Results season is upon us, and the tire makers are starting to report on the last 12 months, with some of their expectations for the coming months. So far (3 Feb), Trelleborg, Ceat, Hankook, and Apollo have reported their results for the period to 31 December 2022. Half a dozen of the bigger Chinese tire
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Understanding the world’s tire industry
Next month (March 2019), in Singapore will mark a step forward for the global tire industry. Three events are taking place at almost the same time in the week beginning 18 March. It’s called World Rubber Week First is the World Rubber Summit, organised by the International Rubber Study Group. Second is TyreExpo Asia, organised
NR price discovery systems have to change
HeveaConnect aims to change the pricing model of natural rubber through a new platform that is GPSNR-compliant
Tire industry in 2019
Tomorrow, we will publish the January issue of our global tire industry newsletter, and distribute it to subscribers. One of the key articles is our analysis of 2018 and our predictions for 2019. I’ve cut down that article significantly, and removed some of the detail, but please see below for a free preview of what our
How the NR business works
Natural rubber has been a big focus of our news and analysis recently. That’s unusual. Most articles I write about natural rubber get relatively little attention from the tire community. I think that might because tire executives are slowly losing touch with the natural rubber community. I’ve been fortunate to work with many of the
Global Tire Intelligence – September 2018
We have just published the September of our global tire industry newsletter, and distributed it to subscribers. Each subscriber has the right to distribute to unlimited direct employees worldwide, so if you are interested, feel free to contact us. If your employer receives it already, we can send out a free copy. We’ll need your corporate