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MARKET DATA BOOK Tire shipments North American tire market prole by U.S. region* New England East South Central U.S. replacement passenger tire Manufacturers’ shipments of U.S. Connecticut, Alabama Passenger 6% Maine Passenger 4% Kentucky * Massachusetts Mississippi Light Truck 7% shipments from manufacturers replacement light truck tires Tennessee New Hampshire Light Truck 3% Rhode Island West North Central Local Vermont Iowa Local 1 dealerships1 14% dealerships 21% Kansas Middle Atlantic Minnesota Passenger 7% 12% Pennsylvania Passenger 10% Missouri Regional 18% New Jersey Regional 6% 2 Nebraska Light Truck 8% dealerships2 dealerships New York Light Truck 7% North Dakota South Dakota 3% South Atlantic West Virginia West South Central National National 3% Delaware Arkansas 3 Passenger 13% dealerships3 13% dealerships Maryland Passenger 24% Louisiana Washington D.C. 18% Virginia Light Truck 17% Oklahoma Light Truck 40% 42% North Carolina Texas Tire makers’ 13% South Carolina Tire makers’ Mountain outlets5 Georgia outlets5 Florida Arizona 14% Colorado 6 East North Central Idaho Passenger 5% Others Montana Others6 Illinois General General Indiana Passenger 16% Nevada Light Truck 8% Michigan New Mexico merchandise merchandise Utah 4 4 Ohio Light Truck 13% distributors distributors Wisconsin Wyoming 1 Independents with fewer than 10 outlets Local dealerships: 4 Mass merchandisers, Pacic in a single regional distribution area. General merchandise distributors: Alaska wholesale clubs, etc. Passenger 15% 2Regional dealerships: Independents with 10 to 40 outlets in California 5Tire makers’ outlets: Those operated by the manufacturers Hawaii Light Truck 18% at least two regions. Oregon 3 Independents with more than 40 using various names and store formats. Washington National dealerships: 6 outlets in three or more regions. Others: Service stations, garages, car dealerships, etc. *Percentage may not add to 100% due to rounding. Source: Rubber Manufacturers Association’s preliminary 2016 data Source: Rubber Manufacturers Association’s preliminary 2016 data *Percentages may not add to 100% due to rounding. TIRE BUSINESS graphics by Scott Merryweather Top North American retailers U.S. replacement market brand shares (2015 retail sales of tires & related automotive services) (Tire Business estimates) Company/Chain Sales No. of outlets 60 ($ millions) (year-end 2016) 56% Discount Tire / America’s Tire1 $4,560 924 51% Bridgestone Americas2 $4,500 * 2,185 50 TBC Corp. / Tire Kingdom3 $3,000 * 774 Wal-Mart Stores Inc. $2,850 * 3,300 + Pep Boys4 $2,100 * 801 40 Les Schwab Tire Centers $1,420 407 Midas International5 $1,100 1,262 Sears Holdings Corp. $1,100 * 635 30 Monro Muffler Brake Inc.6 $944 1,027 23% 24% Quick Lane Tire & Auto Centers7 $850 * 800 + 8 20 Big O Tires network $800 * 387 14% Costco Wholesale Corp.9 $765 * 498 12% 11% Goodyear10,12 $600 * 584 10 9% Canadian Tire Corp.# $600 499 4 Wheel Parts $560 75 Kal Tire# $326 203 0 Point S Tire & Auto Service11 $300 * 350 Passenger tire market 2016 Light truck tire market Belle Tire Distributors $291 97 Associate (house) brands Private brands Import brands* Manufacturers’ ag brands† Fountain Tire Corp.12,# $233 161 Based on data from Rubber Manufacturers Association; U.S. Dept. of Commerce; etc. Best One Tire & Service $175 115 † *Flag brands of offshore firms with no U.S. manufacturing presence. Companies with U.S. manufacturing base. TIRE BUSINESS graphics by Scott Merryweather Dunlap & Kyle Co. Inc. $145 58 Sullivan Tire Co. $139 69 Rent-a-Wheel / Rent-A-Tire $123 136 Vehicle mileage/costs A.T.V. Inc. / American Tire Depot $120 * 87 Miles of travel - 2015* Kauffman Tire Inc. $110 * 58 U.S. total 3.1 trillion Dobbs Tire & Auto Centers $110 * 40 Car ownership costs per mile1 Car maintenance costs per mile1 Tire costs per mile1 VIP Tires & Service $100 * 56 (based on 15,000 miles per year) (based on 15,000 miles per year) (passenger cars-15,000 miles per year) RNR Tire Express & Custom Wheels13 $88 86 2016 57.0 cents 2016 5.3 cents 2016 1.0 cent * estimated; # sales translated from Canadian $ 2015 58.0 cents 2015 5.1 cents 2015 1.0 cent 1 – Discount Tire’s sales include revenue from Discounttire.com 2 – Estimated sales for Firestone Complete Car Care, Tires Plus and Wheel Works. Bridgestone also 2014 59.2 cents 2014 5.1 cents 2014 1.0 cent operates 200+ GCR and TDS stores in the U.S. and 39 GCR stores in Canada that primarily are 2013 60.8 cents 2013 5.0 cents 2013 1.0 cent commercial, but which also do a measurable amount of retail/consumer business. 3 – TBC also franchises 380+ Big O Tires outlets in the U.S. and 35 in Canada 2012 59.6 cents 2012 4.2 cents 2012 0.7 cent 4 – Represents ‘service center’ revenue, which includes tire and automotive service; excludes $1 2011 58.5 cents 2011 4.4 cents 2011 1.0 cent billion-plus in ‘retail’ sales of automotive parts to do-it-yourself customers 5 – Estimated collective sales figure for Midas’ franchised locations in the U.S. and Canada 2010 56.6 cents 2010 4.5 cents 2010 0.8 cent 6 – Total corporate sales; tires represent approximately 44% and auto maintenance 28% 2005 56.1 cents 2005 5.3 cents 2005 0.6 cent 7 – Estimated collective sales figure for Quick Lane network in the U.S. and Canada; stores are independently owned by Ford/Lincoln dealers 2000 49.1 cents 2000 3.6 cents 2000 1.7 cents 8 – Estimated collective sales figure for Big O Tires’ franchised locations in the U.S. and Canada 9 – No. of Costco outlets with tire service; includes Puerto Rico 1995 41.2 cents 1995 2.6 cents 1995 1.2 cents 10 – Estimated sales for Goodyear’s U.S. retail network (including Just Tires) 1990 33.0 cents 1990 2.1 cents 1990 0.9 cent 11 – Estimated collective retail sales figure for Point S group members in the U.S. and Canada 12 – Goodyear is 49% owner of Fountain Tire 13 – Franchise group; RNR owns 10 stores, the rest are franchised 1 * U.S. Department of Transportation American Automobile Association TIRE BUSINESS graphics by Scott Merryweather 10 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE MARKET FACTS MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE MARKET FACTS N. American market leaders Original equipment passenger-LT tire market Michelin/Goodrich ......    Pirelli ......    North American Shares Goodyear/Dunlop......   Bridgestone/Firestone ......  Goodyear/Dunlop ...... 28.5% Bridgestone/Firestone ......  Goodyear/Dunlop......  The 10 largest tire manufacturers collectively accounted for Michelin/Goodrich ...... 25.0% Cooper ......  Michelin/Goodrich ......  Bridgestone/Firestone ...... 17.5% an estimated 82.7 percent of the $45 billion tire sales in Hankook ......  Nissan North America Inc. Continental/General ...... 14.5% Pirelli ......  North America in 2016. Hankook ...... 4.0% Continental/General ......    Pirelli ...... 3.5% Toyo ......  Michelin/Goodrich ......    Kumho ...... 2.5% General Motors Co Goodyear/Dunlop......   Toyo ...... 1.5% Bridgestone/Firestone ......    Bridgestone/Firestone ......  Goodyear Falken ...... 1.0% Goodyear/Dunlop......    Toyo ......  % Michelin Nexen...... 1.0% 14.1 Michelin/Goodrich ......   Subaru of America 20.4% Yokohama ...... 1.0% Continental/General ......  Cooper ...... <1.0% Bridgestone/Firestone ......    Hankook ......  Continental/General ......    Pirelli ......  Goodyear/Dunlop......  Bridgestone BMW of North America Honda North America Inc    Toyota Motor Manufacturing Pirelli ...... Goodyear/Dunlop......      Bridgestone/Firestone ......    Americas Others Continental/General ...... Michelin/Goodrich ......    %   Michelin/Goodrich ......    21.1 % Bridgestone/Firestone ...... Bridgestone/Firestone ......   17.3   Goodyear/Dunlop......   Goodyear/Dunlop...... Continental/General ......  Michelin/Goodrich ......  Continental/General ......  Hankook ......  Toyo ......  Fiat-Chrysler Yokohama ......  Yokohama ......     Goodyear/Dunlop...... Hyundai-Kia Automotive   Volkswagen of America Bridgestone/Firestone ...... Hankook ......      Continental/General ......    Michelin/Goodrich ...... Kumho......    Continental  Others ......    Pirelli Continental/General ...... Continental/General ......   %  Tire 6.6 % Falken ...... Nexen ......   2.3 Hankook ......  Estimates are based on calendar year 2016 Cooper Sumitomo Kumho......  Mazda (North America) Inc. production of 18.1 million cars, SUVs and % Nexen ......  Others ......    light trucks in North America 5.7 % Michelin/Goodrich ......  Hankook Yokohama 2.7 Pirelli ......  = >25% share Toyo Yokohama ......  ...... % % % = 10-25% 3.6 3.1 2.9 . Ford Motor Co. Mercedes-Benz of North America = >10% Source: Tire Business: company financial reports Continental/General ......    Continental/General ......   

TIRE BUSINESS graphic by Scott Merryweather Replacement market shares — U.S & Canada 1 North American tire sales Passenger tires Passenger tires Highway truck tires (in millions of dollars) Goodyear ...... 11.5% Others2 ...... 13.0% Michelin ...... 16.5% ® 2015 2016* Michelin ...... 9.5% Light truck tires Bridgestone ...... 16.5% Bridgestone ...... 7.5% Goodyear ...... 12.0% Bridgestone Americas Inc. 10,500 9,500 Goodyear ...... 10.5% Firestone ...... 6.5% Yokohama ...... 7.0% Michelin North America Inc. 9,500 9,200 BFGoodrich ...... 9.0% BFGoodrich ...... 5.5% Firestone ...... 6.5% Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 7, 050 6,350 Michelin ...... 8.0% Cooper ...... 5.0% Continental ...... 5.0% Continental Tire the Americas 2,850 3,000 Bridgestone ...... 7.0% Hankook/Aurora ...... 4.5% Firestone ...... 7.0% Double Coin/Dynatrac ...... 4.5% Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. 2,625 2,550 Continental ...... 4.0% Cooper ...... 6.5% Hankook ...... 3.5% Hankook Tire America Corp. 1,500 1,650 Falken ...... 3.5% General ...... 4.5% General ...... 2.5% Toyo Tire (USA) Corp.2 1,500 1,400 Yokohama ...... 3.5% Hankook ...... 4.5% Hercules ...... 2.5% General ...... 3.0% Roadmaster ...... 2.5% Yo kohama Tire Corp. 1,250 1,300 Toyo ...... 4.5% GT Radial/Primewell ...... 3.0% Yokohama ...... 4.0% Toyo ...... 2.0% Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.3 1,200 1,200 Pirelli ...... 3.0% GT Radial/Primewell ...... 2.5% BFGoodrich ...... 1.5% Pirelli Tire North America 1,050 1,050 Toyo ...... 3.0% Pirelli ...... 2.5% Sumitomo ...... 1.5% Kumho Tire USA 650 575 Nexen...... 2.5% Continental ...... 2.0% Dayton ...... 1.0% Kumho/Marshal ...... 2.0% Hercules ...... 2.0% Dunlop ...... 1.0% Giti Tire 600 500 graphic by Scott Merryweather Sumitomo ...... 2.0% Kumho ...... 2.0% Kelly1 ...... 1.0% Titan Wheel International Inc. 650 485 Uniroyal ...... 1.5% Nexen...... 2.0% Kumho ...... 1.0% Nexen Tire Corp. 400 435 2 USINES S Dayton / Fuzion ...... 1.0% Dunlop ...... 1.5% Others ...... 12.0% B Others 5,580 5,800 Dunlop ...... 1.0% Falken ...... 1.5% Share estimates based on 226 million pas- IRE

TOTAL (rounded) 46,800 45,000 T Hercules ...... 1.0% Mastercraft ...... 1.5% senger tires, 35 million light truck tires and Kelly1 ...... 1.0% Uniroyal ...... 1.5% 20 million truck/bus tires shipped in the U.S. * = estimated; based on preliminary sales data ® = revised from previous charts 1 and Canada in 2016. 1 - Tire manufacturers’ sales; excludes vehicle service revenue from ‘captive’ retail operations Mastercraft ...... 1.0% Kelly ...... 1.0% 1 - May include associate brands 2 - Includes Nitto Tire Nitto ...... 1.0% Others2 ...... 14.5% 2 - ‘Others’ represents private and import 3 - Comprises revenue estimates for Sumitomo Tire and Falken Tire Corp. brands

Replacement passenger tires* U.S. tire shipments (in millions) 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 20161 100 M&S DESIGNS 90 Passenger: 80 Shipments of winter/traction tires to Replacement 200.6 194.4 190.9 199.3 206.5 206.1 208.6 70 the U.S. replacement market fell to Imports2 120.4 120.5 126.0 143.7 148.9 149.5 146.0 60 3.4 percent of the market in 2016 OE 33.2 35.7 40.0 43.6 47.8 49.7 49.3 50 from 3.6 percent in 2015. 40 Light Truck: 30 Replacement 28.5 28.6 28.1 28.0 28.7 29.1 31.9 20 Imports 20.6 20.6 21.0 24.7 25.9 24.3 27.8 10 OE 3.7 4.2 4.2 4.4 4.6 4.4 4.9 0 72.3% 24.3% 3.4% Medium Truck/Bus: All-season tires Rib and Others Snow tires Replacement 15.8 16.5 15.8 15.7 17.4 17.9 18.6 Imports 8.8 10.3 10.5 10.2 13.2 14.4 13.6 01020304050 60 OE 3.3 4.9 5.1 4.8 5.7 6.2 5.0 Other speed-rated tires 39.1% Canadian tire shipments (in millions) 19.8% Non-speed-rated replacements 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 20161 H-rated 21.3% Passenger: SPEED RATINGS Replacement 16.1 15.9 5.6 15.7 18.1 18.1 N.A. 11.6% V-rated Passenger tires carrying designated speed Light Truck: 8.2% Z-rated ratings accounted for an estimated 80.2 percent Replacement 2.7 2.9 2.8 2.8 3.3 3.2 N.A. of U.S. replacement shipments in 2016 and Medium Truck/Bus: 90.8 percent of original equipment shipments. Replacement 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.6 1.7 1.9 N.A. *Replacement figures are based on RMA member data only and should be used only for establishing trends. 1 – Based on preliminary year-end data; subject to revision 2 – Imports are included in the replacement shipment numbers Source: Rubber Manufacturers Association preliminary 2017 data Sources: Rubber Manufacturers Association; Rubber Association of Canada; U.S. Department of Commerce TIRE BUSINESS graphic by Scott Merryweather Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE BUSINESS, February 13, 2017 • 11 TIRE MARKET FACTS MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE MARKET FACTS

New England Upper Midwest Southeast Central Southwest Central Northwest Central 1,522 tire stores 11.9 million vehicles 6,197 tire stores 39.7 million vehicles 2,984 tire stores 15.5 million cars 4,622 tire stores 26.0 million vehicles 3,872 tire stores 21.0 million vehicles Monro Muer Brake1 143 Firestone stores1 307 Firestone stores1 125 Firestone stores1 318 Firestone stores1 143 Town Fair 94 Monro Mufer Brake2 218 Tire Pros 66 Discount Tire 253 Quick Lane 82 Sullivan Tire 68 Sears 140 Sears 56 TBC Retail2 105 Discount Tire 51 Firestone stores2 61 Discount Tire 138 Goodyear 51 Tire Pros 92 Tire Pros 51 V.I.P. Discount 56 Quick Lane 117 Gateway 44 Quick Lane 81 Sears 44 Sears 45 Car-X Tire 98 Quick Lane 42 Sears 78 Plaza Tire 42 Quick Lane 35 Belle Tire 97 Tire Discounters 40 Pep Boys 62 TBC Retail2 40 B1 Advantage 32 Goodyear 95 Monro Muer Brake2 36 Goodyear 59 Car-X Tire 36 Goodyear stores 22 Best One Tire 92 TBC Retail3 34 Rent-A-Wheel/ Dobbs Tire 33 Pep Boys 20 TBC Retail3 92 Big O Tires 24 Rent-a-Tire 55 Nebraskaland/ 1 - dba:Firestone Complete Car Care, Tires Plus, Expert Tire 1 - dba:Firestone Complete Car Care, Tires Plus, Expert Tire Costco 25 Kansasland 31 2 - dba: Monro, Mr. Tire, AutoTIre, Tire Barn 2 - dba: Ken Towery’s; Tire Barn 1 - dba:Firestone Complete Car Care, Tires Plus, Expert Tire 1 - dba:Firestone Complete Car Care, Tires Plus, Expert Tire 3 - dba: Merchant's, NTB 3 - dba: NTB 1 - dba: Merchant's, NTB 2 - dba: NTB TIRE BUSINESS/Scott Merryweather TIRE BUSINESS/Scott Merryweather TIRE BUSINESS/Scott Merryweather TIRE BUSINESS/Scott Merryweather TIRE BUSINESS/Scott Merryweather

