This report details how the tire industry will design and produce tires that are stronger and lighter through the use of new and evolving tire raw materials.
Key facts:
- A CAGR of 3.72% in tire raw materials volume is forecast to 2030 to meet changing tire requirements from OEMs and other industry influences
- Tire raw materials will grow in volume, from 57.2 million tonnes in 2025 to reach 67.4 million tonnes in 2030.
Major OEMs and regulators are demanding higher sustainability, performance, more SKUs, and new developments in tire raw materials. This Smithers study analyses the key trends in, and the evolution of, tire raw materials through 2030. The report examines requirements for raw materials from top tire companies over the next five years, as well as new raw materials for non-pneumatic tires.
This report details how the tire industry will design and produce tires that are stronger and lighter through the use of new and evolving tire raw materials. The report delves into the growth rates of tire raw materials including geographic trends and end uses for major material types. Case studies include new sustainable materials production, new tire designs, and industry collaboration to meet the stringent time frames that are required by OEMs and regulators. Prices for over 120 raw materials are also included.
Key Questions:
- How the drive for ever lower rolling resistance, industry sustainability and the move toward electric vehicles is supporting growth in tire raw materials
- Why the top tire producers are moving away from smaller tires to larger more profitable premium tires
- How ongoing disruptions and geopolitical tensions are impacting tire production and global supply chains.
This report is essential to:
- Tire makers and producers of tire materials
- Equipment suppliers to the tire industry
- Participants in the tire markets value chain
Table of Contents
Executive summary
Introduction and methodology
- Introduction
- Methodology
- Vocabulary
Tire industry drivers and dynamics
- Introduction
- Top drivers and trends for tire raw materials from 2025 to 2030
- Population and growing middle class
- Circular tire lifecycle management: a path to sustainability
- Regulations
- Tire-related pollutants (6PPD and TRWP)
- Technological advancements in automotive and tire design and manufacturing
- Lightweighting
- Advanced materials and tailored chemistry
- Digital twins in the tire industry
- Digital factory
- Tire producers
- Tire manufacturing
- 6 Cs in the industry: Colleagues, Competitors, Collaborators, Consumer, same Customers, and seat together in Court
Tire raw materials supply and consumption
- Introduction
- Raw materials
- Elastomers
- Natural rubber (NR)
- Synthetic rubber
- SBR
- Polybutadiene (BR)
- Butyl rubber (IIR/PIB/BR)
- Polyisoprene (IR)
- Process oils
- Textile cords
- Nylon (Ny)
- Polyester (PET)
- Rayon
- Aramid
- Steel
- Steel cord
- Bead steel wire
- Textile adhesion agents
- Steel adhesion agents
- Fillers
- Carbon black (CB)
- Conventional and highly dispersible silica (HDS)
- Silanes
- Antiozonants, antioxidants, and antidegradants
- Resins
- Curing package and zinc oxide
- Peptizers
- Processing aids and other chemicals
- Polyurethane foams
- RFID
Tire raw materials growth
- Introduction
- Tire production
- Tire raw materials
Tire manufacturing raw materials value and market
- Introduction
- General terms
- Complexity of challenges
- Raw materials road map
- Elastomers price and evolution
- Natural rubber
- Synthetic rubber
- Styrene-butadiene rubber
- Polybutadiene rubber (BR)
- Halo butyl
- Isoprene rubber
- Tire processing oils
- Fossil oils
- Soybean oil
- Rapeseed oil
- Textile cords
- Polyester
- Nylon
- Rayon
- Aramid
- Steel cord
- Bead steel wire
- Cord adhesion promoters for textiles and steel
- Carbon black
- Silica
- Conventional silica
- HDS
- Calcium carbonate
- Silanes
- Antioxidants and antiozonants
- Performance resins
- Curing agents
- Sulfur
- Accelerants
- Activators: zinc oxide and stearic acid
- Stearic acid
- Other curing agents
- Paraffin wax
- Fatty acids
- Tall oil fatty acid (TOFA)
- Zinc stearate
- Peptizer
- Polyurethane foam for tires
- Sealant
- RFID patch for tires
- Evolution of freight transportation
- Reliable RM prices and a reference to NR price
- Summary
Opportunities/challenges for tire companies and raw materials suppliers
- Introduction
- China as a tire technology/RM innovation leader
- Mixing matters: the rise of advanced techniques
- New HF TANDEM rotor "cohesive kneading" (TRC)
- Future progress in raw materials
- Conclusion