Based on 2000 sales. Includes subsidiaries
(Figures in millions of dollars, translated at average annual
currency exchange rates)
2000 1999 1998
No. Company tire %of total tire %of total tire %of total
sales co. sales
sales co. sales
sales co. sales
1 Bridgestone Corp. # Tokyo, Japan
$*13,750.0 *74% $*13,500.0 74% $*12,634.8 *74%
2 Groupe Michelin#1, #1,5 Clermont-Ferrand, France
France *13,200.0 *93% 13,500.0 92% *12,916.3 *93%
3 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.# #2
Akron, Ohio *12,725.0 *85% 11,515.6 85% 1,311.0 85%
4 Continental A.G. #
Hanover, Germany
4,955.0 53% *4,900.0 *50% *4,334.0 *58%
5 Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd#2 #23
Kobe, Japan 2,783.0 71% 3,413.8 76% *3,750.0 *75%
6 Pirelli S.p.A. #
Milan,Italy *2,600.0 *38% 2,725.2 40% 3,005.8 49%
7 Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. ^
Tokyo, Japan 2,514.0 70% 2,408.2 70% 2,193.5 70%
8 Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
Findlay, Ohio 1,802.6 52% 1,557.1 71% 1,447.4 77%
9 Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. ^
Osaka, Japan 1,322.6 59% 1,254.7 60% 1,120.2 60%
10 Kumho Industrial Co. Ltd.Seoul,
South Korea 1,235.0 54% 1,195.0 59% 965.5 *91%
11 Hankook Tire Manufacturing Co. Ltd.Seoul,
South Korea 1,065.0 *92% 986.7 92% *905.0 *94%
N.R. Ohtsu Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. 3
Osaka, Japan *755.0 *81% 732.5 81% 616.1 83%
12 MRF Ltd.^
Chennai, India 505.6 98% 530.3 98% 537.7 98%
13 Cheng Shin Rubber Industry Co. Ltd.
Yuanlin, Taiwan 496.3 100% 442.7 100% 497.5 100%
14 Shandong Chengshan Tire Co. Ltd.
Chengshan,China 470.4 100% 362.3 100% 326.2 N.A.
15 Shanghai Tyre & Rubber Co. Ltd. 1
Shanghai, China 406.5 99% 437.0 99% 461.7 99%
16 Shandong Triangle Group Co. Ltd.
Shandong, China 403.0 100% 371.2 100% 330.9 100%
17 J.K. Industries Ltd. ^
New Delhi, India 362.0 93% 368.7 93% 357.7 91%
18 Apollo Tyres Ltd. ^
Kerala, India 318.3 100% 316.5 100% *281.0 100%
19 Trelleborg Industri A.B.
Trelleborg,Sweden *300.0 *20% *300.0 *11% *245.0 *25%
20 Ceat Tyres Ltd. ^
Mumbai, India 294.5 100% 342.3 100% *295.0 92%
21 Nokian Tyres Ltd. #
Nokia, Finland *269.0 *73% 240.2 70% 226.6 81%
22 P.T. Gajah Tunggal
Jakarta,Indonesia *260.0 47% 271.3 97% 199.0 99%
23 BRISA/Bridgestone-Sabanci TIre Mfg.
Istanbul, Turkey 240.3 100% 217.3 100% 273.3 100%
24 Titan International Inc.
Quincy, Illinois *200.0 *37% *235.0 *40% *265.0 *40%
25 Belshina
Bobruisk, Belarus N.A.-- 210.0 95% 228.0 93%
26 Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd. 4
Hangzhou, China 193.9 100% 161.5 100% N.A. --
27 Carlisle Companies Inc.Carlisle,
Pennsylvania *190.0 11% *145.0 9% *132.0 9%
28 Nexen Tire Corp.
Seoul, South Korea 182.5 100% 162.0 N.A. 147.0 98%
29 GTY Tire Co.Mount Vernon,
Illinois 180.0 100% 198.0 100% 188.0 100%
30 Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd.