South Atlantic 4,310 tire stores 25.4 million cars Monro Mufer Brake1 237 Firestone stores2 208 TBC Retail1 203 Goodyear 100 Tire Pros 100 Sears 75 Quick Lane 74 Pep Boys 67 Discount Tire 42 Black’s Tire 39 1- dba: Monro, Mr. Tire, TreadQuarters 2 - dba:Firestone Complete Car Care, Tires Plus, Expert Tire 3 - dba: Merchant's, NTB TIRE BUSINESS/Scott Merryweather Middle Atlantic 3,693 tire stores 28.2 million vehicles Mavis Discount 340 Monro Mufer Brake1 330 Firestone stores2 158 Pep Boys 146 Sears 98 Goodyear 92 Quick Lane 77 Scott Merryweather Costco 43 / Dunn Tire 31 USINESS B Tire Pros 28 IRE

1- dba: Monro, Mr. Tire, TreadQuarters T 2 - dba:Firestone Complete Car Care, Tires Plus, Expert Tire Safety and performance come together with comfort and luxury in the all-new Nokian Tyres zLINE A/S, a performance all-season tire designed for spirited driving throughout the Southeast year. Precise handling capabilities and advances in 5,042 tire stores 27.7 million vehicles technology ensure the zLINE A/S will get drivers where they want to go, as quickly as they want to get there. Firestone stores1 415 TBC Retail2 240 Pep Boys 195 Goodyear 142 Monro Mu er Brake3 99 Quick Lane 97 Sears 87 Tire Pros 76 Kauffman Tire 59 Discount Tire 56 1 - dba:Firestone Complete Car Care, Tires Plus, Expert Tire 2 - dba Tire Kingdom, NTB 3 - dba: Mr. Tire, Tire Choice TIRE BUSINESS/Scott Merryweather

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Interested in 2017 Market Data Book Information? Check out the Tire Business Data Store at www.tirebusiness.com 12 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com Vehicles per tire outlet (Passenger, bus and truck vehicles) Daily tire production by State Tire Vehicles Vehicles State Tire Vehicles Vehicles outlets (000) per outlet outlets (000) per outlet states/provinces Alabama 940 5,400 5,745 Montana 215 1,645 7,652 Alaska 77 815 10,586 Nebraska 324 1,981 6,115 Arizona 667 5,631 8,442 Nevada 260 2,316 8,908 11. Indiana Arkansas 515 2,772 5,383 New Hampshire 209 1,296 6,202 26,000 16. California 3,794 29,424 7,755 New Jersey 783 5,939 7,584 13. Ontario Quebec Colorado 672 5,005 7,448 New Mexico 281 1,823 6,489 20,000 16,500 Connecticut 343 2,842 8,285 New Yo rk 1,376 10,639 7,732 Delaware 118 964 8,172 North Carolina 1,592 7,929 4,981 4. Illinois District of Columbia 12 323 26,911 North Dakota 166 891 5,366 15. Nova 57,150 Florida 2,550 16,105 6,316 Ohio 1,778 10,557 5,938 Scotia Georgia 1,541 8,138 5,281 Oklahoma 575 2,989 5,197 14. Iowa 17,000 Hawaii 81 1,242 15,337 Oregon 396 3,607 9,110 17,850 Idaho 200 1,854 9,270 Pennsylvania 1,538 10,599 6,891 17. New York 15,000 Illinois 1,352 10,595 7,837 Rhode Island 85 875 10,295 5. Tennessee Indiana 848 6,045 7, 129 South Carolina 750 4,163 5,550 51,050 Iowa 616 3,637 5,904 South Dakota 166 1,082 6,520 12. Ohio Kansas 591 2,635 4,458 Tennessee 1,000 5,612 5,612 22,200 2. Oklahoma weather Kentucky 634 4,152 6,549 Texas 3,412 21,865 6,408 88,000 er ry Louisiana 689 3,901 5,662 Utah 394 2,229 5,658 10. Virginia 30,000 Maine 213 1,104 5,183 Vermont 100 655 6,553 Scot tM

9. Arkansas by Maryland 555 4,135 7,451 Virginia 1,034 7,239 7,001 3. North Massachusetts 561 5,070 9,037 Washington 652 6,725 10,315 31,000

Carolina graphic Michigan 1,198 8,294 6,923 West Virginia 247 1,613 6,532 75,000 Minnesota 888 5,281 5,947 Wisconsin 937 5,467 5,834 1. South

Mississippi 510 2,069 4,057 Wyoming 113 815 7,212 USINES S

7. Mississippi 6. Alabama 8. Georgia Carolina B Missouri 1,080 5,624 5,207 TOTAL 39,628 260,608 Avg. 7,410

45,000 46,800 38,285 107,000 IR E T Source: InfoUSA 2016 data; Federal Highway Administration 2015 data TIRE BUSINESS/Scott Merryweather Source: TIre Business estimates.

Company/ Year DOT Employees Tire Estimated Plant location opened codes (u=unionized) types capacity North American Texarkana, Ark. 1964 UT,1UT 1,706 1,2 (r) 31,000 u/d Tupelo, Miss. 1984 U9,1U9 1,426 1 (r) 42,000 u/d tire production Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Akron, Ohio 1983 MB,1MB 375 9 (r) 2,000 u/d Danville, Va. 1966 MC,1MC 2,300 3,8 (r,b) 10,000 u/d facilities Fayetteville, N.C. 1969 PJ,1PJ 2,900 1,2 (r) 40,000 u/d Gadsden, Ala. 1929 MD,1MD 1,600 1,2 (r) 25,000 u/d Company/ Year DOT Employees Tire Estimated Lawton, Okla. 1978 M6,1M6 2,800 1,2 (r) 65,000 u/d Plant location opened codes (u=unionized) types capacity Topeka, Kan. 1944 MJ,1MJ 1,600 2,3,6 (r,b) 7,000 u/d Canada Hankook Tire Manufacturing Tennessee L.P. (Hankook Tire Co. Ltd.) Clarksville, Tenn. 2016 00T 1,200 1,2 (r) 5.5 mil. u/y Bridgestone Canada Inc. (Bridgestone Americas Inc.) Joliette, Quebec 1965 VN,1VN,XY,1XY,9B,19B 1,200 1,2 (r) 16,500 u/d Hoosier Racing Tire Corp. Plymouth, Ind. 1979 J7,1J7 300 9 (r,b) — Goodyear Canada Inc. (Goodyear) Medicine Hat, Alberta 1960 PC,1PC 300 1 (r,b) 13,000 u/d Kumho Tire Georgia Inc. (Kumho Tire Co. Inc.) Napanee, Ontario 1990 4B,14B 800 1 (r) 20,000 u/d Macon, Ga. 2016 000 360 1,2 (r) 4 mil. u/y Michelin North America (Canada) Inc. (Group Michelin) Michelin North America Inc. (Group Michelin) Bridgewater, Nova Scotia 1973 B3,1BD 1,111 1,2 (r) 61,200 t/y Ardmore, Okla. 1969 AP,1AP 1,887 1,2 (r) 23,000 u/d Granton-Pictou, Nova Scotia 1971 HN,1HN 764 1,2 (r) 25,400 t/y Dothan, Ala. 1979 B7,1B7 537 2 (r) 6,800 u/d Waterville, Nova Scotia 1982 M5,1M5 1,272 3 (r) 117,300 t /y Fort Wayne, Ind. 1961 BF,1BF 1,629 1,2 (r) 21,000 u/d Greenville, S.C. 1975 M3,13M,4M,14M 1,020 1,2 (r) 27,000 u/d Mexico Lexington, S.C. 1981 B9,1B9 2,179 1,2,6 (r) 273,100 t/y Bridgestone de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Bridgestone Americas Inc.) Norwood, N.C. 1987 — 439 8 (b) 7,000 t/y Cuernavaca 1980 V6,1V6 848 1,2 (r) 18,500 u/d Spartanburg, S.C. 1978 B6,1B6 1,079 3 (r) 7,000 u/d Bridgestone Neumaticos de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. (Bridgestone Americas Inc.) Starr, S.C. 2013 — 168 6 (r) 6,100 t/y Cienega de Flores, Nuevo Leon 2007 RB,1RB 204 1,2 (r) 5,600 u/d Tuscaloosa, Ala. 1945 BE,1BE 1,254u 1,2 (r) 15,000 u/d Continental Tire de Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Continental A.G.) Mitas Tires North America Inc. (Trelleborg A.B.) San Luis Potosi 1975 P5, 1P5 1,500 1,2 (r,b) 6.2 mil. u/y Charles City, Iowa 2012 UD,1UD 237 4 (r) 13,500 t/y Corporacion de Occidente S.A. de C.V. (Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. and Cooperativa Tradoc S.R.L., joint venture) Pirelli Tire L.L.C. (Pirelli & C. S.p.A.) El Salto, Jalisco 2008 RD,1RD,R7,1R7 1,200 1,2 (r) 21,500 u/d Rome, Ga. 2002 JR,1JR 250 1,2 (r) 400,000 u/y Industrias Michelin S.A. de C.V. (Group Michelin) Specialty Tires of America Inc. (Polymer Enterprises Inc.) Queretaro 1987 K4,1K4 365 1,2 (r) 6,000 u/d Indiana, Pa. 1915 CY,1CY 300 2,4,6,7,8,9 (b) 3,300 u/d JK Tornel S.A. de C.V. (JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.) Unicoi, Tenn. 1997 3U,13U 200 2,4,6,7 (b) 400,000 u/y Mexico City, Mexico City 1972 5F,15F 402 1,2,3,4,7 (b) 4,216 u/d Sumitomo Rubber USA L.L.C. (Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.) Tacuba, Mexico City 1946 AG,2A6 248 1,2,3 (b) 3,775 u/d Tonawanda, N.Y. 1999 DA,1DA 1,198 1,2,3,5 (r,b) 28,800 t/y Tultilan, Edo 1984 4F,14F 797 1,2,4,7 (r,b) 15,500 u/d Titan Tire Corp. (Titan International Inc.) Pirelli Neumaticos S.A. de C.V. (Pirelli & C. S.p.A.) Bryan, Ohio 1966 A9,1A9 220 4,6,7 (r,b) 450 u/d Silao, Guajanajuato 2012 UN,1UN 1,000 1,2 (r) 3.5 mil. u/y Des Moines, Iowa 1943 CF,1CF 600 2,4,6,7 (r,b) 13,000 u/d Freeport, Ill. 1964 PK,1PK 600 4,6,7 (r,b) 10,000 u/d United States Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc. (Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd.) Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations L.L.C. (Bridgestone Americas Inc.) White, Ga. 2005 73,173 1,000 1,2 (r) 5.8 mil. u/y Bloomington, Ill. 1965 2M,12M,3M,13M 460 6 (r,b) 300 u/d Trelleborg Wheel Systems Americas L.L.C. (Trelleborg A.B.) Des Moines, Iowa 1945 YE,1YE,YU,1YU,VE 1,358 4 (r,b) 4,000 u/d Red Lion, Pa. 2011 — 50 7 (b) — Graniteville, S.C. 1998 7X,17X,8X,18X,9X,19X 1,200 1,2 (r) 37,750 u/d Spartanburg, S.C. 2015 — 150 4 (r) — Graniteville, S.C. 2014 — 330 6 (r) 130 t/d Yokohama Tire Corp. (Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.) LaVergne, Tenn. 1972 D2,1D2,E3,1E3,Y7,1Y7 760 3 (r) 4,800 u/d Salem, Va. 1968 CC,1CC 910 1,2 (r) 6.2 mil. u/y Warren County, Tenn. 1990 2C,12C,4D,14D,5D,15D 805 3 (r) 8,100 u/d West Point, Miss. 2015 JAC 500 3 (r) 1 mil. u/y Wilson, N.C. 1974 W2,1W2,Y3,1Y3,0B,10B 1,770 1,2 (r) 34,000 u/d Carlstar Group L.L.C. (American Industrial Partners) Clinton, Tenn. — C4,1C4 500 4,7 10,200 u/d Explanation of abbreviations TIRE TYPES: 1—Auto; 2—Light truck; 3—Truck /bus; 4—Agricultural; 5—Motorcycle; Jackson, Tenn. 2011 P4,1P4 400 4,7 (r,b) 11,700 u/d 6—Earthmover/OTR; 7—Industrial; 8—Aircraft; 9—Racing Continental Tire the Americas Inc. (Continental A.G.) TIRE CONSTRUCTION: r—Radial; b—Bias-ply Mount Vernon, Ill. 1972 A3,1A3,3C,13C,6B,16B 3,400 1,2,3 (r) 13.5 mil. u/y Sumter, S.C. 2014 VY,1VY 850 1,2 (r) 1.5 mil. u/y PLANT CAPACITIES: u/d—Units per day; u/y—Units per year; t/y—Tons per year Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Names in italic following company names are other names by which the Findlay, Ohio 1914 UP,1UP 1,145 1,2 (r) 21,000 u/d companies are known. Names in parentheses indicate the parent companies. Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE BUSINESS, February 13, 2017 • 13 TIRE MARKET FACTS MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE MARKET FACTS

Passenger tire Medium truck tire Medium truck tire Retreading Systems — U.S. & Canada No. of retread Operators sizes—replacement* sizes— sizes—original Company Name of System Type plants (N. America) replacement* equipment* Acutread Acutread Mold cure 5 5 Rank Size Percent Alliance Remanufacturer 1 1 1. 205/55R16 4.3% Rank Size Percent Rank Size Percent Bridgestone Bandag Retreading Precure 258 104 Bandag System 2. 215/60R16 3.5% 1. 295/75R22.5 24.3% 1. 295/75R22.5 28.4% Continental ContiLifeCycle Precure 26 19 3. 195/65R15 3.0% 2. 11R22.5 22.3% 2. 11R22.5 24.9% Goodyear Goodyear Authorized Mold cure, 92 64 Retread Process Precure, 4. 225/65R17 2.9% 3. 11R24.5 9.7% 3. 275/80R22.5 13.1% Unicircle Hawkinson System Mold cure 4 4 5. 215/55R17 2.6% Hawkinson 4. 225/70R19.5 7.4% 4. 225/70R19.5 9.6% Marangoni RingTread System* Precure 30 28 6. 225/60R16 2.3% Unitread* Precure 30 30 5. 275/80R22.5 6.9% 5. 11R24.5 5.8% 7. 225/50R17 1.9% Michelin Michelin Retread Precure, 74 42 Top 5 70.6% Top 5 80.7% Technologies Mold cure 8. P265/70R17 1.6% Oliver Retreading Precure, 111 103 Other Sizes 29.4% Other Sizes 19.3% Systems Mold Cure 9. P235/75R15 1.5% U.S./Canadian retread plants – 2013: 725/842 2014: 710/802 2015: 650/503 2016: 650/501 10. 195/60R15 1.5% Source: RMA Preliminary 2017 Factbook *2016 estimates 1estimated *All Ringtread licenses with Maragoni are also Unitread licensees. Top 10 Sizes 25.2% Other Sizes 74.8% Passenger tire sizes—original equipment*

Rank Size Percent 1. P215/55R17 4.0% 2. P265/70R17 3.5% 3. 225/65R17 2.9% 4. 275/65R18 2.8% 5. 215/55R17 2.4% 6. 205/65R16 2.4% 7. P275/60R20 2.3% 8. 275/55R20 2.2% 9. P205/55R16 2.2% 10. 235/55R17 2.2% Top 10 26.8% Other Sizes 73.2%

Light truck tire sizes—replacement*

Rank Size Percent 1. LT245/75R16 11.4% 2. LT265/70R17 10.2% 3. LT265/75R16 8.5% 4. LT225/75R16 7.4% 5. LT235/85R16 5.0% 5. LT245/75R17 5.0% 7. LT275/70R18 4.5% 8. LT285/70R17 3.9% 9. LT285/75R16 3.4% 10. LT235/80R17 3.1% Top 10 62.4% Other Sizes 37.6%

Light truck tire sizes—OE*

Rank Size Percent 1. LT245/75R17 15.9% 2. LT225/75R16 9.7% 3. 235/65R16 8.8% 4. LT265/70R18 8.6% 5. LT265/60R20 7.8% 6. LT265/70R17 7.7% 7. LT245/75R16 7.4% 8. LT275/70R18 7.1% 9. LT275/65R18 6.3% 10. LT255/75R17 5.0% Top 10 84.3% Other Sizes 15.7%

