Today (31 October), we will publish the November 2024 edition of our global tire industry newsletter, and distribute it to subscribers. In yet another bumper-sized issue, we bring you unique insights into: Q3 results – industry analysis Q3 results show tire buyers are down-trading Q3 – Company by company Cordiant changes hands S8 sells Cordiant to
Today (30 September), we published the October 2024 edition of our global tire industry newsletter, and distributed it to subscribers. In yet another bumper-sized issue, we bring you unique insights into: Nokian opens in Romania Nokian Tyres opens plant in Romania Linglong opens in Serbia Linglong Serbia factory starts production Linglong holds Global Partner Conference Linglong
Crystal balls have been cloudy for some time, but now they have gone completely opaque. Nothing in the tire industry is certain any more, except that performance requirements will increase, while resources to deliver that performance will continue to fall. Our analysis shows that the tire industry has started on a fundamental transition which is
Today (30 August), we published the September 2024 edition of our global tire industry newsletter, and distributed it to subscribers. In yet another bumper-sized issue, we bring you unique insights into: First-half results analysis Two views on global tire markets USTMA predicts record tire shipments in 2024 BKT returns as the most profitable tire maker Bridgestone
Today (31 July), we published the August 2024 edition of our global tire industry newsletter, and distributed it to subscribers. In yet another bumper-sized issue, we bring you unique insights into: Yokohama buys Goodyear Yokohama adds Goodyear off-road tire business Worn tires to deliver wet grip Tires must perform when worn but not yet in EU
Today (29 June), we published the July 2024 edition of our global tire industry newsletter, and distributed it to subscribers. In yet another bumper-sized issue, we bring you unique insights into: The Tire Cologne Review The Tire Cologne marks a major transition ZC boss confirms overseas and expansion plans Linglong makes connections around the world Virtual
By David Shaw The Tire Cologne took place last week (4-6 June), in the German city of Cologne. It showed the progress of tire makers based in China. The biggest story, however, was the very widespread (but false) rumour coming out of China that the European Commission is on the point of announcing an investigation
Today (31 May), we published the June 2024 edition of our global tire industry newsletter, and distributed it to subscribers. In yet another bumper-sized issue, we bring you unique insights into: Virtual tire development Virtual tire development gets more realistic Gaining the trust of the drivers Getting started on simulations Giti starts down the simulation road
Today (30 April), we published the May 2024 edition of our global tire industry newsletter, and distributed it to subscribers. In yet another bumper-sized issue, we bring you unique insights into: EUDR needs a lot of work EUDR needs urgent improvement if it is to work What can people do? Our view 2023 rankings – updated
China’s economy has been in the doldrums for the last couple of years, since the government ended Covid restrictions. That has had a substantial negative effect on China’s domestic tire industry. Nevertheless, there are some signs of recovery in the tire industry and also in the wider economy. We tend to think of the tire
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