Table of Content


  • Introduction
  • Pester analysis
  • Companies
    • Tyre companies
      • Apollo Tyres
      • Bridgestone Corporation
        • Customers and contracts
        • Infrastructure
      • Continental AG
      • Cooper Tire & Rubber Co
      • Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
        • Infrastructure
        • Merger and acquisition activity
        • Organisational structure
      • Hankook Tire Co., Ltd.
        • Customers and contracts
        • Infrastructure
        • Merger and acquisition activity
        • Products
      • Kumho Tire Co., Ltd.
        • Kumho's infrastructure
        • Organisational structure
        • Products
      • Michelin SCA
        • Infrastructure
      • Pirelli & C. S.p.A.
      • Sibur Russian Tyres
      • Sumitomo Corporation
        • Infrastructure
        • Products
      • Toyo Tire and Rubber Co, Ltd
        • Infrastructure
        • Merger and acquisition activity
        • Products
      • Yokohama Tire Corporation
        • Infrastructure
      • Others
        • Al-Amoudi Group
        • Cheng Shin Rubber
        • Giti Tire
        • Lanxess
        • Maxxis
        • Multistrada Arah Sarana
        • ND Rubber
        • Nexen Tire
        • Nokian Tyres
        • PT Gajah Tunggal
        • Sailun Tyre
        • Trelleborg AB
        • Triangle Tire
    • Wheel companies
      • Accuride Corporation
      • Alcoa, Inc
      • AMW
      • Borbet
      • Central Motor Wheel (CMW)
      • CiTiC Dicastal Wheel Manufacturing
      • Enkei
      • Magnetto
      • Maxion Wheels
      • Mefro
      • Otto Fuchs
      • Ronal AG
      • Steel Strips Wheels
      • Superior Industries International Inc.
      • Topy Industries Ltd.
      • Uniwheels
      • Wheels India
      • Others
  • Forecasts
    • Tyres
      • Tyre pressure monitoring systems
    • Wheels
      • Aluminium wheels
      • Regional markets
        • Australia
        • China
        • Europe
        • India
        • Iran
        • Japan
        • Korea
        • Mercosur
        • North America
        • Other Asia
        • Russia
        • South Africa
        • Thailand
        • Worldwide
      • Steel wheels
  • Markets
    • Markets - tyres
      • Emerging markets
      • Market shares
        • Asia
        • Europe
        • North America
      • Market trends
        • Korean Free Trade Agreement
        • Winter tyre regulations
    • Markets - wheels
      • Europe
      • Global overview
      • Japan
      • North America
      • Other markets
  • Technologies
    • Technologies - tyres
      • Commercial vehicle tyres
        • Commercial tyres from Toyo Tires
        • Continental rolls out its VancoEco tyre
        • Light truck tyres from Continental
        • Yokohama Rubber's inner liner for commercial vehicle tyres
      • Other innovations
      • Passenger car tyres
        • Bridgestone's airless tyre concept
        • Bridgestone's Large & Narrow concept tyre
        • Continental's 'quieter' tyres
        • 'Green' tyres
        • Michelin uses sunflower oil to make tyres
        • Michelin's Energy XM2 tyre
        • Yokohama lowers aerodynamic drag
        • Yokohama's material inner liner
      • Run-flat tyres
        • Bridgestone?s solution
        • Continental's solution
        • Goodyear's solution
      • Tyre labelling
      • Tyre pressure monitoring systems (TPMS)
        • Bendix's solution
        • Bridgestone's solutions
        • Continental's solution
        • Dana's solution
        • Nissan's solution
    • Technologies - wheels
      • Aluminium
        • Alcoa supplies lightweight wheels for the Ferrari 458 Italia
        • Alcoa?s Dura-Bright surface treatment
        • Alcoa's wide base aluminium wheels
        • Forged aluminium wheels can reduce carbon footprint of commercial vehicles
        • Forged wheels from Alcoa
        • Tomorrow's aluminium wheels
      • Other
        • Lightweighting
        • Thermoplastic wheel rims
        • Wheel development process
        • Wheel trims
      • Steel
        • Advantages of steel wheels
        • Light weight steel wheel under development
        • Tomorrow's steel wheels

List of tables

  • European OE market shares for steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-17, % of volume
  • Global (Triad) OE market shares of aluminium wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-18 (% of volume)
  • Global (Triad) OE market shares of steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-17 (% of volume)
  • European OE market shares for aluminium wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-18, % of volume
  • Alternative materials: potential weight saving versus cost
  • Asia-Pacific manufacturer market shares of OE tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • Chinese manufacturer market shares of OE tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2011-2018, % of volume
  • European manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • European manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • Global manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of market value
  • Korean manufacturer market shares of OE tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • Korean manufacturer market shares of replacement tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • Goodyear?s tyre-related facilities worldwide, 2016
  • Japan OE market shares of steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-17 (% of volume)
  • Japanese OE market shares of aluminium wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-18 (% of volume)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, (%)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Australia, 2011-2031, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Central Europe, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in China, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in India, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Iran, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Japan, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Korea, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Mercosur, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in North America, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Other Asia Pacific, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Russia, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in South Africa, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Thailand, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Western Europe, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles worldwide, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, (%)
  • Market volumes of aluminium wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, ('000s units)
  • Market volumes of steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, ('000s units)
  • Market volumes of TPMS fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, ('000s units)
  • Market volumes of tyres fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, ('000s units)
  • North American manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for commercial vehicles, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • North American manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • North American OE market shares of aluminium wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-18, % of volume
  • North American OE market shares of steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-17, % of volume
  • Pirelli tyre manufacturing plants worldwide, 2016
  • Tyre size trends over six generations of VW Golf



List of Tables


  • European OE market shares for steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-17, % of volume
  • Global (Triad) OE market shares of aluminium wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-18 (% of volume)
  • Global (Triad) OE market shares of steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-17 (% of volume)
  • European OE market shares for aluminium wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-18, % of volume
  • Alternative materials: potential weight saving versus cost
  • Asia-Pacific manufacturer market shares of OE tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • Chinese manufacturer market shares of OE tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2011-2018, % of volume
  • European manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for medium- and heavy-duty trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • European manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • Global manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of market value
  • Korean manufacturer market shares of OE tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • Korean manufacturer market shares of replacement tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • Goodyear?s tyre-related facilities worldwide, 2016
  • Japan OE market shares of steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-17 (% of volume)
  • Japanese OE market shares of aluminium wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-18 (% of volume)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, (%)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Australia, 2011-2031, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Central Europe, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in China, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in India, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Iran, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Japan, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Korea, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Mercosur, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in North America, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Other Asia Pacific, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Russia, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in South Africa, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Thailand, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles in Western Europe, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of aluminium/steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles worldwide, 2014-2034, (% share)
  • Market fitment/penetration rates of steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, (%)
  • Market volumes of aluminium wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, ('000s units)
  • Market volumes of steel wheels fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, ('000s units)
  • Market volumes of TPMS fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, ('000s units)
  • Market volumes of tyres fitted to newly-assembled light vehicles, 2014-2034, ('000s units)
  • North American manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for commercial vehicles, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • North American manufacturer market shares of OE and replacement tyres for passenger cars and light trucks, 2010-2018, % of volume
  • North American OE market shares of aluminium wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-18, % of volume
  • North American OE market shares of steel wheels for passenger cars and light trucks, 2015-17, % of volume
  • Pirelli tyre manufacturing plants worldwide, 2016
  • Tyre size trends over six generations of VW Golf