*2016 estimates Source: RMA Preliminary 2017 Factbook 14 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com Global Tire Company Rankings Based on 2015 sales, including subsidiaries. (Figures in millions of dollars, translated at average anual currency exchange rates) 2015 2015 2016 2015 Tire % of total 2016 2015 Tire % of total Rank Rank Company/Headquarters sales corp. sales Rank Rank Company/Headquarters sales corp. sales Bridgestone Corp.#1 Nizhnekamskshina12 1 1 Tokyo, Japan *24,045.0 *75.0% 39 40 Nizhnekamsk, Russia 597.1 100.0% # ^ Group Michelin 40 39 Balkrishna Industries Ltd. 530.9 100.0% 2 2 Clermont-Ferrand, France *22,130.0 *95.0% Maharashtra, India #2 6 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. 41 41 Alliance Tire Group 529.0 100.0% 3 3 Akron, Ohio *14,800.0 *90.0% Mumbai, India 13 Continental A.G.# 42 49 Wanli Tyre & Rubber 526.7 100.0% 4 4 Hanover, Germany *10,780.0 *25.0% Guangzhou City, China 14 Pirelli & C. S.p.A.#3 43 47t Camso Ltd. *500.0 100.0% 5 5 Milan, Italy 6,933.6 100.0% Magog, Quebec Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd.#4 44 53 Sichuan Haida Tyre Group Co. Ltd. 470.3 100.0% 6 6 Kobe, Japan 6,051.2 86.3% Haida/Sichuan, China Hankook Tire Co. Ltd. 45 51 Shandong Zhongyi Rubber Co. Ltd. 450.6 100.0% 7 7 Seoul, South Korea *5,320.0 *90.0% Dawang/Shandong, China 15 Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd.5,6 46 52 O.J.S.C. Cordiant N.A. — 8 8 Tokyo, Japan 4,152.8 79.8% Moscow, Russia 16 Maxxis International/Cheng Shin Rubber 47 47t Carlstar Group L.L.C. *450.0 N.A. 9 9 Yuanlin, Taiwan 3,847.0 100.0% Jackson, Tennesee Petlas Tyre Industry & Trade Co. Zhongce Rubber Group Co. Ltd. 48 55 Ankara, Turkey 413.3 100.0% 10 10 Hangzhou, China 3,395.3 95.4% 17 7 Trelleborg Wheel Systems S.p.A. Giti Tire Pte. Ltd. 49 50 Tivoli, Italy *410.0 *14.0% 11 11 Singapore 3,130.7 100.0% Mitas A.S.17 Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. 50 42 Prague, Czech Republic 402.4 60.7% 12 12 Findlay, Ohio 2,972.9 100.0% Shandong Yinbao Tire Group Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. 51 N.R. Shandong, China 381.9 100.0% 13 14 Osaka, Japan 2,690.4 79.8% Shandong Rongsheng Tyre Co. Ltd. 5 52 N.R. 370.3 100.0% 14 13 Kumho Tire Co. Inc. 2,663.0 99.0% Rongsheng, China Seoul, South Korea ^ 53 56 TVS Srichakra Ltd. 368.6 100.0% 15 15 Triangle Group Co. Ltd. 2,437.7 100.0% Chennai, India Shandong, China Barez Tire Group ^ 54 57 N.A. — 16 16 MRF Ltd. 2,145.8 99.0% Tehran, Iran Chennai, India FATE S.A.I.C.I.18 Apollo Tyres Ltd.^ 55 58 San Fernando, Argentina 352.9 97.4% 17 17 Kerala, India 1,931.4 100.0% 56 46 Birla Tyres Ltd. 350.5 100.0% Nexen Tire Corp.8 Orissa, India 18 18 Seoul, South Korea 1,778.4 93.8% 57 45 Nankang Rubber Tire Corp. Ltd. 342.7 100.0% #1 Taipei, Taiwan 19 19 Nokian Tyres P.L.C. 1,389.5 *93.0% Nokia, Finland Qingdao Sentury Tire Co. Ltd. Linglong Group Co. Ltd. 58 59 (Sentaida Group) 295.0 100.0% 20 20 Shandong, China 1,346.7 100.0% Jimo, Shandong 59 54 Shandong Sangong Tyre Co. Ltd. 292.7 100.0% 21 21 Shandong Hengfeng Tyre Co. Ltd. 1,344.2 100.0% Zucheng City, China Guangrao County, China Shandong Bayi Tyre Xingyuan Tyre Co. Ltd. 60 63 Manufacture Co. Ltd. 270.0 100.0% 22 25 Dongying City, China 1,285.3 100.0% Zhouzhuang, China Sailun Jinyu Tyre Co. Ltd.9 61 60 Chaoyang Long March Tyre Co. Ltd. 267.5 100.0% 23 24 Dongying City, China 1,258.8 100.0% Liaoning, China JK Tyre & Industries Ltd.^ 62 53 Xuzhou Xugong Tyre Co. Ltd. 258.9 100.0% 24 27 New Delhi, India 1,138.7 100.0% Xuzhou, Jiangsu, China Titan International Inc.10 63 38 Shandong Wanda Tyre Co. Ltd. 243.3 100.0% 25 23 Quincy, Illinois *1,115.8 *80.0% Dongying City, China Kenda Rubber Industrial Co. Ltd. 64 62 P.T. Multistrada Arah Sarana TBK 237.0 100.0% 26 28 Yuanlin, Taiwan 1,106.7 100.0% Cikarang, Indonesia Double Coin Holdings Ltd. 65 64 Federal Corp. 232.1 100.0% 27 22 Shanghai, China 1,067.3 100.0% Tao Yuan, Taiwan Hwa Fong Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd. Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd. 66 65 Taipei, Taiwan 206.6 100.0% 28 26 Jiaozuo, China 969.4 100.0% ^ Shandong Taishan Tyre Co. Ltd. Ceat Ltd. 67 66 Faicheng, China 197.8 100.0% 29 30 Mumbai, India 935.8 100.0% 68 N.R. Shandong Huitong Tyre Co. Ltd. 164.8 100.0% 30 29 Shandong Shengtai Tyre Co. Ltd. 823.8 100.0% Laiwu, China Guangrao County, China Casumina BRISA/Bridgestone-Sabanci Tire Mfg.1 69 68 (Southern Rubber Industry Co.) 163.0 99.1% 31 35 Izmit,Turkey 792.1 100.0% Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam Shandong Yongtai Group 70 67 Specialty Tires of America Inc. *155.0 100.0% 32 N.R. Dongying City, China 750.7 100.0% Indiana, Pennsylvania 19 JSC Belshina Belarus Tyre Works 71 73 Haoyou Tire Co. Ltd. 149.1 100.0% 33 34 Bobruisk, Belarus N.A. — Henan, China Qingdao Doublestar Industrial Co. Ltd. 72 69 Alta Tyre Kombinat N.A. — 34 33 Qingdao, China 740.8 100.0% Barnaul, Russia ^20 Guizhou Tyre Co. Ltd. 73 70t Falcon Tyres Ltd. N.A. — 35 31 Guizhou, China 739.5 100.0% Mysore, India 11 Yanchang Petroleum Group 36 32 Prinx Chengshan (Shandong) Tire Co. 656.4 100.0% 74 N.R. Rubber Co. Ltd. 137.9 100.0% Shandong, China Shaanxi, China Jiangshu Tongyong Tire Ltd. Metro Tyres Ltd. 37 36 Wuxi, China 651.3 100.0% 75 70t Ludhiana, India N.A. — Weifang Yuelong Rubber Group Subtotal (rounded)21 *152,635.0 38 43 Qingdao, China 643.3 100.0% Others22 *7,500.0 TOTAL *160,135.0

