Recently, Yokohama announced plans to close its Prague plant in the Czech Republic in June 2025. After the factory is closed, the production capacity will be transferred to other factories within the group.

It's impossible! In fact, as more and more tire companies have production capacity exceeding 50 million, 100 million, and 200 million, the tire market is no longer big enough.

On January 18, 2025, data released by the General Administration of Customs of China showed that China's rubber tire exports reached 9.32 million tons in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 5.2%; the export value was 164.5 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 5.6%.

Michelin has announced the Primacy 5, a new tire for passenger cars and SUVs that brings substantial improvements in key performance areas.

Everyone knows that the four wheels of a car are equivalent to the two legs of a person, and they are the most important parts of the walking process. For those of us who deal with tires every day, do you really know the knowledge of tires?

Since then, a new chapter in the development of tires has been opened, and human travel has undergone earth-shaking changes since then.

Continental Tire Andina SA recently announced operational adjustments to its tire manufacturing plant in Cuenca, Ecuador.

China's first-tier tire companies are taking advantage of the opportunity of China's tires selling well around the world to strive to enter the world's first-tier! And today we will see which company has more strength to enter the "competitive city" of the world's first-tier.

Recently, the Shenyang Development and Reform Commission issued a review opinion on the Energy Saving Report of Michelin Shenyang Tire Co., Ltd.'s high-performance radial tire green intelligent manufacturing project.

Seeing the explosion of the number of tire factories, not only raw material suppliers such as Cabot can't sit still, Equipment factories also hope to seize the opportunity.

Recently, Wuchan Zhongda Chemical Group and Hainan Rubber Group signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Haikou. Wuchan Chemical expressed the hope that both parties will deepen development in "upstream and downstream" and "going global".

In the first two weeks of 2025, China's tire operating rate once again hit the boundary, and the operating rate of semi-steel tires close to 80% hit a five-year high.

As a long-term strategic partner of Geely Auto, Linglong Tire keeps pace with Geely's development. By continuously improving R&D capabilities, optimizing manufacturing standards

With the saturation of the Chinese tire market, the domestic market alone can no longer meet the needs of tire companies for development.

According to Hankook Tire's latest tire production capacity layout, by 2026, Hankook's production in the United States will double, reaching three times the average production of American tire factories.