Rubber & Tire Industry in Numbers

Company

29–30 Oct

5–6 Nov

Change

Bridgestone Corp.

JPY3,940

JPY4,256

+8.02%

Goodyear

$4.41

$4.55

+3.17%

Hankook

KRW56,800

KRW64,400

+13.38%

Michelin

€31.86

€33.44

+4.96%

Nokian Tyres

€13.63

€14.17

+3.96%

Pirelli

€6.60

€6.76

+2.42%

Sumitomo Rubber (SRI)

JPY1,941

JPY2,140

+10.25%

Yokohama Rubber (YRC)

JPY6,434

JPY7,251

+12.70%

ZC Rubber

CNY37.01

CNY40.43

+9.24%

Company

29–30 Oct

5–6 Nov

Change

Avon Technologies

£24.80

£25.05

+1.01%

Cooper-Standard

$21.17

$22.04

+4.11%

Datwyler

CHF131.00

CHF136.40

+4.12%

Hexpol

SEK93.65

SEK94.65

+1.07%

Sanok Rubber

PLN19.40

PLN19.45

+0.26%

Semperit

€17.05

€18.05

+5.87%

Top Glove

MYR0.99

MYR0.95

−4.04%

Trelleborg

SEK452.80

SEK464.40

+2.56%

Exchange

Commodity

Delivery

Week to 19/10/26

Week to 30/10/26

% Change

Osaka

RSS3

Jan ’27

442.0 (JPY)

433.1 (JPY)

−2.01%

SHFE

SCR/RSS

Jan ’27

19,615 (CNY)

19,180 (CNY)

−2.22%

INE

TSR

Jan ’27

16,690 (CNY)

16,280 (CNY)

−2.46%

SICOM

TSR20

Jan ’27

251.3 (US¢)

245.1 (US¢)

−2.47%

SHFE

BR

Dec ’26

15,715 (CNY)

16,760 (CNY)

+6.65%

Company

Period

Sales

YoY change

Earnings

YoY change

Goodyear

Q3

$4.54bn

-2.3%

$174 m¹

-39.4%

Kumho Tire

Q3

KRW1,237bn

+11.1% 

KRW130.5bn¹

+20.3%

Continental Group

Q3

€3.5bn

-10%

€514m² (adj)

+6.7%

Cabot Corp. 

(Reinforcement materials)

FY2026

$2.3bn

-1.7%

$379 m²

-25.4%

Nexen Tire

Q3

KRW814.8bn

+4.4%

 KRW18.1bn¹

-61.1

Linglong Tire

Q3

Yuan6.88bn

+8.4%

(loss) - Yuan37.4m¹

-119%

Zeon Corp. (Elastomers)

fQ2

Yen62.3bn

+14%

Yen5.2bn¹

+126%

Sailun Group

Q3

Yuan10.8bn

+8.6%

 Yuan552m¹

-46.9%

ZC Rubber

Q3

Yuan12.6bn

+6.6%

Yuan413.4m¹

-65.3%

Toyoda Gosei

fQ2

Yen535.6bn

+13.5%

 Yen38.2bn¹

+16% 

Nokian Tyres

Q3/26

€359m

+4.4%

€80m³

+22.2%

Nokian Tyres

Q1-3/26

€1,018.7m

+6.4%

€187m³

+38.5%

Hexpol AB

Q3/26

SEK5.3bn

+13%

SEK723m² (€64m)adj

+5.1%

Hexpol AB

Q1-3/26

SEK15.3bn

1.8%

SEK2.2bn² (adj)

-3.8%

Reka Rubber

Q3/26

€7.8m

+5.4%

€700k³

-22.2%

Reka Rubber

Q1-3/26

€25.2m

+5.9%

€2.6m³

-10.3%

BRISA

Q3/26

TRY13.47bn

-2%

TRY532m⁵

+41%

BRISA

Q1-3/26

TRY38.74bn

+2%

TRY807m⁵ (€14m)

vs loss of TRY1.2bn

Trelleborg Group

Q3/26

SEK9.2bn (€821m)

+8%

SEK1.78bn⁶

+16%

Trelleborg Group

Q1-3/26

SEK27bn

+4%

SEK5.1bn⁶

+8%

Michelin Group

Q1-3/26

€19,175m

-0.5%

n/s

n/s

Michelin Group

Q1/26

€6,488

+3.9%

n/s

n/s

Michelin tires

Q1-3/26

€18,026

-1.7%

n/s

n/s

Michelin PCS (non-tire)

Q1-3/26

€1,149m

+21.9%

n/s

n/s

ElringKlinger AG

Q1-3/26

(prelim)

€1,360m

+6.5%

€87.2m² (adj)

+32.3%

ElringKlinger AG

Q3/26

€451m

+14.2%

€29.2m² (adj)

+37.7%

Ceat Ltd

ERJ report

fQ2/26

INR47.62bn (€446m)

+26%

INR1.12bn

-39.8%

 Reported

Company

Project / Deal

Location

Capex / Value

Details

5 Nov

Bluestar Silicones

Expanding European HCR capacity

Lyon, France

N/A

Expansion through upgrades

4 Nov

General Science

Add 1.2m unit/yr PCR tire capacity

Sihanoukville, Cambodia

Yuan112.3 million (€15 million)

Secured shareholder approval

3 Nov

Sinopec

New 200ktpa SR plant

Tianjin, China

Yuna2.4bn (€340 million)

Advances equipment installation

2 Nov

General Science

New 6.8m unit/yr plant for PCR/TBR tires

Sokhna, Egypt

$295 million (€266 million) 

Secured shareholder approval

29 Oct

Shouguang Firemax Tyre

Add 12m unit/yr capacity for UHP car tires (currently 12m unita/yr)

Shouguang, China

Yuan1.57bn (€210m)

Secured environmental approval

29 Oct

Guizhou Tyre

New 6m units/yr car tire plant

Tangier, Morocco

$300m (€255m)

Started construction

27 Oct

Sentury Tire

New 7m unit/yr car tire plant

tba, Turkey

$273m (€240m)

Secured shareholder approval

27 Oct

UPM

New 220ktpa biorefinery: output includes fillers for rubber & tires

Leuna, Germany

€1.4bn

Official inauguration

27 Oct

Zeon Corp.

New R&D  and prototyping facility

Kanagawa, Jaoan

n/s

Started construction

21 Oct

CNPC

Nearing start-ups at olefins/elastomers complex

Nantong City, China

n/s

Includes 100ktpa polyolefin elastomers plant

20 Oct

Shandong Dongsheng Rubber Technology

Plan to expand motorcycle tire and reclaimed rubber ops

Fulaishan Ind. Park, Ju County, Shandong, China

n/s

Up tire capacity 10-fold to 20m units/yr: reclaimed rubber five-fold to 100ktpa

19 Oct

BKT

Carbon black expansion

Bhuj, India

INR8bn (€75m) overall

Capacity up 95ktpa to 360ktpa

14 Oct

SaarGummi

Opened new seals plant

Chennai, India

n/s

Will initially make ‘glass run channels’ using 4K extrusion technology