Footnotes: # = non-tire revenue from company-owned retail operations excluded ^ = fiscal year ends other than Dec. 31 12 Pirelli, though a joint venture with Russian Technologies, owns an option to buy into or merge with Nizhnekamskshina. N.A. = not available; N.M. = not meaningful; * = estimated 13 Also known as South China Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. and/or Guangzhou Fengli Tyre Co. Ltd. 1 Bridgestone owns 16% of Nokian Tyres P.L.C. (No. 19 on this year’s Top 75) and 44% of BRISA Bridgestone (No. 31). 14 Previously known as Camoplast Solideal Group; previously ranked as Solideal and/or Loadstar of Sri Lanka. 2 Sold Tonawanda, N.Y., tire plant to Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd., Q4 2016; acquired rights to Dunlop brand in North America 15 Formerly Sibur-Russian Tyres; Sibur sold its JSC Voltair Prom unit to Titan International, Q3 2013. and Europe. as part of dissolution of global alliance with Sumitomo. 16 Goes to market under the Carlisle brand name. 3 Pirelli acquired by China National Chemical Corp., Q2 2016; spinning off commercial vehicle tire business. 17 Trelleborg acquired CGS Holding of Czech Republic — parent of Mitas A.S. (No. 50 on this year’s list), Q2 2016. 4 Sumitomo acquired Tonawanda, N.Y., tire plant, Dunlop motorcycle tire brand rights in North America from Goodyear, Q4 2016, 18 FATE involved in a technology, distribution and manufacturing partnership with Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (No. 12 on this year’s as part of dissolution of global alliance with Goodyear. list). 5 Yokohama and Kumho (No. 14) are participating in a joint R&D agreement. 19 Also known as Good Friend Tyre Co.; includes sales of Henan Xinhaoyou Tire and Aitechi Tire. 6 Yokohama acquired Alliance Tire Group (No. 41 on this year’s list), Q2 2016; $529M in annual sales. 20 Part of India’s Ruia Group, which also comprises Dunlop India Ltd. and Monotana Tyres of India. 7 Giti’s 2015, ‘14 and ‘13 sales include revenue ($1B+) of P.T. Gajah Tunggal of Indonesia, in which Giti owns 49.7% stake; Michelin 21 Totals for 2015 represent the estimated total sales for each year as reported in that year; i.e., comprising the 75 companies and also owns a 10% share of Gajah Tunggal. their sales for each respective year. Subtotals include estimates for companies marked N.A. 8 Nexen’s sales include industrial tire and tube revenue from Nexen Corp. 22 ‘Others’ represents as many as 100 other companies. The next largest are: Beijing Schouchuang Tire Co. Ltd., China; Magna 9 Sailun Jinyu is the merged activities of Sailun Co. Ltd. and Jinyu Tire. Tyres Group, Netherlands; Speedways Rubber Co., India; Vee Rubber Corp. Ltd., Thailand; Qingdao Yellow Sea Rubber Co. 10 Titan secured marketing rights to Goodyear brand in Europe, Middle East and Africa for agricultural tires, Q4 2015. Ltd., China; General Tyre & Rubber Co. of Pakistan Ltd., Pakistan; Tianjin United Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd., China; Dunlop Aircraft 11 Previously Cooper Tire Shandong (Chengshan) Co. Ltd.; renamed after Chengshan Group bought out Cooper Tire’s 65% share Tyres Ltd., United Kingdom; Inoue Rubber (Thailand) Co. Ltd., Thailand; Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber Tyre Ltd., China. in Dec. 2014. Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE BUSINESS, February 13, 2017 • 15 TIRE PLANT CODES MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE PLANT CODES A list of tire manufacturers’ DOT codes Editor’s note: AS, 2A5 Qingdao Qinjian Rubber BH Xuzhou Tongfei Tyre Co. Ltd CL, 1CL Inoue Rubber Vietnam Co. This listing is compiled by Tire A Group.....Qingdao/Shandong, China ...... Xuzhou City, Jiangsu, China Ltd...... Hanoi, Vietnam Business from the Department AA, 1AA Tianjin Normandy Rubber AT, 1AT Cooper Tires Europe BJ, 1BJ Jiangsu Hankook Tire Co. CM. 1CM Toyo Tyre Manufacturing (Ma- ...... Melksham, England Ltd...... Huaiyin/Jiangsu, China laysia) Sdn. Bhd...... Taiping, Malaysia of Transportation’s list of DOT Co. Ltd...... Qiao San Dao/Tianjin, China AB, 1AB Weifang Rubber Factory AU, 1AU Shandong Futaier Tire Co. BK, 1BK Anshan Tyre Factory CN, 1CN Continental A.G. codes, current as of year-end 2016...... Weifang/Shandong, China Ltd...... Linyi City, Shandong, China ...... Anshan City, China ...... Sarreguemines, France The DOT list was cross-checked AC, 1AC Shandong Huasheng Rubber AV, 1AV Shandong Wosen Rubber BN, 1BN Shandong Chuanghua Tire Co. CO, C01 Goodyear Adapazari, T urkey with Tire Business’ Global Tire Co. Ltd. Co. Ltd. ....Dawang, Shandong, China Ltd...... Rizhao City, Shandong, China CP, 1CP Continental A.G. Report databases to ensure codes ...... Dongying City, Shandong, China AY, 1AY Shandong Luhe Group General BP, 1BP Shandong Yinbao Group ...... Korbach, Germany are matched accurately with each AD, 1AD Shandong Yongfeng Tyres Co...... Zhucheng/Shandong, China ...... Shouguang, Shandong, China CR, 1CR Qingdao Guangming Tyres plant’s current owner/operator. Co. Ltd.…Linyi City, Shandong, China A0, 1A0 Qingdao Lianyi Tyres Co. BR, 1BR SDF General Rubber Co. Mfg. Co. Ltd. AE, 1AE Bridgestone Corp Ltd...... Pingdu, Shandong, China Ltd...... Pudong/Shanghai, China ...... Qingdao/Shandong, China This list excludes codes assigned ...... Santander (Torrelevaga), Spain A1, 1A1 Michelin...... Potiers, France BT Shandong Zhongchuang Tyres Co. CT, 1CT Shandong Duratti Rubber to plants that are closed or are as- AF, 1AF Continental Mabor (Continen- A2, 1A2 Qingdao Great Rubber Fac- Ltd...... Linyi City, Shandong, China Corp. Co. Ltd. signed to facilities that don’t make tal A.G.)...... Lousada, Portugal tory...... Pingdu, Shandong, China BU, 1BU Shouguang Firemax Tyre Co...... Qing Zhou, Shandong, China new pneumatic tires (such as re- AG, 2A6 JK Tornel S.A. de C.V. JK A3, 1A3 Continental Tire North Ltd...... Shouguang, Shandong, China CU, 1CU Continental A.G. tread plants or research and devel- Tyres)...... Tacuba, Mexico America...... Mount Vernon, Ill. B0, 1B0 Sichuan Yuan Xing Rubber ...... Hannover-Stoecken, Germany opment centers). AH, AH Sumitomo Rubber Ako Las- A5, 1A5 TC Debica (Goodyear) Co. Ltd...... Dayi, Sichuan, China CW, 1CW Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. tik Sanayi Ticaret A.S ...... Debica, Poland B1, 1B1 Michelin ...... Itami, Japan The DOT has issued a second ...... Tuney, Cankiri, Turkey A6, 1A6 Apollo Tyres...... Kerala, India ...... LaRoche sur Yon, France CX, 1CX Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. set of 3-place alpha/numeric codes, AI, 1A1 Longkou Xinglong Hicon Tyre A7, 1A7 Bridgestone B2, 1B2 Continental Sime Tyres ...... Sendai (Miyagi), Japan covering every existing plant lo- Co...... Longkou/Shandong, China ...... Bangkok, Thailand ...... Selangor, Malaysia CY, 1CY Specialty Tire (McCreary Tire) cation in its database, in line with AJ, 1AJ Shandong New Continent Tire A8, 1A8 Bridgestone B3, 1B3 Michelin ...... Indiana, Pa. regulations issued in April 2015 by Co. Ltd...... Yishui, Shandong, China ...... Jakarta, Indonesia ...... Bridgewater, Nova Scotia C0, 1C0 Kumho Tire Tianjin Co. Inc. the National Highway Traf c Safety AK, 1AK Qingdao Fuyingda Rubber A9, 1A9 Titan Tire...... Bryan, Ohio B4, 1B4 Taurus (Michelin) ...... Tianjin, China Co. Ltd...... Jimo, Shandong, China ...... Budapest, Hungary C1. 1C1 Techking Tires Ltd. Administration. AL, 1AL Shandong Deruta Tyre B B5, 1B5 Stomil-Olsztyn (Michelin) ...... Shandong, China The 2-place codes are to be Technology Co. Ltd. BA, 1BA Qingdao Longhua Special ...... Olsztyn, Poland C2, 1C2 Shandong Bayi Sailun Tyre phased out no later than 2025. All ...... Yinan, Shandong, China Hand Truck Co. Ltd. B6, 1B6 Michelin...Spartanburg, S.C. Manufacture Co. Ltd. new factories are being issued AM, 1AM Qingdao Lidingwei Rubber ...... Jiaonan City, Qingdao, China B7, 1B7 Michelin...... Dothan, Ala...... Zhaozhuang, Shandong, China 3-place codes only. A complete list Tyres Co. Ltd. BB, 1BB Chongqing Hankook Tire B8, 1B8 Michelin....Rio de Janiero, Brazil C4, 1C4 Carlstar Group...Clinton, Tenn. of all codes is available for purchase ...... Linyi City, Shandong, China Co. Ltd. B9, 1B9 Michelin...... Lexington, S.C. C5, 1C5 Bridgestone...... Poznan, Poland AN, 1AN Shandong Shegshitailai Rub- ...Chongqing City, Chongqing, China C6. 1C6 Mitas...Prague, Czech Republic from Tire Business’ Data Store. The ber Technology Co. Ltd. BC, 1BC P.T. Hankook Tire Indonesia C C8, 1C8 Bridgestone...... Hsin chu, Taiwan list is organized alphabetically and ....Qingzhou City, Shandong, China ..Lippo Cikarang, Bekasi, Indonesia CC, 1CC Yokohama Tire Corp. C9, 1C9 Seven Star Rubber numerically; the numbers- rst and AO, 1A0 Wearwell Tire....Bhopal, India BD, 1BD Hubei Aulice Tyre Co. Ltd...... Salem, Va...... Chang-Hua, Taiwan numbers-only codes follow the let- AP, 1AP Michelin(UGTC).Ardmore, Okla...... Huangshi, Hubei, China CD, 1CD Alliance...... Hadera, Israel ters- rst codes. AQ, 3A0 Meiyan Tire Co. Ltd. (Carlisle BE, 1BE Michelin (UGTC). CE, 1CE Pirelli Reifenwerke GmbH D * indicates there is more than one Tire)...... Meixian/Guangdong, China ...... Tuscaloosa, AL ...... Hoechst/Odenwald, Germany DA, 1DA Sumitomo Rubber USA AR, 1AR OJSC Yaroslavl. BF, 1BF Michelin (UGTC) CF, 1CF Titan Tire....Des Moines, Iowa ...... L.L.C., Buffalo, N.Y. code for that particular plant...... Yaroslavl, Russia ...... Fort Wayne (Woodburn), Ind. CJ, 1CJ Inoue Rubber...Ikeda, Japan Continued on page 17 16 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com Top Dealerships Top Dealerships (Store totals as of August 2016) Ranked by 2015 retail sales Ranked by company-owned outlets Ranked by total retail outlets (Based on company-owned outlets, year-end 2015) Change 2015 % Rank Company Outlets vs. ’15 Rank Company Outlets Retail 2015 Breakdown 1 Discount Tire / America’s Tire 1 924 18 1 TBC Corp. 2,495 Sales $ Sales/ tires/service 33 Rank Company ($ millions) outlet other 2 TBC Retail Group Inc. 2 774 -5 TBC Retail Group 774 3 3 576 55 Big O Tires 389 Monro Muffler Brake Inc. 1,176 1 Discount Tire / 4,560.0 $4,983,607 100 / 00 / 00 4 Midas International 1 4 Les Schwab Tire Centers 407 13 Speedee Oil Change 156 America’s Tire 5 Mavis Discount Tire5 340 6 2 Monro Muffler Brake Inc. 1,228 2 TBC Retail Group Inc. *3,000.0+ $3,875,000 N.A. 6 Pep Boys - Manny, Moe & Jack 6 240 6 Monro Muffler34 1,092 136 3 Pep Boys - *2,100.0 $2,608,696 18 / 24 / 58 7 Kal Tire 203 1 Car-X Tire & Auto 3 Discount Tire / America’s Tire 924 Manny, Moe & Jack2 8 7 165 3 Express Oil Change / Tire Engineers 4 Pep Boys - 805 4 Les Schwab Tire 1,420.4 $3,605,076 N.A. 8 9 Fountain Tire Ltd. 160 2 Manny, Moe & Jack35 Centers Inc. 9 10 Rent-A-Wheel / Rent-A-Tire 124 3 5 Tirecraft Group 678 5 Monro Muffler Brake Inc. 943.7 $917,056 45 / 27 / 28 11 Best-One Tire & Service / Zurcher Group10 115 7 6 Les Schwab Tire Centers Inc. 470 12 Tire Discounters Inc. 101 1 7 Mavis Discount Tire 340 6 4 Wheel Parts / 451.4 $6,018,667 30 / 10 / 60 13 Tirecraft Group11 100 20 8 Express Oil Change / 275 Transamerican Auto Parts 36 14 Belle Tire Distributors Inc. 97 6 Tire Engineers 7 Kal Tire 325.5 $1,603,490 N.A. 9 OK Tire Stores Inc. 272 15 Town Fair Tire Centers Inc. 94 7 10 Kal Tire 203 8 Belle Tire Distributors Inc. 291.0 $3,000,000 70 / 30 / 00 16 A.T.V. Inc.12 84 3 11 Fountain Tire Ltd. 160 17 4 Wheel Parts13 75 3 9 Fountain Tire Ltd. 232.8 $1,454,700 64 / 36 / 00 12 Rent-A-Wheel / Rent-A-Tire 136 18 Sullivan Tire Co. 68 3 13 Best-One Tire & Service / 115 10 Best-One Tire & Service / *175.0 $1,500,000 N.A. 19 Kauffman Tire Inc. 59 2 Zurcher Group Zurcher Group 14 20 Dunlap & Kyle 58 0 14 Tire Discounters Inc. 101 11 Dunlap & Kyle Co. Inc. 144.5 $2,490,948 65 / 35 / 00 20 Plaza Tire Service Inc. 58 0 15 Belle Tire Distributors Inc. 97 22 Peerless Tire Co. 57 0 16 Town Fair Tire Centers Inc. 94 12 Sullivan Tire Co. Inc. *139.0 $2,044,118 45 / 55 / 00 15 23 Leeds West Group 56 6 17 A.T.V. Inc. 89 13 Rent-A-Wheel / Rent-A-Tire 123.3 $994,354 100 / 00 / 00 23 V.I.P. Parts, Tire & Service 56 0 18 RNR Tire Express and 86 25 Nebraskaland Tire 42 1 Custom Wheels 14 Dobbs Tire & 110.0 $2,750,000 40 / 60 / 00 19 4 Wheel Parts / 75 26 Certified Tire & Service Centers 41 1 Auto Centers Inc. Transamerican Auto Parts 15 RNR Tire Express & 88.0 $1,157,894 100 / 00 / 00 26 Pomp’s Tire Service 41 0 20 Active Tire & Auto Centre 73 Custom Wheels 28 Dobbs Tire & Auto Centers Inc. 40 0 21 Sullivan Tire Co. Inc. 68 16 16 Graham Tire Co. 74.0 $2,055,556 62 / 35 / 03 29 Auto Systems Experts 39 3 22 Kauffman Tire Inc. 59 29 Black’s Tire & Auto Service 39 2 23 Dunlap & Kyle Co. Inc. 58 17 Leeds West Group3,4 62.0 $1,192,308 20 / 80 / 00 29 Commercial Tire Inc. 39 12 23 Plaza Tire Service Inc. 58 18 Dunn Tire L.L.C. 50.0 $1,666,667 80 / 20 / 00 32 Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. 38 6 25 Peerless Tire Co. 57 33 Tire Guys17 37 0 26 VIP Parts, 56 19 Tireman Auto 48.2 $2,536,842 45 / 50 / 05 34 Conrad’s Tire Service 36 1 Tires & Service Corp. Service Centers 35 Graham Tire Co. 35 9 27 Nebraskaland Tire Inc. 42 20 Virginia Tire & Auto 46.4 $3,566,384 23 / 77 / 00 35 Jack Williams Tire 35 0 28 Certified Tire & 41 Service Centers 18 34 8 21 Raben Tire Co. Inc. 39.8 $1,592,000 N.A. 37 Bob Sumerel Tire & Auto Service 28 Pomp’s Tire Service Inc. 41 33 -2 3 38 Fletcher’s Tire & Auto Service Inc. 30 Dobbs Tire & 40 22 Koldenhoven Enterprises 32.0 $2,461,538 60 / 40 / 00 39 AKH Co.19 31 1 Auto Centers Inc. 40 Dunn Tire L.L.C 30 0 31 Black’s Tire & Auto Service 39 23 Southern Tire Mart 30.0 $1,034,483 90 / 10 / 00 40 Mountain View Tire & Service 30 0 31 Commercial Tire Inc. 39 24 Golden West Tire Centers3 29.3 $1,226,923 60 / 40 00 42 Christensen Enterprises 20 29 1 33 Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. 38 5 42 Southern Tire Mart 29 19 34 Tire Guys Inc. 37 25 Gorrepati Service Systems *27.7 $1,154,167 15 /85 / 00 21 35 Conrad’s Tire Service Inc. 36 44 Grismer Tire 26 3 26 MFA Petroleum Co.3 *26.4 $1,760,000 58 / 42 / 00 45 Ben Tire Distributors22 25 -5 36 Graham Tire Co. 35 45 Raben Tire Co. 25 1 36 Jack Williams Tire Co. Inc. 35 27 Bauer Built Inc. 26.3 $1,878,571 77 / 23 / 00 38 Bob Sumerel Tire & 34 45 25 0 . T.O. Haas Tire Co. Auto Service 28 Ramona Tire Inc 25.6 $1,600,000 35 / 65 / 00 23 48 Golden West Tire Centers 24 -2 39 Fletcher’s Tire & Auto Service 33 24 29 United Tire & Service 25.0 $1,388,889 30 / 70 / 00 48 Gorrepati Service Systems 24 2 40 AKH Co. Inc. 31 48 McCarthy Tire & Automotive Centers 24 0 41 Dunn Tire 30 30 Jack Furrier Tire & 23.9 $1,084,636 53 / 15 / 32 25 51 Kost Tire & Auto Care 23 0 41 Mountain View Tire & Service 30 Auto Care 26 52 Express Tire Auto Service 21 0 43 Christensen Enterprises 29 31 Robertson Tire Inc. 21.8 $1,813,417 65 / 35 / 00 27 52 Jack Furrier Tire & Auto 21 0 43 Southern Tire Mart 29 32 Rice Tire Co. 18.6 $1,860,000 N.A. 52 Jensen Tire & Auto 21 0 45 Grismer Tire Co. 26 52 Ziegler Tire 21 -3 46 Raben Tire Co. Inc. 25 33 Pete’s Tire Barns Inc. 18.2 $908,500 N.A. 28 56 Coast Tire & Auto Service 20 -1 46 Ben Tire Distributors Ltd. 25 34 St. Lucie Battery & Tire 18.0 $1,384,615 65 / 35 / 00 56 Pete’s Tire Barns Inc. 20 1 46 T.O. Haas Tire Co. Inc. 25 58 Flynn’s Tire Group 19 0 49 McCarthy Tire 24 35 Lex Brodie’s Tire *16.0 $3,213,000 50 / 46 / 04 58 Tireman Auto Service Centers 19 1 50 Kost Tire & Auto Care 23 29 36 Valley Tire Co. 15.4 $1,100,000 N.A. 58 Beverly Tire & Auto 19 -1 51 Express Tire Auto 21 61 Allen Tire Co. 18 0 Service Center 37 Direct Tire & Auto Service 15.0 $3,750,000 N.A. 61 BREX Inc.30 18 0 51 Jack Furrier Tire & Auto Care 21 61 Rental Concepts L.L.C.31 18 0 51 Jensen Tire & Auto 21 38 NONA Inc.5 *14.3 $950,000 25 / 75 / 00 32 51 Ziegler Tire 21 61 United Tire & Service 20 3 39 Warren Tire Service Center 13.9 $925,000 65 / 35 / 00 (1) Discount Tire — Reinalt Thomas Corp. — uses the Discount Tire (15) Big O Tires and Midas/Speedee franchisee, with stores in multiple name in all states except California, where it uses America’s Tire in states 40 McCarthy Tire Service 13.4 $558,333 05 / 95 / 00 most areas; AKH Co. (No. 39) uses Discount Tire Centers in central (16) Midas franchisee, with stores in Iowa and Missouri California (17) dba: Tire-Rama (2) dba: Tire Kingdom; National Tire & Battery (NTB); and Merchant’s (18) Part of AAA Allied Group Inc. 41 Ziegler Tire 12.5 $595,238 35 / 65 / 00 Tire; store total includes 2 Big O Tire stores (19) dba: Discount Tire Centers in California (3) Tire Group stores only. dba: Mr. Tire, Tread Quarters, Autotire, Tire (20) dba: Action Gator Tire 42 Martin Tire Co. 10.9 $1,211,111 64 / 29 / 07 Warehouse Central, Tire Choice, etc. Monro acquired 55 retail stores (21) dba: Grismer Tire; Dayton Tire; Detroit Tire in the past year, including: Clark Tire (North Carolina), 26 stores; (22) dba: Neal Tire & Auto Service McGee Tire (Florida), 29 stores; Excel Tire (Minnesota), 3 stores; etc. (23) Big O Tires franchise, with stores in California and Colorado 43 Heartland Tire 10.5 $875,000 51 / 49 / 00 (4) There also are 63 associate dealer stores operating under the Les (24) Car-X Tire franchise, with stores in the greater Cincinnati and Schwab name Indianapolis areas (5) dba: Mavis Tire, Cole Muffler; STS Tire. Mavis acquired STS (25) Clarks Summit, Pa.-based Kost Tire & Auto Care; separate from Kost 43 Royal Tire Inc. 10.5 $1,116,667 N.A. (Somerset Tire Service — 157 stores) in Aug. 2015; Oncap Group of Tire of New York, which was acquired by Monro Muffler in July 2015 Canada owns a 49% ownership stake (26) also owns/operates four retail stores in Mexico 43 Stratham Tire Inc. 10.5 $807,692 70 / 30 / 00 (6) Service & Tire Centers stores only. Pep Boys also operates 567 Pep (27) dba: Jack Furrier’s, Desert Rat, Ultra Performance Boys-badged auto parts and tires and autos service stores. Icahn (28) Goodyear is a minority owner Enterprises L.P. bought Pep Boys in late 2015 (29) Part of Benson Group Inc., which also operates 13 Benson Tire 46 Chabill’s Tire Service 9.7 $645,640 N.A. (7) Express Oil Change franchisor co-brands its stores with the Tire commercial locations, five Jiffy Tire and three Auto-Pneu Paco retail Engineers identity. Also has 100+ franchised Express Oil locations, stores and Benson Auto Parts, with 70+ locations throughout Ontario which are able to use the Tire Engineers ID as well (30) Car-X Tire franchise, with stores in the greater St. Louis metro area 47 Free Service Tire Co. 8.9 $890,000 43 / 57 / 00 (8) 137 of the 160 stores are owned 50-50 with local partners; Goodyear (31) RNR Tires franchise,with stores in Arkansas, Louisiana and Missouri owns 49-percent of Fountain (32) Formerly Main Line Tire & Service and affiliated dealers, now 48 Raffield Tire Master 8.5 $1,207,429 43 / 56 / 01 (9) Rent-A-Wheel’s business model is tire and/or wheel leasing to own operating under United Tire banner (10) Best One comprises more than two dozen independent dealerships (33) TBC Retail comprises Tire Kingdom, National Tire & Battery and with common ownership under the Zurcher family. Stores operate Merchant’s Auto locations; TBC’s brands also include a mix of TBC’s 48 Wilks Tire & Battery Service 8.5 $2,125,000 50 / 45 / 05 either as Best One Tire & Service or B1 Advantage Plus private and import brands, such as HiFly, MudClaw, Provato, Velozza, (11) Store total shown here represents stores owned/operated by etc. * estimated; N.A. = not available Tirecraft’s principal owners; the group also has 578 affiliated dealers (34) Total Monro store count, including Monro-brand stores as well as 1 Sales include revenue from Discount Tire’s Discounttiredirect.com online business, under Tirecraft signage Monro’s Tire Group brands — Mr. Tire, Tread Quarters, Autotire, Tire which skews the per-store average (12) dba: American Tire Depot Warehouse Central, Tire Choice, etc. 2 Revenue estimated based on fiscal 2015 nine-month results; Pep Boys was acquired (13) Owned by Transamerican Auto Parts Co.; tire, wheel and auto parts (35) Total Pep Boys store count, including 240 Service & Tire Center stores in the fourth quarter of 2015 by Icahn Enterprises supplier Pro-Comp USA is a sister company (36) Total includes 110 franchisees; Tire Engineers business model to be 3 Big O Tires franchisee (14) dba: Gateway Tire; Hesselbein Tire offered to them as well. 4 Midas-Speedee franchisee 5 Car-X Tire franchisee Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE BUSINESS, February 13, 2017 • 17 TIRE PLANT CODES MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE PLANT CODES

Continued from page 15 ....Clermont-Ferrand/Cataroux, France F4, 1F4 CNB/Camac...Porto, Portugal Tyre Co. Ltd...... Karachi, Pakistan DB, 1D8 Double Coin Group (Xinji- FJ, 1FJ Michelin...... Bourges, France F5, 1F5 FATE...Buenos Aires, Argentina ...... Linyi City, Shandong, China H1, 1H1 Michelin...... Valladolid, Spain ang) Kunlun Tyre Co. Ltd. FK, 1FK Michelin...... Cholet, France F6, 1F6 Bridgestone Corp. HL, 1HL Shandong Yongjin Rubber Co. H2, 1H2 Kumho...... Kwangju, South Korea ...... Urumqi City, Xinjiang, China FL, 1FL Michelin ...... Puente San Miguel, Spain Ltd...... Guangrao, Shandong, China H3, 1H3 Sava (Goodyear) DE, 1DE Jiangsu Roc Tyres Co. Ltd...... Montceau-les-Mines, France F7, 1F7 Bridgestone HN, 1HN Michelin ...... Kranj, Slovenia ...... Xuzhou, China FN, 1FN Michelin...... Tours, France ...... Puente San Miguel, Spain ...... New Glasgow, Nova Scotia H4, 1H4 Bridgestone...... Hofu, Japan DF, 1DF Qingdao Newhawk Tires Co. FR, 1FR Coaxian Guidestone Tyre F8, 1F8 JK Tyre (ex-Vikrant) HP, 1HP Manufacture Saigonnaise H6, 1H6 Shin Hung Rubber Ltd....Jimo Qingdao/Shandong, China Co. Ltd.....Coaxian/Shandong, China ...... Mysore, India des Pneumatiques Michelin ...... Kyung Nam, S.Korea DH, 1DH Bridgestone FS, 2F5 Jinzhou Xin Xing Rubber ...... Saigon, Vietnam H7, 1H7 Li Hsin Rubber ...... Shenyang, Liaoning, China Production Co. Ltd....Xin Xing, China H HR, 1HR Qingdao Taifa Group Ltd...... Chang-Hwa, Taiwan DJ, 1DJ Qingdao Anli Rubber Co. FT, 1FT Michelin Bad Kreuznach, HA, 1HA Michelin...... Aranda, Spain ...... Qingdao/Shandong, China H8, 1H8 Hsing Kwo Rubber Mfg. Co. Ltd...... Qingdao/Shandong, China Germany HB, 1HB Michelin...... Lasarte, Spain HT, 1HT Pirelli Ltd...... Tsztung, China DK, 1DK Goodyear-Dunlop FU, 1FU Michelin...Bamberg, Germany HC, 1HC Michelin...... Vitoria, Spain ...... Settimo Vettura/Turin, Italy ...... Montlucon, France FV, 1FV Michelin HD, 1HD Michelin...... Cuneo, Italy HU, 1HU Pirelli....Settimo/Veicolo, Italy J DL, 1DL Goodyear-Dunlop ...... Homburg/Saar, Germany HE, 1HE Michelin Alessandria, Italy HV, 1HV Marangoni Tyre...Anagni, Italy J0, 1J0 Korea Inoue Kasei ...... Amiens, France FW, 1FW Michelin...Karlsruhe, Germany HF, 1HF Closed Joint Stock Co. Cor- HW, 1HW C ontinental-Barum ...... Masang, South Korea DM, 1DM Goodyear-Dunlop FY, 1FY Balkrishna Industries Ltd. diant Vostok...... Omsk, Russia ...... Otrokovice, Czech Republic J2, 1J2 Shandong Haolong Rubber ...... Hanau, Germany ...... Kutch, Gujarath, India HG China Shenma Group Rubber Tyre HX, 1HX Double Coin Group (Anhui) Tyre Co.Ltd. DN, 1DN Goodyear-Dunlop F0, 1F0 Titan Tire...... Natchez, Miss. Co. Ltd. Warrior Tire Co. Ltd...... Dongying, Shandong, China ...... Wittlich, Germany F1, 1F1 Michelin...Dundee, Scotland/U.K...... Pingdingshan City/Henan, China ...... Wuwei, Anhui, China J3, 1J3 Continental (ex-Matador) DP, 1DP J.S.C. Cordiant-Vostok F2, 1F2 Bridgestone HJ, 1HJ Michelin HY, 1HY Bridgestone ...... Puchov, Slovakia ...... Omsk, Russia ...... Valencia, Venezuela ...... Ballymena, Northern Ireland ...... Oklahoma City, Okla. J6, 1J6 Jaroslavl Tire DR, 1DR Weifang Antai Tyre F3, 1F3 Michelin...... Roanne, France HK, 1HK Shandong Xinghongyuan H0, 1H0 General Tyre Pakistan (Conti) Continued on page 19 ...... Weifang/Shandong, China DT, 1DT Qingdao Fuyuan Tyre Co. Ltd...... Qingdao, Shandong, China DU, 1DU Giti Greatwall Tire (Yinchuan) Co. Ltd...... Yinchuan/Ningxia, China DV, 1DV Vredestein Banden B.V...... Enschede, Netherlands D0, 1D0 Kumho Tire (Changchun) Co. Inc...... Changchun, Jilin, China D2, 1D2 Bridgestone Corp. A THOUSAND JOURNEYS...... LaVergne, Tenn. D4, 1D4 Dunlop India....Calcutta, India D5, 1D5 Dunlop India...Madras, India D6, 1D6 Fujian Haian Rubber Co. Ltd. A THOUSAND STORIES...... Putian CIty, China D7, 1D7 Sumitomo Rubber ...... Ladysmith, South Africa D8, 1D8 Apollo Tyres South Africa ONE TIRE BRAND...... Durban, South Africa

