As the only component that directly contacts the ground, any damage to the tire can significantly affect vehicle performance, safety, and even fuel efficiency. Tires must provide proper traction, stability, and durability, even when not driving over rough terrain.

The tire identification number (TIN) printed on the side of the tire is an important public notice for tire companies. It can be regarded as the birth information of the tire - the factory where it was "born", the specifications and the date (which year and which week) are directly marked.

The notice of carbon black price increase is here again - Recently, Cabot, a well-known carbon black supplier, issued a price increase notice announcing that it will increase the sales price of all special carbon black products produced in China from March 10, 2025. What's more frightening is that the price increase this time is not small, 1,000 yuan per ton!

With the rise of Chinese tires, the order of the existing tire market has been broken. In recent years, consumers can clearly feel that in the field of passenger cars, Chinese tires are like riding on a rocket, and they have developed rapidly in terms of production capacity, market share, brand awareness and other aspects.

On February 27, 2025, Xiaomi SU7 Ultra was launched. We noticed that Xiaomi, the "new force in Chinese car manufacturing", also started a strong alliance with Sailun, the "new national trend of tire technology" - the PT01 track high-performance tire jointly developed by Xiaomi Auto and Sailun was launched on Xiaomi Youpin Mall at the same time.

There are two terms here: original tires and replacement tires. Original tires are tires that are directly supplied to car manufacturers after strict testing according to the car model requirements of the car manufacturer.

For long-distance travel, all-season tires are a good choice, and they are more adaptable than summer tires. Foreign institutions have evaluated 7 popular all-season tire products, including Michelin, Bridgestone, Goodyear and other big-name tires.

Chinese truck and bus tires are being targeted again. The latest anti-dumping investigation results of Egypt are out, and even Chinese truck tires in Thailand are not spared!

Recently, Jiangsu Top Tire announced that it plans to invest 10 million US dollars to establish two wholly-owned subsidiaries in Cambodia's Siem Reap Province to promote high-performance solid tire projects and supporting industrial real estate construction.

Trump, who has been in office for more than a month, has never lost to anyone in making trouble. In early February, Trump signed the tariff sanctions bill, firing the "first shot" of trade sanctions against China.

In 2012, Sailun Tire took the lead in starting construction of a factory in Vietnam, and China's tire export officially entered the 2.0 era; in 2025, China's well-known tire equipment company Soft Control started the construction of its Vietnam base, opening the way for China's tire equipment to go overseas.

Linglong Tire once again shocked the entire industry. Recently, the 2025 "AutoBild" summer tire test preliminary list, which has attracted much attention in the industry, was announced.

With the disclosure of annual reports, many tire companies pointed out that the decline in financial data was due to the decline in supporting tire business in the US market. However, according to data from the US Tire Manufacturers Association (USTMA), the supporting market in the United States does not seem to be very bad. According to USTMA, North American new car consumption increased in 2024.

As one of the world's largest tire production and consumption markets, the development of China's tire industry has always attracted much attention. But it is really hard to say what China's tire market is like now.

The US tire market will present a "two-faced situation" in 2024: domestic production capacity continues to shrink and import dependence reaches a new high.