (€274m)

+3%

$19.2m³ (adj)

-61%

Tokai Carbon 

Carbon Black

H1/26

Yen83.5bn

+10.5%

Yen14.35bn³

+9.7%

TSRC Corp.

Q1/26

NT$10.33bn (Taiwan)

~0%

NT$651m¹

+32%

Wacker Silicones

Q2/26

€757m

+6%

€123m³

+18%

Zeon Elastomers

fQ1/26 (to 30 June)

Yen58.2bn

~0%

Yen5.5bn¹

+31%