E EB, 1EB Metzeler (Pirelli) ...... Odenwald, Germany EC, 1EC Metzeler (Pirelli) ...... Hoechst, Germany EE, 1EE Nitto Tire....Kanagawa, Japan EH, 1EH Bridgestone...Kurume, Japan EJ, 1EJ Bridgestone...... Tosu, Japan EK, 1EK Bridgestone....Amagi, Japan EL, 1EL Bridgestone...Hikone, Japan EM, 1EM Bridgestone.....Tokyo, Japan EN, 1EN Bridgestone...... Nasu Japan EP, 1EP Bridgestone...Tochigi, Japan ER, 1ER Qingdao Doublestar Tyre In- dustry Co. Ltd...... Qingdao/Shandong, China ET, 1ET Sumitomo Rubber ...... Kobe, Japan EU, 1EU Sumitomo Rubber ...... Nagoya, Japan EV, 1EV Qingdao Yellow Sea Rubber Co. Ltd....Qingdao/Shandong, China EW, 1EW Wuyi Qiangnai Rubber Man- ufacture Co. Ltd...... Wuyi County, Zhejiang, China EX, 1EX Kleber (Michelin) ...... La Chappelle, France E0, 1E0 Chongqing Hension Group Jiulongpo...... Chongqing, China E1, 1E1 Chung Hsin...... Taipei, Taiwan E2, 1E2 Bridgestone Corp...... Sao Paulo, Brazil E3, 1E3 Bridgestone Corp...... LaVergne, Tenn. E4, 1E4 Hebei Xiemei Rubber Products 16TB C11463 Co. Ltd...... Pingxiang, Hebei, China E5, 1E5 Bridgestone Corp...... Port Elizabeth, South Africa E6, 1E6 Otani Radial Tire Co. Ltd...... Nakornpathorn, Thailand E7, 1E7 Sameer Africa...Nairobi, Kenya E8, 1E8 Service Industries Ltd...... Gujart, Punjab, Pakistan E9, 1E9 Bridgestone Year after year, more and more consumers trust Sumitomo to get them where they ...... Brits, South Africa need to go. And more and more tire dealers and distributors trust us for a quality tire F FA, 1FA Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. they can make a profi t on. See why at SumitomoTire.com...... Hiratsuka, Japan FB, 1FB Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd...... Mie, Japan FC, 1FC Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd...... Mishima, Japan FD, 1FD Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd...... Shinsiro, Japan FE, 1FE Kumho Tire (Changchun) Co. Inc...... Changchun, Jilin, China FF, 1FF Michelin ..Clermont-Ferrand/Carmes, France FG, 2F6 Longkou Xinglong Tyre Co. Ltd...... Longkou/Shandong, China FH, 1FH Michelin For what drives you. 18 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com N. America’s Largest Commercial Dealerships Top Franchise/Marketing Groups The Largest independents in the U.S. and Canada, based on 2015 sales As of July 2016 Program/ No. of Type of Commercial Company Commercial Administrator outlets program Rank Sales owned employees: Service 2016 Company ($ millions) outlet service/sales Trucks ATD ServiceBay 25,000+ Marketing group American Tire Distributors www.atd-us.com Southern Tire Mart L.L.C. $805.0 75 N.A. 802 Alliance 6,000+ Partnership 1 Columbia, Miss. Michelin North America Inc. www.michelinman.com Kal Tire $397.8‡ 127† N.A. 1,000 2 Vernon, British Columbia Century/Medallion 6,000+ Affiliate Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. www.coopermedallion.com Best One Tire & Service L.L.C.1 $394.0 120 N.A. 430 3 Indianapolis G3Xpress 4,961 Affiliate Goodyear www.goodyeartires.com Pomp’s Tire Service Inc. *$375.0 78† N.A. 300+ 4 Green Bay, Wis. Premium Fuel 4,000+ Associate Kumho Tire U.S.A. Inc. www.kumhousa.com Les Schwab Tire Centers 2 $345.6 460† N.A. N.A. 5 Bend, Ore. Treadmaxx 4,000+ Affiliate Kauffman Tire Inc. www.treadmaxx.com Snider Fleet Solutions $294.0 47 N.A. 140 6 Greensboro, N.C. Next Level 3,500+ Associate Nexen Tire America Corp. www.nexennextlevel.com Fountain Tire Ltd. 3 $283.7‡ 108† 489 / 255 290 7 Edmonton, Alberta Bridgestone Affiliated Retailer 2,750+ Affiliate Bridgestone Americas www.affiliateddealer.com McCarthy Tire Service Co. Inc. $267.0 41† –1,050– 250 8 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Gold Dealer 2,500+1 Affiliate Continental Tire www.continentaltire.com Service Tire Truck Center Inc. *$230.0 43† 315 / 65 200 9 Bethlehem, Pa. One Associate Dealer 2,500+ Associate Hankook Tire America www.hankooktire.com Tredroc Tire Services4 $200.0 17 350 / 51 200 10 Elk Grove Village, Ill. TAG 2,500+ Affiliate Tire Alliance Groupe www.tirealliance.com Bauer Built Inc. $176.0 34† 152 / 110 96 11 Durand, Wis. Tire & Service Network 2,500+ Marketing group Goodyear www.goodyear.com/services Boulevard Tire Center $158.0 20 312 / 38 165 12 Deland, Fla. FasTrack 2,300+ Associate Pirelli Tire N.A. Inc. www.pirelli.com Parkhouse Tire Inc. $147.0 12 N.A. 130 13 Bell Gardens, Calif. Fanatic 1,900+ Associate Falken Tire Corp. www.falkentire.com Cross-Midwest Tire Co. *$135.0 13 N.A. N.A. 14 Kansas City, Kan. Advantage 1,800+ Affiliate Yokohama Tire Corp. www.yokohamatire.com Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. $121.0 42† 151/115 150 15 Potosi, Mo. T3 Marketing Program 1,100+ Affiliate TCI (Michelin) www.t3tires.com Redburn Tire Co. $104.0 13 125/40 130 16 Phoenix Driven 1,000+ Associate Toyo Tire USA Corp. www.toyodriven.com Belle Tire Distributors Inc. *$95.3 13† 228 / 15 104 17 Allen Park, Mich. Kenda Traction 1,000 Associate American Kenda www.kendatire.com Ziegler Tire & Supply Co. $92.0 20† 80 / 38 80 Rubber Co. Ltd. Massillon, Ohio 18 Mr. Tire/Big 3 Tire 900 Associate Bob Sumerel Tire Co. $91.0 17† –400– N.A. K&M Tire Inc. www.mr-tire.com Erlanger, Ky. 19 Tire Pros 720 Franchise Pete’s Tire Barns Inc. $90.0 22† 180 / 24 132 American Tire Distributors www.tirepros.com Orange, Mass. 20 Tirecraft/Signature 700 Affiliate Raben Tire Co. L.L.C. $87.5 22† 103 / 41 98 Tirecraft Canada Inc. www.tirecraft.com 21 Evansville, Ind. U.S. AutoForce www.tireone.com Atlanta Commercial Tire $86.4 12† 75 / 40 52 ITDG 616 Buying group 22 Forest Park, Ga. Indep. Tire Dealers Group www.independent-tire.net Cross Dillon Tire *$81.0 8† N.A. N.A. B1 Advantage 564 Associate 23 Lincoln, Neb. Zurcher Group www.bestonetire.com Jack’s Tire & Oil Inc. $73.2 10† 103 / 28 55 MTMA 535 Associate 24 Logan, Utah Mickey Thompson www.mickeythompsontires.com Performance Tires & Wheels Sullivan Tire Co. Inc. $72.0 15† 147 / 18 74 25 Norwell, Mass. Big O Tires L.L.C. 387 Franchise TBC Corp. www.bigotires.com † Valley Tire Co. Inc. $66.0 21 52 / 25 75 2 + Charleroi, Pa. Point S 375 Cooperative 26 Northwest Tire Factory/ www.points-development.com Eastern Iowa Tire Inc. $62.0 15 75 / 28 49 Pneu Unimax 27 Davenport, Iowa OK Tire/OK Pneu 300+ Franchise McGriff Tire Co. *$61.0 12† N.A. N.A. OK Tire Stores Inc. www.oktire.com 28 Cullman, Ala. Kal Tire 252 Affiliate Commercial Tire Inc. *$60.0 38† 40 / 30 140 Kal Tire www.kaltire.com 29 Meridian, Idaho TireStarz (Canada) 201 Affiliate Royal Tire Inc. $58.0 16 60/ 50 80 Bridgestone Americas www.tirestarz.com 30 St. Cloud, Minn. Tire Solutions 182 Associate Custom Bandag Inc. $53.0 14† 124 / 24 100 Tire Solutions Inc. www.mytire solutions.com 31 Linden, N.J. Fountain Tire 161 Partnership Allied Oil & Tire Co. $53.0 8† 248 / 38 30 Fountain Tire Ltd. www.fountaintire.com 31 Omaha, Neb. ITD/Independent Tire Dealers 158 Affiliate Good Tire Service Inc. $52.3 6† N.A. 30 Community Wholesale Tire www.itdroll.com 33 Kittanning, Pa. Xpress Tire & Auto 134 Affiliate Callaghen Tire Inc. $48.0 11† 70 / 35 60 Conrad’s Tire Express www.xpresstire.com 34 Bradenton, Fla. Integra Tire 87 Affiliate Pete’s Road Service Inc. $46.6 9 65 / 20 65 National Tire Distributors4 www.integratire.com 35 Fullerton, Calif. RNR Tire Express & 83 Franchise Custom Wheels Strouhal Tire Inc. *$46.0 9 N.A. N.A. 36 Hungerford, Texas SPF Management Inc. www.rnrfranchise.com

1. Store count includes company stores. 2. Tire Factory and Pneus Unimax Ltee partnered with internationally active Point S * = estimated: N.A. = not available; † = includes combination retail/commercial outlets Development to launch the Point S program in the U.S. and Canada, respectively. ‡ = converted from Canadian $ at 1.03 per U.S. $ 3. Tire’s Warehouse Inc. of Corma, Calif., also offers the Tire One program in its distribution 1 — d.b.a. Best One Tire & Service; includes sales of S&S Tire, Southern Indiana Tire, Tommy House Tire, Huber Tire, Zurcher Tire, Southern Illinois area under license from U.S. AutoForce. Tire, etc.; 2 — Also has 86 ‘member dealers’; 3 — Minority owned by Goodyear Canada; 54 Fountain stores are corporate partnerships, 12 are 4. American Tire Distributors Inc. subsidiary. associate dealers; 4 —Store locations include 7 outlets operating under a Tredroc/Belle Tire joint venture in Western Michigan. Source: Tire Business survey data Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE BUSINESS, February 13, 2017 • 19 TIRE PLANT CODES MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE PLANT CODES K6, 1K6 Qingzhoui Hua Han Rubber LH, 1LH Speedways Rubber Co. L5, 1L5 BRISA/LASSA...... Izmit, Turkey ...... Tianjin, China Continued from page 17 Co. Ltd...... Qinzhou City, China ...... Jalandhar, India L6, 1L6 Continental India Ltd. MN, 1MN Dong Nai Rubber Factory ...... Jaroslavl, Russia K7, 1K7 Foshan Shunde Tian Di Rubber LJ, 1LJ Schefer Comercio Interna- ...... Modipuram, India (CASUMINA) J7, 1J7 Hoosier Tire & Rubber Co. Co. Ltd....Foshan, Guangdong, China cional...... Pinhais, Parana, Brazil L7, 1L7 S.C. Silvania S.A. (Michelin) ...... Dong Nai Province, Vietnam ...... Lakeville, Ind. K8, 1K8 Shandong Zhengfang Tyre LL, 1LL Uniroyal Englebert (Continen- ...... Zalau, Romania MP, 1MP Binh Loi Rubber Factory J8, 1J8 Ta Chung Hu...Shanghai, China Co. Ltd...... Taian, Shandong, China tal)...... Clairoix, France ...... Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam J9, 1J9 PT Intirub...... Jakarta, Indonesia K9, 1K9 Tech Rubber Co. Ltd. LM, 1LM Uniroyal Englebert (Conti- M MR, 1MR Qingdao Yellow Sea Tire JA, 1JA Liaoning Permanent Tyre Co...... Changhua, Taiwan nental)...... Aachen, Germany MA, 1MA Zhejiang Best Rubber Co. Factory..Qingdao/Shandong, China Ltd...... Chaoyang, Liaoning, China LP, 1LP Shandong Zhentai Group Co. Ltd...... Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China MT, 1MT Suntop Tire (Wuxi) Co. Ltd. JB, 1JB1 Shandong Zhengxing Tyres L Ltd...... Gaomi City, Shandong, China MB, 1MB Goodyear...... Akron/Plant 2 ...... Wuxi, Jiangsu, China Co. Ltd...... Linyi, Shandong, China LA, 1LA Wuxi Yuangfang Rubber En- LR, 1LR TVS Srichakra ltd. MC, 1MC Goodyear...... Danville, Va. MU, 1MU Ruain Jianda Tyre Manufac- JD, 1JD P.T. Suryaraya Rubberindo gineering Co. Ltd...... Tamil Nadu, India MD, 1MD Goodyear ...... Gadsden, Ala. ture Co. Ltd. Industries ...... Bogor, Indonesia ...... Wuxi, Jiangsu, China LT, 1LT Goodyear.....Aapazari, Turkey ME, 1ME Zhejiang Yizheng Tyre Co...... Ruian, Zhengjiang, China JE, 1JE Shandong Yongsheng Rub- LB, 1LB Shandong Fengyuan Tire LU, 1LU Pirell ....Valencia, Venezuela ...... Ruian, Zhejiang, China MV, 1MV Shandong Wonbon Rubber ber Co. Ltd. Mfg. Co. Ltd. LW, 1LW Trelleborg MF, 1MF Danang Rubber J.S.C. Co. Ltd....Dongying, Shandong, China ...... Dongying, Shandong, China ..Zahzhuang City, Shandong, China ...... Trelleborg, Sweden ...... Danang, Vietnam MW, 1MW Shenyang Peace Radial Tyre JG, 2J6 Jilin Province Chunwei Tyre LC, 1LC Casumina LX, 1LX Mitsuboshi Belting MH, 1MH Weifang Jingtong Da Tyre Co. Mfg. Co. Ltd...... Shenyang, Liaoning Co. Ltd.....Gongzhuluing/Jilin, China ...... Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam ...... Kobe, Japan Ltd.....Goomi City, Shandong, China MX, 1MX Goodyear....Sao Paulo, Brazil JH, 1JH Shandong Shuanwang Rub- LD, 1LD Zhejiang Wanxin Rubber LY, 1LY Mitsuboshi Belting MJ, 1MJ Goodyear ...... Topeka, KS MY, 1MY Goodyear...... Cali, Colombia ber Co. Ltd. Co. Ltd...... Xianju, Zhejiang, China ...... Shikoku, Japan MK, 1MK Qingdao Taihao Tyre Co. M0, 1M0 Neumaticos de Chile (BFS) ...... Dongying, Shandong, China LE, 1LE Weifang Lutong Rubber Co. L0, 1L0 Michelin...... Gravanches, France Ltd...... Pingdu City, Qingdao, China ...... Coquimbo, Chile JJ, 1JJ Nexen Tire Corp. Ltd...... Weifang, Shandong, China L1, 1L1 Goodyear...... Taipei, Taiwan ML, 1ML P.T. Banteng Pratama Rub- M1, 1M1 Laoling Vheal Rubber Co...... Laixishi, Qingdao, China LF, 1LF Continental A.G. L4, 1L4 Danubiana ber...... Bogor, Indonesia Ltd...... Laoling City, China JK, 1JK Tovic Tire Co. Ltd...... Hannover, Germany ...... Bucharest, Romania MM, 1MM Kenda Tire (Tianjin) Co. Ltd. Continued on page 21 ...... Chanwon City, South Korea JL, 1JL Shandong Bayi Sailan Tyre Manufacturer Co. Ltd...... Zao Zhuang, Shandong, China JM, 1JM Yokohama ...... Suzhou, Jiangsu, China JN, 1JN Dongying Fangxing Rubber Co. Ltd...... Dongying, Shandong, China JP, 1JP Anhui Primewell Rubber & Plastics Co. Ltd....Hefei/Anhui, China JR, 1JR Pirelli Tire L.L.C...... Rome, Ga. A TIRE FOR JT, 1JT K.R.M. Tyres...... Baddi, India JU, 1JU Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Co. Ltd.....Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China JV, 1JV Fullrun Tyre Tech Corp. Ltd...... Qingdao, Shandong, China JW, 1JW Pirelli...... Voronezh, Russia JX, 1JX Dongying Xinjinshan Rubber ALL SEASONS Co. Ltd....Dongying, Shandong, China JY, 1JY Bridgestone Stargard ...... Stargard Szczecinski, Poland