Yuanlin, Taiwan *179.0 *95% 163.2 93% 146.6 95%
31 Vredestein N.V.Enschede,
The Netherlands *177.5 66% 204.5 75% 210.1 75%
32 Nizhnekamskshina Nizhnekamsk,
Russia 171.0 100% 225.8 100% 329.0 100%
33 Matador A.S.
Puchov, Slovakia 161.9 60% 160.8 80% 166.2 82%
34 Anhui Jia'an Tire Co. Ltd.
Anhui, China *160.0 100% *145.0 100% 65.6 100%
35 FATE S.A.I.C.I.San Fernando,
Argentina 157.3 97% 191.9 97% 232.4 97%
36 Yaroslavl Tire Co.
Yaroslavl, Russia *150.0 100% 102.6 100% *110.0 100%
37 Tofan Grup 5
Bucharest, Romania N.A. -- *150.0 *90% *180.0 *90%
38 DMIB Sdn. Bhd. ^Selangor,
Malaysia 147.8 91% 112.0 87% 110.3 89%
39 Modi Rubber Ltd. ^
Modipuram, India 139.3 100% 172.3 100% 219.1 100%
40 Qingdao Rubber Group Co. Ltd.
Qingdao, China *135.0 100% *153.0 100% 136.6 100%
41 Birla Tyres Ltd.
Orissa, India 130.7 100% *130.0 100% 142.8 100%
42 Inoue Rubber Co.
Ikeda, Japan N.A. -- *130.0 N.A. N.A. --
43 Guizhou Tyre Co. Ltd.
Guizhou, China *125.0 100% *121.0 100% 116.4 100%
44 Nankang Corp.
Taipei, Taiwan 124.8 99% 123.6 98% 119.2 99%
45 Dneproshina Dnepropetrovsk,
Ukraine N.A. -- 124.3 100% 215.8 100%
46 Hwa Fong Rubber Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Yuanlin, Taiwan 120.3 95% 125.2 95% *150.0 100%
47 Dunlop Africa Ltd.6 Durban,
South Africa *115.0 *80% *121.0 *80% 141.0 70%
48 Marangoni S.p.A.
Verona, Italy 111.5 50% 111.5 48% *128.4 *55%
49 Federal Corp.
Taipei, Taiwan 106.6 100% 102.6 99% 88.9 99%
50 Liaoning Tyres Group Co. Ltd.
Liaoning, China 103.5 100% *54.5 100% *92.5 100%
51 Omskshina
Omsk, Russia *100.0 100% 66.0 100% 84.0 100%
52 Cia. Hulera Tornel S.A. de C.V. Mexico City,
Mexico N.A. -- 94.5 100% 87.4 100%
53 Sime Tyres International Sdn. Bhd.
Kedah, Malaysia 94.3 100% 87.6 100% 87.8 100%
54 Alliance Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.
Hadera, Israel 91.1 100% 94.6 100% 114.0 100%
55t Dong Feng Tire Group Corp. Shiyan City/Hubei,
China *90.0 N.A. *151.0 N.A. *139.0 N.A.
55t Rosava Belaya Tserkov,
Ukraine *90.0 100% 80.5 100% 186.2 100%
57 Tigar Rubber Products Pirot,
Yugoslavia N.A. -- 88.0 85% 88.0 85%
58 Mitas A.S.Prague,
Czech Republic 84.4 *47% 62.1 78% 75.3 100%
59 Hualin Group Co. Ltd.
Hualin, China *80.0 100% *96.0 100% 139.1 100%
60 Yinchuan CSI (Greatwall) Rubber Co. Ltd. 4
Yinchuan, China 79.1 100% 87.9 100% 136.9 100%
61 Denman Tire Corp.
Leavittsburg, Ohio 75.0 100% 76.0 100% 70.0 100%
62 Co. Ecuatoriana del Caucho
Cuenca, Ecuador 74.5 100% 66.2 100% 71.7 95%
63 Jiangxi Tyres
Jiangxi, China N.A. -- *67.0 100% *58.0 100%
64 Govind Rubber Ltd.
Ludhiana, India 65.6 100% 61.0 100% 68.4 100%
65 Specialty Tires of America Inc. Indiana,
Pennsylvania *65.0 *80% *64.0 *80% *60.0 79%
66 Transport & Engineering Co.
Alexandria, Egypt N.A. -- *65.0 100% N.A. --
67 Henan Tire Plant
Jiao Zuo, China 63.8 N.A. *62.0 N.A. *64.0 N.A.
68 Double Happiness Tyre Industries Corp. Ltd. 4
Taiyuan, China 62.3 100% 59.0 100% N.A. --
69 Kerman Tire & Rubber
Tehran, Iran N.A. -- 58.0 100% 42.1 94%
70 Societe Tunisienne des Pneumatiques
Sousse, Tunisia 51.0 100% 56.6 100% 61.7 100%
71 Guangzhou (Pearl River) Rubber
Guangzhou, China *50.0 100% *63.0 100% 60.0 100%
72 Metro Tyres Ltd.
Ludhiana, India N.A. -- 49.8 90% 47.3 88%
73t Iran Tire Mfg. Co.
Saveh, Iran 45.0 100% N.A. -- N.A. --
73t Moscow Tyre Works
Moscow, Russia *45.0 100% *42.0 100% 65.8 100%
75 Beijing Tyre Factory
Beijing, China *40.0 100% *153.0 100% *125.0 100%
Subtotal (rounded) 68,100.0 67,800.0 65,600
Others7 *1,500.0 1,500.0 1,500
TOTAL 69,600.0 69,300.0 67,100.0
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# = non-tire revenue from company-owned retail operations
excluded
^ = fiscal year ends other than Dec. 31
N.R. = Not Ranked
RV = Revised
N.A. = Not Available
1. Michelin formed a 70/30 joint venture with Shanghai Tyre &
Rubber Co. Ltd., in June 2001, taking over Shanghai's Tsen Tai
plant
2. Goodyear and Sumitomo operate 75/25 joint ventures in North
America and western Europe, incorporating Sumitomo's Dunlop
tire activities in those regions; Goodyear's sales include
results of South Pacific Tyres in Australia/New Zealand
3. Starting with fiscal 2000, Ohtsu Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.'s
sales are incorporated with Sumitomo Rubber's
4. These companies are part of China Enterprises Ltd. (formerly
China Tire Holdings), but operate autonomously
5. Michelin acquired two of Tofan Grup's three factories, in
April 2001
6. Dunlop Africa "de-consolidated" Dunlop Zimbabwe in fiscal
2000; 1999 results revised to reflect the change
7. Others comprises the results of more than 75 companies; the
next largest are: Dong Feng Lion Tyre, Wuhan, China; Xiamen
Rubber Factory, Wuhan, China; Silverstone Tire & Rubber Co. Sdn.
Bhd. Ltd., Kamunting, Malaysia; Weida (Wuxi) Rubber Group Ltd.,
Wuxi, China; Voltyre, Vokzhsky, Russia; Kirov Tire Co., Kirov,
Russia; General Tire Morocco, Casablanca, Morocco; General Tyre
Pakistan, Karachi, Pakistan; Guilin Tire Co., Guilin, China;
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