K KA, 1KA Deestone Radial Tyre (dba Svizz One Corp. Ltd.) Banglane,Nakompathaom, Thailand KB, 1KB Zhaoqing Junhong Co. Ltd...... Zhaoqing, Guangdong, China GRAND TOURING ALL SEASON KC, 1KC Rosava ...... Belaya Tserkov/Kiev, Ukraine KD, 1KD Valsa Bila Tserkva Tyre ...... Belaya Tserkov/Kiev, Ukraine KE, 1KE Shandong Jinyu Industrial $3 NEXT LEVEL 70,000 MILEAGE 54 SIZES Rubber Co Ltd...... Dongying, Shandong, China PROGRAM REWARD WARRANTY AVAILABLE KF, 1KF Shandong Linglong Rubber Co Ltd.....Zhaoyuan, Shandong, China KH, 1KH Shandong Sangong Rubber Co. Ltd...... Shandong, China KJ, 1KJ Shandong Province Sanli Tire Mfg. Co. Ltd...... Caoxian, Shandong, China KK, 1KK Dalian Tyre Factory Co. Ltd. Dalian, Liaoning, China KL, 1KL Anlas Anadolu Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S....Ulus, Istanbul, Turkey KM, 1KM Lee Tire/Goodyear ...... Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg KN, 1KN Hangzhou Chaoyang Rub- ber Co. Ltd...... Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China KP, 1KP Shandong Zhushenghua Rubber Co. Ltd...... Dongying, Shandong, China KR, 1KR Wuxi Double Flying ...... Wuxi, China KT, 1KT Automobile Tyre & Tube ...... Danang, Vietnam KU, 1KU Weifang Dawang Rubber Products Co. Ltd...... Changyi, Shandong, China KV, 1KV Nanjing Tire Co. Ltd...... Nanjing, Jiangsu, China KW, 1KW Shengtai Group Co. Ltd...... Dongying, Shandong, China KX, 1KX Shandong New Dong Yue Group Co. Ltd...... Dongying City, Shandong, China KY, 1KY Dongying Tiantong Rubber & Plastic Co. Ltd .....Dongying City, Shandong, China K0, 1K0 Nexen Tire ...... Yang San, South Korea K2, 1K2 Kumho Tire (Vietnam) Co. Ltd...... Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam K3, 1K3 Kenda Rubber ...... Yuanlin, Taiwan K4, 1K4 Industrias Michelin S.A. de C.V...... Queretaro, Mexico K5, 1K5 Pneumant (Goodyear-Dunlop) ...... Fuerstenwalde, Germany

NexenTireUSA.com 20 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE MARKET FACTS MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE MARKET FACTS U.S. high-performance tire trends Top Selling Cars/Light Trucks 2016 2016* 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 Passenger Cars Units % change Original Equipment (millions of units) Toyota Camry 388,618 -9.5% H-rated 16.7 15.7 14.6 12.7 10.6 7.9 5.9 3.7 5.2 Toyota Corolla/Matrix 378,210 2.7% Honda Civic 366,927 9.4% V-Rated 6.6 6.6 7.0 7.0 5.9 4.4 4.5 3.7 5.5 Honda Accord 345,225 -2.9% 1 Z-Rated 3.0 2.7 2.4 1.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.6 1.4 Nissan Altima 307,380 -7.8% Performance subtotal 26.3 25.0 24.0 21.5 17.5 13.1 11.3 8.0 12.1 Ford Fusion 265,840 -11.4% Chevrolet Malibu 227,881 16.9% % of OE shipments 53.3% 50.3% 50.2% 45.0% 43.7% 37.5% 34.1% 32.5% 32.2% Nissan Sentra 214,709 5.5% Hyundai Elantra 208,319 -13.8% Replacement (millions of units) Hyundai Sonata 199,416 -6.5% H-rated 43.7 40.8 37.3 33.8 31.6 30.0 30.5 28.3 29.7 V-Rated 23.8 21.4 18.9 16.3 14.7 14.4 13.1 11.4 10.7 Minivans Units % change Dodge Grand Caravan 127,678 25.7% Z-Rated1 16.8 16.5 15.2 13.5 12.9 12.7 12.1 01.6 10.4 Toyota Sienna 127,291 -7.4% Performance subtotal 84.3 78.7 71.4 63.6 59.2 57.4 55.7 50.3 50.8 Honda Odyssey 120,846 -5.4% % of replacement shipments 40.4% 38.2% 34.6% 31.9% 30.4% 29.3% 27.6% 26.5% 26.2% Dodge Journey 106,759 -1.2% Chrysler Pacifica 62,366 N.M. Import share (millions of units) Chrysler Town & Country 59,701 -38.8% Kia Sedona 44,264 17.0% Imports (17” & higher) N.A. 35.4 28.8 24.1 21.3 19.2 17.0 13.2 14.6 Ford Transit Connect 43,232 -19.1% % of performance sector - 45.0% 40.3% 37.9% 35.9% 33.3% 30.5% 26.2% 28.7% Nissan Quest 11,115 0.9% Non-captive imports2 N.A. 17.5 13.5 10.5 8.7 7.1 6.0 5.3 4.9 SUVs/CUVs Units % change % of performance sector - 22.2% 18.9% 16.5% 14.7% 12.4% 10.9% 10.5% 9.6% Honda CR-V 357,335 3.4%

Sources: Rubber Manufacturers Association: Department of Commerce; Tire Business research Toyota RAV4 352,154 11.6% 1. Comprises W-, Y- and Z-rated tires Nissan Rogue 329,904 14.8% 2. Imports from countries where local manufacturers don’t have North American capacity; primarily China, South Korea, Taiwan, India, etc. *Preliminary data; subject to change Ford Escape 307,069 0.2% Ford Explorer 248,507 -0.3% Chevrolet Equinox 242,195 -12.8% Jeep Grand Cherokee 212,273 8.5% Jeep Cherokee 199,736 -9.3% Online Jeep Wrangler 191,774 -5.4% Tire Market Data & Information Toyota Highlander 191,379 20.4% For pure statistics, facts and resource information, the Tire Business Data Store covers it all ... from Light Trucks Units % change PDUNHWSURÀOHVWLUHVKLSPHQWVDQGJOREDOVWDWLVWLFV Ford F series 820,799 5.2% WRGHDOHUVKLSUDQNLQJVPDUNHWLQJJURXSVDXWRPRWLYH Chevrolet Silverado 574,876 -4.3% service data, DOT codes, and much more. Ram 489,418 8.5% GMC Sierra 221,680 -9.2% These special reports are for sale in convenient VWDWLVWLFDOIRUPDWV(DFKPDUNHWGDWDÀOHLVLQDQ([FHO Toyota Tacoma 191,631 6.7% format which allows you to manipulate the information Toyota Tundra 115,489 -2.9% IRU\RXURZQUHSRUWVDQGPDUNHWLQJSUHVHQWDWLRQV Chevrolet Colorado 108,725 28.8% Nissan Frontier 86,926 38.4% Check out these tire market reports at the Data Store Nissan Titan 21,880 80.2% on TireBusiness.com/Data or contact Lori DiFrancesco GMC Canyon 37,449 24.5% at 330-865-6121 or [email protected]. Cargo/Delivery Vans Units % change Ford Transit 143,244 22.4%

tirebusiness.com Chevrolet Express 68,007 7.3% Ford E-Series 54,245 7.3% Mercedes Sprinter 28,320 -0.7% Ram ProMaster 40,440 45.4% GMC Savana 20,067 -8.8% Nissan NV 17,873 5.4% Nissan NV 200 18,523 7.0% Ram ProMaster City 15,972 42.8%

Top Nameplates (PC/LT/SUV) Units % change Ford 2,487,487 -0.6% Chevrolet 2,096,510 -1.4% Toyota 2,106,374 -0.7% Honda 1,476,582 4.8% Nissan 1,426,130 5.6% Jeep 926,376 7.1% Hyundai 768,057 0.8% Kia 647,598 3.5% Subaru 615,132 5.6% ATV TIRES Dodge 508,858 -1.6% BUTYL TUBES Others 4,479,948 -3.3% FARM TIRES TOTAL U.S. 17,539,052 0.4% CONSTRUCTION TIRES NATURAL RUBBER TUBES PRE-CURED TREADS Sales by country of origin SOLID SKID STEER TIRES LAWN AND GARDEN TIRES RETREADING SUPPLIES Units % change SOLID INDUSTRIAL TIRES U.S./Canada/Mexico 13,730,890 -1.1% FORKLIFT TIRES Japan 1,785,836 0.7% WHEELS SOLID SKID STEER TIRES Europe 1,223,122 5.1% South Korea 758,751 18.7% EXCLUSIVE BRANDS • WAREHOUSE & FACTORY DIRECT PROGRAMS Other 40,453 54.1% Imports 3,808,162 5.8% www.tubeandsolidtire.com | www.k9tire.com | 210-599-1222 Source: Automotive News

AD_2.2.17.indd 1 2/3/17 10:11 AM Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE BUSINESS, February 13, 2017 • 21 TIRE PLANT CODES MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE PLANT CODES R8, 1R8 Sumitomo Rubber (Thailand) Continued from page 19 tory...... Qingdao City, China PR, 1PR Weihai Pingan Tyre Co. Ltd. Ltd...... Qingdao, China Co. Ltd...... Rayong, Thailand M2, 1M2 Dongying Huantai Rubber Co. NV, 1NV Weifang Huadong Rubber Co...... Rongcheng, China RF, 1RF Qingdao Tianchi Tyre Co. R9, 1R9 Taizhou Julun Tyre Co. Ltd. Ltd...... ,,,,,,,,,,...... Dongying, China Ltd....Shouguang, Shandong, China PT, 1PT Ceat Ltd. Ltd...... Qingdao, China ...... Lunan/Taizhou, China M3, 1M3 Michelin...... Greenville, SC NW, 1NW Goodyear ...... Baroda, Gujarat, India RH, 1RH Qingdao Huashi Industrial M5, 1M5 Michelin ...... Uitenhage, South Africa PU, 1PU Arai Shoji Co. Ltd. Products Co. Ltd.....Qingdao, China T ...... Waterville, Nova Scotia NX, 1NX Weifang Angu Rubber In- ...... Minato-Ku (Tokyo), Japan RJ, 1RJ Anlas Anadolu Lastik Sanayii TA, 1TA Wendeng Sanjing Chemistry M6, 1M6 Goodyear...... Lawton, Okla. dustry Co. Ltd. M7, 1M7 Goodyear .....Santiago, Chile ..Shouguang City, Shandong, China PV, 1PV Cenchelyn Tire Co. Ltd. ve Ticaret A.S...... Duzce, Turkey Co. Ltd....Wendeng, Shandong, China M8, 1M8 Premier Tyres NY, 1NY Goodyear.....Bangkok,Thailand ...... Jimo, Shandong, China RK, 1RK Innovative Tyres & Tubes Ltd. TB, 1TB Sentaida Group Co...... Kalamassery, India N3, 1N3 Toyo Tire...... Kuwana, Japan PW, 1PW Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd...... Halol, Gujarat, India ...... Jimo, Shandong, China M9, 1M9 Shandong Havstyear Rub- N4, 1N4 Victoria (Michelin) ...... Hyogo, Itami, Japan RL, 1RL International Machinery & TC, 1TC Goodyear Dalian Tire Co. ber Technology Co. Ltd. Equipment (Zhengzhou) Co. Ltd...... Floresti, Romania PX, 1PX Techno Innovative Rubber Ltd...... Pulandian, Dalian, China .....Dongying City, Shandong, China N5, 1N5 Pneumant...... Riesa, Germany ...... Zhengzhou, Henan, China Enterprise Inc....Scarborough, Ontario TD, 1TD Acme Rubber Ind. Co. Ltd. N6, 1N6 Reifen Heidenau RM, 1RM Cooper Kunshan Tire Co. Ltd. N ...... Heidenau, Germany PY, 1PY Weifang Huari Rubber Co...... Kunshan, China ...... Tianjhong, Changhua, Taiwan NA, 1NA Sumitomo Rubber do Brasil N7, 1N7 Caracal...... Caracal, Romania Ltd...... Shouguang City, Shandong RP, 1RP Taizhou Taiyangfeng Rub- TE, 1TE CST Rubber (Zhangzhou) Ind. Ltda...... Fazenda Rio Grande, Brazil N8, 1N8 Shandong Cascen Rubber P0, 1P0 Apollo Tyres Ltd. ber Co. Ltd...... Xianju County, China Ltd....Gangwei, Longhai, Fujian, China NB, 1NB Goodyear Ind. Ltd...... Zaozhuang City, China ....Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu, India RR, 1RR Belshina Bobruisk, Belarus TF, 1TF Qingdao Qianzhen Tyre Co...... Wolverhampton, England RT, 1RT Dongguan Huacheng Tyre Fac- N9, 1N9 Pirelli P1, 1P1 Goodyear...... Hebron, Ohio Ltd....Pingdu City, Shandong, China NC, 1NC Goodyear ....Amiens, France ...... Feira de Santana/ Bahia, Brazil tory...Donguang, Guangdong, China ND, 1ND Goodyear P2, 1P2 Cenchelyn Tire Co. Ltd. RU, 1RU Rekord ...... Belgrade, Serbia TH, 1TH Weifang Longshan Tyre Co...... Philippsburg, Germany P ...... Jimo, Shandong, China RV, 1RV Eternal Rise Tyre (Tianjin) Co. Ltd...... Gaomi, Shandong, China NE, 1NE Gummiwerke Fulda (Good- PA, 1PA Goodyear ...... Izmit, Turkey P4, 1P4 Carlstar Group..Jackson, Tenn. Ltd,,,,,,,...... Tianjin, China TJ, 1TJ Chaoyang Long March Tyre New year)...... Fulda, Germany PB, 1PB Goodyear...Valencia, Venezuela P5, 1P5 Continental Tire de Mexico RW, 1RW Societe Tunisienne des In- Co. Ltd...Chaoyang, Liaoning, China NF, 1NF Jinyong (Qingyuan) Rubber PC, 1PC Goodyear ...... San Luis Potosi, Mexico dustries de Pneumatique (STIP) TK, 1TK Yokohama Russia P.Z. Industrial Co Ltd...... Sousse, Tunisia ...... Medicine Hat, Alberta P6, 1P6 Yonkang City Huajin Silicon ...... Lipetsk, Russia .....Qingyuan City, Guandong, China PD, 1PD Xinjiang Kunlun Engineering RX, 1RX PRS Tyres Ltd. Rubber Co. Ltd...... Yongkang, China TL, 1TL Sichuan Kalevei Technology NH, 1NH Qingdao Huasheng Rubber Tyre Co. Ltd...... Korle City, China ...... Rasipuram, Tamil Nadu, India Co. Ltd.....Pingdu Qingdao City, China PE, 1PE MRF Ltd. Perambalur, Tamil P7, 1P7 Maggion Industrias de Pneus RY, 1RY Shandong Changfeng Tyres Co. Ltd....Jianyang, Sichuan, China NJ, 1NJ Goodyear ...... Nadu, India e Maquinas Ltd.....Guarulhos, Brazil Co. Ltd....Dongying, Shandong, China TM, 1TM Bridgestone Huizhou ...... Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg PF, 1PF Qingdao Huawu Rubber & P8, 1P8 Qingdao Rubber R0, 1P0 Amerityre Corp...... Huizhou, Guangdong, China NK, 1NK Goodyear...... Hariana, India Plastic Co. Ltd...... Qingdao, China ...... Boulder City, Nev. TN, 1TN Weifang Huantai Rubber Co. NL, 1NL Goodyear...Bogor, Indonesia R1, 1R1 Dezhou Linglong Tyre Co...... Qingdao, Shandong, China P9, 1P9 MRF Ltd. Kottayam, India Ltd....Changyi City, Shandong, China NM, 1NM Tianjin Xieli Rubber Product PH, 1PH Dongying Durun Tyre Co. Ltd...... Dezhou, China TP, 1TP Double Coin Group (Chongq- Ltd. Co...... Tianjin, China Ltd...... Dawang, Dongying, China R2, 1R2 Tianjin Zhenxin Rubber Co. NN, 1NN Chongqing Dragon Rubber PJ, 1PJ Kelly-Springfield (Goodyear) R Ltd...... Tianjin, China ing) Tire Co. Ltd.....Shanghai, China Products Co. Ltd...... Fayetteville, N.C. RA, 1RA Taizhou Renli Tire Co. Ltd. R3, 1R3 Zheijiang Xinchang Zhong- TR, 1TR Qingdao Shuanghe Tyre Co...... Changshou/Chongqing, PK, 1PK Titan Tire Corp....Freeport, Ill...... Taizhou, China ya Industry...... Xinchang, China Ltd...... Pingdu, Shandong, China Chongaing, China PM, 1PM Qingdao Chengtai Hand RB, 1RB Bridgestone Neumaticos de R4, 1R4 Shandong Shifeng (Group) TT, 1TT Shandong Deruibao Tire Co. NP, 1NP I-Greatest Rubber Ind. Co. Co. Ltd...... Gaotang, China Truck Co. Ltd. Monterrey...Cienega de Flores, Mexico Ltd...... Guangrao, Qingdao, China Ltd...... Mexico City, Mexico Jiaonan Qingdao, Shandong, China R5, 1R5 Shandong Hengyu Rubber RC, 1RC Qingdao Mao Xing Rubber TU, 1TU Qingdao Morewin Rubberware NR, 1NR Shandong Rongcheng Tire PN, 1PN Sifute Industrial Group Ltd. Co. Ltd...... Guangrao, China Factory Co...... Shandong, China Co. Ltd...... Qingdao, China R6, 1R6 Qingdao Chongkun Industri- Co. Ltd....,,,,,Jiaonan, Qingdao, China ...... Rongcheng/Shandong, China PP, 1PP Shandong Guofeng Rubber RD, 1RD Corporacion de Occidente al Development...... Qingdao, China TV, 1TV Shandong O'Green Tyres Co. NT, 1NT Goodyear ...... Lima, Peru & Plastic Co. Ltd...... El Salto, Mexico R7, 1R7 Corporacion de Occidente Ltd...... Dongying, Shandong, China NU, 1NU Qingdao Honghua Tyre Fac- ...... Dawang, Guangrao, China RE, 1RE Qingdao Elite Rubber Co...... El Salto, Mexico Continued on page 23 22 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com Largest North American Retreaders Based on rubber used during last full year—2015) Medium & Heavy Truck Tires 2016 Pounds/year % Days/ 2015 Rank Company/Headquarters (in millions) Change Units/day Plants week Shifts Curing processes# Rank 1 Goodyear Commercial Tire Systems L.L.C. *32.50 -6.0% 4,518 27 N.A. N.A. GY,p.c.,m.c. 1 Fort Smith, Ark. 2 Southern Tire Mart L.L.C. 28.00 N.C. 4,420 18 5 1 1/2 Bandag 2 Columbia, Miss. 3 GCR Tires & Service 1 *23.70 N.A. *3,550 35 5 1 Bandag 3 Nashville, Tenn. 4 Best-One Tire & Service L.L.C. 15.80 1.3% *2,325 16 5 1 Bandag 4 Indianapolis 5 Snider Fleet Solutions 15.20 2.7% 2,050 7 5 1 MRT,Oliver 5 Greensboro, N.C. 6 TCI Tire Centers L.L.C. 2 12.50 -10.7% 1,600 9 5 2 MRT 6 Duncan, S.C. 7 Pomp’s Tire & Auto Service Inc. *12.40 3.0% 2,050 13 5 1 to 2 Bandag 7 Greenbay, Wis. 8 Les Schwab Tire Centers Inc. *11.50 N.A. *1,600 3 N.A. N.A. Oliver,Gaigo, 8 Bend, Ore. M-RTS 9 Kal Tire 3 10.50 -2.8% N.A. 10 N.A. N.A. Bandag 9 Vernon, British Columbia 10 McCarthy Tire Service Co. Inc. 4 10.00 5.3% 1,700 8 5 1 1/2 Bandag 10 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 11 Service Tire Truck Centers Inc. 9.20 17.9% 1,150 3 5 2 1/2 Michelin, Oliver 11 Bethlehem, Pa. 12 Bauer Built Inc. 7.00 N.C. 1,000 7 6 1 1/2 MRT 12 Durand, Wis. 13 Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. Inc. 6.30 -3.1% 875 3 6 2 GY,m.c.,p.c. 13 Potosi, Mo. 14 Boulevard Tire Center 5.90 1.7% 960 6 5 1 Bandag 14 Deland, Fla. 15 Tredroc Tire Services *5.30 N.A. *1,100 4 5 1 Bandag 15 Antioch, Ill. 16 Bob Sumerel Tire Co. Inc. 5.05 3.0% 770 6 N.A. N.A. Bandag 18 Erlanger, Ky. 17 Jack’s Tire & Oil Co. Inc. 5.02 -1.6% 770 5 5 1 1/4 Michelin 16 Logan, Utah 18 Parkhouse Tire Inc. 5.00 N.C. 800 3 5 1 1/2 Bandag 17 Bell Gardens, Calif. 19 BestDrive L.L.C. 5 *4.80 N.A. 800 7 5 1 Conti LifeCycle N.R. Fort Mill, S.C. 20 Atlanta Commercial Tire 4.60 15.0% 750 3 5 1 Bandag 20 Forest Park, Ga. Off-The-Road Tires

1 Northwest Retreaders Inc. *8.50 N.C. N.A. 1 N.A. N.A. m.c.,p.c.,s.c. 1 Portland, Ore.

2 Purcell Tire & Rubber Co. Inc. 7.10 1.4% 128 3 6 2 f.l.,m.c.,p.c. 2 Potosi, Mo.

3 RDH Tire & Retread Co. 5.50 10.0% 65-70 1 6 3 Marangoni 5 (tie) Cleveland, N.C. m.c.,c.t.

4 H&H Industries Inc. 4.50 -6.3% 50 1 5.5 3 m.c.,p.c.,s.c. 3 Oak Hill, Ohio

5 BR Retreading Inc. *3.90 29.0% 55 1 5 2 Marangoni c.t. 4 Glasgow, Ky. Passenger & Light Truck Tires (unit/day: first number is passenger, second is light truck) 1 Eastern Tire Service Ltd. 1.80 N.C. 700/125 1 5 2 Italmatic,b.b. 1 New Glasgow, Nova Scotia 2 Techno Pneu Inc. 1.05 5.0% 225/225 2 5 2 CIMA,m.c. 2 (tie) Rimouski, Quebec 3 Day & Night Tire Service Inc. 1.00 N.C. 000/325 1 5 1 Oliver 2 (tie) Lakeland, Fla. 4 Mt. Morris Tire Service Inc. *0.83 N.A. 150/275 1 5 2 CIMA,m.c. 4 Mt. Morris, Pa. 5 TreadWright Inc. *0.71 N.A. 000/165 1 5 N.A. CIMA,m.c. 5 Houston

* = Estimated; N.A. = not available; N.R. =not ranked in 2015 1 GCR is a subsidary of Bridgestone Americas L.L.C., operating in the U.S. and Canada. ^ = Some plants may produce other types of retreads; N.C. = No Change 2 Michelin North America Inc. subsidiary #– GY-Goodyear; MRT=Michelin Retread Technologies; M-RTS=Marangoni RingTread system; m.c.=mold cure; 3 Also operates OTR retread plants in Kamloops, British Columbia, and Oshawa, Ontario pc=precure; c.t.=cut tread; f.l.=flexcure; s.c.=sculpture; b.b.=bead-bead 4 Closed OTR retread plant in Pa., mid-2015 5 Continental Tire the Americas subsidiary; includes data for Hill Tire Co., ranked 30th in 2015 Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE BUSINESS, February 13, 2017 • 23 TIRE PLANT CODES MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE PLANT CODES VY, 1VY Continental...... Sumter, SC WF, 1WF Bridgestone...Burgos, Spain ...... Taipei, Taiwan ...... Wanakerta Purwadadi, Subang, Continued from page 21 V1, 1V1 Livingston's Tire...Hubbard, Ohio WH, 1WH Shandong Fenglun Tyre Co. WY, 1WY Pneustone S.A. Indonesia TW, 1TW Weifang Shunfuchang Rub- V2, 1V2 Volzhsky Tire...Volzhsky, Russia Ltd....Zaozhuang, Shandong, China ...... Guadalajara, Mexico XE, 1XE Pirelli Pneus S.A. ber & Plastic Co. Ltd. V3, 1V3 Ta Hsin Tire...... Taipei, Taiwan WJ, 1WJ Shanghai Hanghong Rub- W0, 1W0 Inoue Rubber ...... Gravatai, Brazil ...... Shouguang, Shandong, China V4, 1V4 Sumitomo Rubber ber Manufactory.....Shanghai, China ...... Bangkok, Thailand XH, 1XH Pirelli Kirov O.p.c.o...... Miyazaki, Japan WK, 1WK Wuyi Fengyuan Mining Ma- W1, 1W1 Bridgestone ...... Kirov, Russia TX, 1TX Wiegel Rubber Co. Ltd. V6, 1V6 Bridgestone chine Manufactor Co. Ltd...... La Vergne, Tenn. XJ, 1XJ Pirelli...... Izmit, Turkey ...... Handan, Hebei, China ...... Cuernavaca, Mexico ...... Wuyi, Zhejiang, China W2, 1W2 Bridgestone...... Wilson, N.C. XK, 1XK Pirelli...... Sao Paulo, Brazil TY, 1TY Wiegel Rubber Co. Ltd. V7, 1V7 Voronezhsky Tire WL, 1WL Ningbo Hualin W5, 1W5 Bridgestone XL, 1XL Pirelli ...... Pindgu, Shandong, China ...... Voronezh, Russia ...... Yuyao, Zhe Jiang, China ...... Buenos Aires, Argentina ...... Sao Paulo/Campinas, Brazil T1, 1T1 Hankook...Seoul, South Korea V8, 1V8 Michelin India Tamil Nadu Tyres WM, 1WM South Pacific Tyres W7, 1W7 Jiangsu Chengtong Tire Co. XM, 1XM Pirelli...... Merlo, Argentina T2, 1T2 Stomil (Michelin) Pvt. Ltd...... W. Footscray, Australia Ltd...... Xuzhou, China XN, 1XN Pirelli...... Carlisle, England ...Gummipoondi Taluk Tiruvallur, India WN, 1 WN Trelleborg Wheel Systems W8, 1W8 Siam Tire XP, 1XP Pirelli ...... Olsztyn, Poland (ex-Hebei Starbright Tire Co. Ltd.) ...... Bangkok, Thailand ...... Burton-on-Trent, England T3, 1T3 TC Debica (Goodyear) ...... Xingtai, Hebei, China W9, 1W9 Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd. / XR, 1XR Qingdao Morechi Rubber ...... Debica, Poland W WA, 1WA Bridgestone WP, 1WP Guangzhou South China Pune...... Maharashtra, India Co. Ltd.....Jiaonan, Shandong, China T5, 1T5 Tigar Tyres D.o.o.-Michelin ...... Bethune, France Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd. XT, 1XT Pirelli.....Breuberg, Germany ...... Pirot, Serbia WB, 1WB B ridgestone ...... Aotou, Guangdong, China XU, 1XU Dongying Zhongyi Rubber T6, 1T6 Qingdao Yuanda Tyre Co. X ...... San Jose, Costa Rica WR, 1WR JK Tyre & Industries Ltd. XA, 1XA Pirelli...... Bollate, Italy Co. Ltd...Dongying, Shandong, China Ltd...... Pingdu, Shandong, China WC, 1WC Sumitomo Rubber do Brasil ...Kancheepuram, Tamil Nadu, India XB, 1XB Pirelli XV, 1XV Tolins Tyres Pvt. Ltd. Kalady T7, 1T7 Hankook...Taejeon, South Korea Ltda...... Rio Grande, Parana, Brazil WT, 1WT MRF Ltd...... Madras, India ...... Settimo Veicoli/Turin, Italy ...... Kerala, India T8, 1T8 Goodyear...... Selangor, Malaysia WD, 1WD Hebei Tianrui Rubber Co. WU, 1WU Ceat Tyres XC, 1XC Trelleborg Wheel Systems XW, 1XW Qingzhou Huachen Rubber T9, 1T9 MRF Ltd...... Goa, India Ltd...... Handan, Hebei, China ...... Bombay, India S.p.A...... Tivoli, Italy Co. Ltd. U WE, 1WE Nankang..West Taipei, Taiwan WV, 1WV General Rubber XD, 1XD P.T. Evoluzione Tyres (Pirelli) Continued on page 25 UA, 1UA Nexen Tire Corp...... Changnyeong-gun, Gyeong Sangnam-do, South Korea ADVERTISEMENT UB, 1UB Shandong Hengyu Science & Technology Co. Ltd...... Dawang, Shandong, China UC, 1UC Shandong Fuyu Bluestone Tyre Co. Ltd...Zibo, Shandong, China UD, 1UD Mitas Tires North America Inc...... Charles City, Iowa. UE, 1UE Tiumsun Rubber Tire (Weihai) Co. Ltd...... Wehai, Shandong, China UF, 1UF Shaanxi Yanchang Petro- leum Group Rubber Co...... Xianyang, Shaanxi, China UH, 1UH Shandong Yinuo Engineer- ing Tyre Co. Ltd...... Tengzhou City, Shandong, China UJ, 1UJ China National Tyre & Rubber Guilin Co. Ltd...... Suqiao, Guilin, China UK, 1UK Toyama Tyre Corp. Ltd...... Beijing, China UL, 1UL Chen Shin Tire & Rubber (Chongqing) Co. Ltd...... Chang-Hua Hsien, Taiwan Has Rock Crawling Ever Had It This Good? UN, 1UN Pirelli Neumaticos S.A. de C.V...... Silao, Mexico CUTTING EDGE them on Jesse Haines’ winning already formidable tire. The 3D resistant than the competition, UP, 1UP Cooper Tire.....Findlay, Ohio rockcrawling buggy Pokey. Long- tread blocks provided plenty of all while maximizing traction. UR, 1UR Good Friend Tyre Co. Ltd. Razor companies are constant- ...... Jiaozuo, Henan, China time crawling competitor and biting edges to continue forward ly adding more blades to their PERFECTION UT, 1UT Cooper Tire.....Texarkana, Ark. King of the Hammers racer Jake momentum, even when traction UV, 1UV Kzowa Rubber....Osaka, Japan products in an effort to provide “Standing on the shoulders of Hallenbeck got behind the wheel was at a premium. And with “Du- UW, 1UW Okada Tire...... Tokyo, Japan a closer shave through improved giants” is how Sir Isaac Newton UX, 1UX Federal...... Taipei, Taiwan and proceeded to put the RAZR al-Cord” casing ply technology, UY, 1UY Cheng Shin....Yuanlin, Taiwan technology. Well now Maxxis is described his scientific discov- MTs through their paces on the punctures were not a concern. U1, 1U1 Lien Shin Tire...Taipei, Taiwan getting into the RAZR market. eries. The same could be said of U2, 1U2 Sumitomo Rubber hardest obstacles we could find...... Shirakawa, Japan The new Maxxis RAZR MT may not the RAZR MT, which builds upon U3, 1U3 Cooper Tire...Krusevac, Serbia give you a closer shave, but it does Maxxis’ years of experience in the U8, 1U8 Nankang...Hsin Fung, Taiwan benefit from cutting edge tech- U9, 1U9 Cooper Tire...... Tupelo, Miss. crucible of competition in a pur- nology that delivers unmatched suit of the perfect tire. Even if you V off-road traction. And just like don’t drive a rock buggy, you can VA, 1VA Sumitomo Rubber (Thai- land) Co. Ltd...... Amphur you wouldn’t buy a razor from a still act like you do. The Maxxis Pluakdaeng, Rayong, Thailand company that makes blue jeans, RAZR MT is available in a variety VB, 1VB Anhui Darui Rubber Co. Ltd...... Wuhu, Anhui, China you shouldn’t buy a mud-ter- of sizes up to 40-inches tall for VC, 1VC Shandong Haoyu Rubber rain tire from a company that COMPETITIVE rim sizes ranging from 15-inches Co. Ltd...... focuses on passenger car tires. all the way up to 22-inches. All Guangrao County, Shandong, China INNOVATIVE Pokey is typically shod with VD, 1VD Qingdao Hongchi Tyre Co. sizes are M&S All-Season rated The innovative sidewall design sticky competition-only Maxx- Ltd...... Pingdu, Qingdao, China with siped tread blocks to work VE, 1VE Bridgestone of the RAZR MT actually became is rubber, so Jake tempered his just as well on snow and ice as ...... Des Moines, Iowa part of the tread surface at the expectations for the street le- VF, 1VF Weifang Zhenfu Industrial they do on rocks and pavement. Co. Ltd. low air pressure Jake was run- gal RAZR MT. “Most street-legal ...... Gaomi City, Shandong, China ning, as the tire conformed to tires will chunk and tear off the VH, 1VH Sumitomo Rubber (Hunan) Co. Ltd.....Changsha, Hunan, China obstacles and stuck like glue. lugs when you use them hard in VJ, 1VJ Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd. Low air pressure can be an issue the rocks.” Jake noted. “These ...... Jiaozuo, Henan, China SPECIALIZED VK, 1VK Qingdao Yuanzhou Rubber for weaker tires, but the armored tires just hooked up better and Products Co. Ltd. Maxxis makes specialized tires sidewall of the RAZR MT also of- better as they broke in.” This is ...... Jiaonan, Shandong, China fers puncture resistance to the a tire designed to work just as VL, 1VL Continental Kaluga for the dirt. From dirt bikes and ...... Kaluga, Russia UTVs to mountain bikes and King well on-road as off-road, with a VM, 1VM Zhucheng Guoxin Rubber Co. tread pattern optimized to lim- Ltd...... Zhucheng, Shandong, China of the Hammers, Maxxis knows VN, 1VN Bridgestone...Joliette, Quebec off-road. All that technology has it noise on the street and grab VP, 1VP Bridgestone...... Bari, Italy any available traction in the dirt. been funneled into their newest For more information please go to VR, 1VR Bridgestone Tatabanya Man- Proprietary chemical fillers have ufacturing Co. Ltd. tire, the RAZR MT. You don’t have www.maxxis.com/razrmt ...... Tatabanya, Hungary to take our word for it though. been added to the rubber com- To find the nearest dealer please VT, 1VT Bridgestone.....Bilbao, Spain go to http://www.maxxis.com/ We mounted up a fresh set of pound in the Maxxis RAZR MT to VV, 1VV Briland Rubber Tire Co. Ltd. dealer-locator ...... Wenzhou, China 37-inch RAZR MTs and mounted make the tire more tear and chip VW, 1VW Sumitomo Rubber ...... Izumi-ohtsu, Japan VX, 1VX Weihai Huamao Rubber Sci- ence & Technology...Wehai, Shandong 1-800-4-MAXXIS / MAXXIS.COM 24 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE PLANT CODES MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE PLANT CODES DOT issues 22 new tire factory codes in 2016 By Bruce Davis one—for Yokohama Tire Corp.’s • Cheng Shin Rubber/Maxxis In- mano, Italy. Code: 025 • Jiangsu Sanyuan Tire Co. Ltd., Tire Business staff truck tire plant in West Point, ternational for its P.T. Maxxis Inter- • Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Las- Suqian, Jiangsu Province, China. Miss.—is in North America. national unit in Bekasi, Indonesia. tik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Aksaray Code: 013 WASHINGTON —The U.S. Depart- Eight of the new plant codes are • Kumho Tire Co. Inc., addition- Province, Turkey. Code: 027 • Kumho Tire Co. Inc., Gwang- ment of Transportation issued 22 for multinational tire companies, al codes for existing plants in China • Dongying Ruisheng Rubber Co. san-gu, Gwangju, South Korea. Code: new DOT plant identi cation codes including: and South Korea. Ltd., Dongying, Shandong Province, 1H2 in the past year for tire factories • Apollo Tyres Ltd., for its plant un- • Yokohama’s plant in Mississippi. China. Code: 021 • Nanjing Kumho Tire Co. Ltd., worldwide, including 14 for plants der construction in Gyöngyöshalász, The companies that were issued • Future Tyres Pvt. Ltd., Kalol, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. in China. Hungary. DOT plant codes in the past year, Gujarat Province, India. Code: 028 Code: 022 Tire manufacturers wishing to • Bridgestone Corp., with new codes with the plant and code, are (listed • Hefei Wanli Tire Co. Ltd., Hefei, • P.T. Maxxis International Indo- sell tires intended for use on U.S. for its European technical center alphabetically): Anhui Province, China. Code: 026 nesia, Bekasi, West Java, Indonesia. roadways must have a DOT code near Rome and for a new plant being • Apollo Tyres Ltd., Gyöngyö- • Henan Shengbang Tire Co. Ltd., Code: 017 for each plant, and that code must built in Turkey by its Brisa Bridge- shalász, Hungary. Code: 023 Huixian, Henan Province, China. • Qingdao Moonstar Vehicle Co. be molded into the sidewalls of each stone joint venture there. • Associated Ceat (Pvt.) Ltd., Code: 015 Ltd., Qingdao, Shandong Province, such tire. • Ceat Ltd., for its Associated Kelaniya, Sri Lanka. Code: 012 • Jiangsu Gunade Tyre Co. Ltd., China. Code: 018 Of the new codes issued, only Ceat (Pvt.) Ltd. venture in Sri Lanka. • Bridgestone Corp., Castel Ro- Changzhou Province, China. Code: 02A • Qingdao Jingcheng Rubber Prod- ucts Co. Ltd., Qingdao, Shandong Province, China. Code: 019 • Shandong Hongsheng Rubber Technology Co. Ltd., Dongying City, Shandong Province, China. Code: 011 • Shandong Okloong Rubber Tech- MORE MILES. LESS WORRY. nology Co. Ltd., Weifang City, Shan- dong Province, China. Code: 014 • Suzhou Chenxin Tire Co. Ltd., Kenda Klever S/T KR 52 Wujiang, Jiangsu Province, China. Code: 02B All-Season SUV/CUV Tire • Tianjin Feiyada Rubber Prod- ucts Co. Ltd., Tianjin, China. Code: 024 • WPI Global Ltd., Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, China. Code: 016. • Yancheng Luxeway Tires Co. Ltd., Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China. Code: 029 • Yokohama Tire Manufacturer L.L.C., West Point, Miss. Code: 020 Among the companies that were issued a DOT code for the rst time: See DOT , page 29

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Continued from page 23 00L Dongying Monday Rubber Tech- ...... Jiangsu, China Rubber Co. Ltd. 1E, 11E Liaoning Tyre Factory nology Co. Ltd...... Dongying, 02B Suzhou Chenxin Tire Co. Ltd...... Fuyang/Zhejiang, China ...... Chaoyang, China ...... Qingzhou, Shandong, China China ...... Wujiang, China 0P, 10P B.F. Goodrich do Brazil 1G, 216 Hankook Tire (Jiaxing) Co. XX, 1XX Bandag Inc. 00M Qingdao Fleming Tyre Co. Ltd. 0A, 10A Siam Rubber ...... Sao Paulo, Brazil Ltd...... Jiaxing/Zhejiang, China ...... Muscatine, Iowa ...... Qingdao, China ...... Samutsakhon, Thailand 0R, 10R Cheng Shing Rubber (Tian- 1H, 11H Continental Tire Andina S.A. XY, 1XY Bridgestone 00N Rizhao Fleming Rubber Co. Ltd 0B, 10B Bridgestone...... Wilson, N.C. jin Dafeng) Ind. Co. Ltd...... Cuenca, Ecuador ...... Joliette, Quebec ...... Rizhao, China 0C, 10C Michelin Siam ...... Tianjian, China 1H2 Kumho Tire Co. Inc. X0, 1X0 Nizhnekamskshina 00P Tristar Tyre Factory ...... Laem Chabang, Thailand 0T, 10T Sumitomo Rubber (Suzhou) ...... Gwangsan-gu, South Korea ...... Nizhnekamsk, Russia ...... Insein Township, Myanmar 0D, 10D Guizhou Tyre Factory Co. Ltd....Changshu, Jiangsu, China 1J, 11J Xiamen Petrel Rubber Co. X1, 1X1 Tong Shin Chemical 00R Ceat Kelani Radials (Pvt) Ltd...... Guizhou, China 0U, 10U Shandong Linglong Rubber Ltd...... Xiamen, Fujian, China ...... Seoul, South Korea ...... Kelaniya, Sri Lanka 0E, 10E Bridgestone Co. Ltd.....Zhaoyan/Shandong, China 1K, 11K Doublestar Dong Feng Tyre X2, 1X2 Hwa Fong Rubber 00T Hankook Tire Manufacturing Ten- ...... Puente San Miguel, Spain 0V, 10V Hangzhou Yokohama Tire Co. Co. Ltd...Shi Yan CIty, Hubei, China ...... Yuanlin, Taiwan nessee L.P...... Clarksville, Tenn. 0F, 10F Innova Rubber (Pinghu) Co. Ltd...... Hangzhou, China 1L, 11L Continental Tyre South Africa X3, 1X3 Rosava Belaya 00U Ozka Lastik ve Kaucuk San Tic ...... Pinghu City/Zhejiang, China 0W, 10W Voronezh O.p.c.o...... Port Elizabeth, South Africa ...... Tserkov, Ukraine S.A...... Kocaeli, Turkey 0H, 10H Triangle Group (Shandong Tyre ...... Voronezh, Russia 1M, 11M Shandong Taishan Tye Facto- X4, 1X4 Pars Tyre...... Savah, Iran 00V Qingdao Kunhua Machinery Co. Factory)...... Weihai, China 0X, 10X Achievor Tire....Qingdao, China ry...... Feicheng City/Shandong, China X5, 1X5 JK Industries...... Kankroli, India Ltd., Qingdao City, China 0J, 10J Beijing Tyre Factory 0Y, 10Y China Qingdao No. 6 Group 1N, 11N Tianjin Kings Glory Tire Co. X6, 1X6 Belshina 00W Qingdao Fleming Tyres Co. Ltd...... Sheng Men Wai, Beijing, China Co. Ltd.....Qingdao/Shandong, China Ltd...... Yang Liu Qing, Tianjin, China ...... Bobruysk, Byelorussia ...... Qingdao, China 0K, 10K Guangzhou Pearl River Rubber 1A, 11A Union Rubber Industries Co. 1P, 11P Shandong Haohua Tire Co. Ltd. X7, 1X7 Chimkentsky Tire 00X Yongan Fleming Fujian Co. Ltd.. Tyre Ltd...... Guilin, Guangxi, China Ltd...... Taipei, Taiwan ...... Shouguang, China ...... Chimkent, Kazakhstan ...... Yongan, China 0L, 10L MRF...... Madras, India 1B, 11B Pirelli....Valencia, Venezuela 1R, 11R Chaoyang Long March Tyre X8, 1X8 Dneproshina 00Y Ace Tyre Ltd...... Medak Dist, India 0M, 10M TRENCO...Alexandria, Egypt 1D, 11D Bridgestone Co. Ltd.....Chaoyang, Liaoning, China ...... Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine 02A Jiangsu Gunade Tyre Co. Ltd. 0N, 10N Zhejiang Huntington Forlong ...... Shimonoseki, Japan Continued on page 27 X9, 1X9 Moscow Tire...Moscow, Russia

Y YA, 1YA MRF Ltd...... Perambalur, Tamil Nadu, India YB, 1YB Pirelli Voronezh O.p.c.o...... Voronezh, Russia YC, 1YC LLIT (Thailand) Co. Ltd. We are a new tire brand. (Shandong Linglong Tyre Co. Ltd.) ...... Sriracha, Chonburi, Thailand YE, 1YE Bridgestone ...... Des Moines, Iowa You don’t know us yet... but you will! YH, 1YH Numsiam Rubber (Laos) Co. Ltd. ....Spen District, Savannakhet, Laos YJ, 1YJ Sailun (Vietnam) Co. Ltd...... Dong Ward, Tay Ninh, Vietnam YK, 1YK Shandong Anchi Tyres Co. Ltd. ....Zhucheng City, Shandong, China YL, 1YL Nokian Tyres...... Nokia, Finland YM, 1YM Yokohama India Pvt. Ltd./ Bahadurgarh Plant ...... District Jhajjar, India YN, 1YN Aung Htet Myet Co. Ltd...... Yangon, Myanmar YP, 1YP Hangzhou Shunyuan Tire Manufacture Co. Ltd...... Hangzhou, China YR, 1YR Qingdao Huada Rubber Production Co. Ltd...... Jiaonan, Shandong, China YT, 1YT Birla Tyres (Kesoram Indus- tries Ltd.) ...... Hardiwar, Uttar Khand, India YU, 1YU Bridgestone ...... Des Moines, Iowa YV, 1YV Longkou Yongan Vehicle Win- dow Co. Ltd...... Longku City, China YW, 1YW Anhui Heding Tires Technol- ogy Co. Ltd....Bengbu, Anhui, China YX, 1YX Nizhnekamsk Truck Tire Plant Ltd...... Nizhekamsk, Russia YY, 1YY Nizhnekamsk All Steel Tires Plant Ltd. (NASTP) Introducing GroundSpeed tires ...... Nizhekamsk, Russia Y0, 1Y0 Kumho.....Koksung, S.Korea and our future North American home. Y1, 1Y1 Goodyear...... Americana, Brazil Y2, 1Y2 Bridgestone...... Wilson, N.C. Quality from the ground up! Y3, 1Y3 Shandong Goodtyre Rubber Co. Ltd...... Dezhou, China Y4, 1Y4 ATC Tires Pvt. Ltd...... Mumbai, India Y5, 1Y5 Shanghai Michelin Warrior Tyre Co. Ltd...... Shanghai, China Y6, 1Y6 Continental-Sime Tyres ...... Kedah, Malaysia Y7, 1Y7 Bridgestone ...... LaVergne, Tenn. Y8, 1Y8 Bombay Tyre....Bombay, India Y9, 1Y9 P.T. Gajah Tunggal ...... Tangerang, Indonesia Numbers first codes 00A Zhucheng Yihesheng Rubber Co. Ltd...... Zhucheng City, China 00B Radial Tire Factory VOYAGER GT VOYAGER HP VOYAGER HT VOYAGERVOY SV VOYAGER AT ...... Uyen Town, Vietnam 00C Delun Tire Co. Ltd...... Chuzhou, China In 2017 we are breaking ground for our new North American manufacturing facility 00D Jilin Jixing Tire Co. Ltd. and headquarters. Our 1.4-million-square-foot operation will bring the very best of ...... Gaoxin District, China 00E Link Fortune Tyre Tube Co. Ltd., modern global manufacturing technology to our new hometown: LaGrange, Georgia...... Huyen Go Dao, China 00F Open Joint Stock Co. Omskshina ...... Omsk, Russia 00H Ningbo Fleming Machine Co. Ltd ...... Ningo, China 00J Weihai Good Partner Tire Co. Ltd. For more information, please email [email protected] ...... Wehai, China or call 706-668-7070 00K Zhongce Rubber (Thailand) Co. sentury.tires Ltd...... Pluakdaeng, Thailand Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE BUSINESS, February 13, 2017 • 27 TIRE PLANT CODES MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE PLANT CODES ...... Hefei, China ...... Clark Field, Philippines 5J, 15J Shanghai Da Fu Rubber Plant 5Y, 15Y Tianjin Wanda...Tianjin, China Continued from page 25 4F, 14F JK Tornel S.A. de C.V. (JK Tyre) 4V, 14V Chonche Auto Double Happi- ...... Da Fu, China 6A, 16A Roadstone Tyre & Rubber Co. 1S, 205 Thai Sin Rubber Industry ...... Tultitlan, Mexico ness Tyre Co. Ltd. 5K, 15K P.T. Multistrada Ltd...... Bangkok, Thailand Ltd...... Samutsakorn, Thailand 4G, 246 Henan Tyre.....Henan, China ...... Taiyuan City, Shanxi, China ...... Bekasi, Indonesa 6B, 16B GTY (General) 1T, 11T Bridgestone Tire Manufactur- 4H, 14H South China Tire & Rubber 4W, 14W Bridgestone India 5L, 15L Guilin Tyre ...... Guilin, China ...... Mount Vernon, Ill. ing Vietnam L.L.C. Co. Ltd...... Panyu, China ...... Madhya-Pradesh, India 5M, 15M Hankook Kumsan, S. Korea 6C, 16C Bridgestone...Burgos, Spain ...... Hai Phong City, Vietnam 4J, 14J Sverdlovsk Tire 4X, 14X Super East Industrial Co. 5N, 15N Cheng Shin Rubber (Vietnam) 6D, 16D Henan Tyre Plant 1U, 11U Bridgestone (Tianjin) ...... Sverdlovsk, Russia Ltd...... Chang-Hwa, Taiwan Ind. Co. Ltd...Dong Nai, Vietnam ...... Jiazuo, China ...... Tianjin, China 4K, 14K Tianjin Tyre...... Tianjin, China 4Y, 14Y Shandong Chengshan Tire 5P, 15P Balkrishna Industries Ltd. 6E, 16E Double Happiness Tyre Ind. 1V, 11V Thai Bridgestone 4L, 14L Carlstar Group Co. Ltd...... Rong Cheng, China ...... Rajasthan, India Corp. Ltd.....TaiYuan Shen Xi, China ...... Nong Khae/Saraburi, Thailand ...... Bu Ji Town, China 5A, 15A Vee Rubber 5Q, 250 Rongcheng Guotai Tyre Co. 6G, 266 Continental 1W, 11W Goodyear India 4M, 14M Michelin...... Greenville, S.C...... Bangkok, Thailand Ltd.....Rongcheng/Shandong, China ...... Timisoara, Romania ...... Aurangabad, India 4N, 14N Hwa Fong Rubber Co. (Suzhou) 5B, 15B Tianjin Century Rubber Co. 5R, 15R Falcon Tyres Ltd. 6H, 16H Srichakra Tyres Ltd. 1X, 11X Sichuan Lion Tyre Co. Ltd. Co. Ltd...... Changshu, Jiangsu, China Ltd...... Tianjin, China ...... Mysore, India ...... Tamilnadu, India ...... Jianyang/Sichuan, China 4P, 14P P.T. Suryaraya Rubberindo 5C, 15C Bridgestone....Bilbao, Spain 5S, 255 Lanyu Aircraft Tire Develop- 6I, 261 Michelin / Taurus Industries...... Bogor, Indonesia 5D, 15D Bridgestone men...... Guilin/Guangxi, China ...... Nyiregyhaza, Hungary 1Y, 11Y Shandong Huatai Rubber Co. 4Q, 240 FUNSA-Fabrica Uruguaya de ...... Warren County, Tenn. 5T, 15T Bridgestone 6J, 16J Trelleborg/CGS-Mitas Ltd...... Laiwu/Shandong, China Neumaticos S.A..Montevideo, Uruguay 5E, 15E Michelin...... Le Puy, France ...... Santo Andre, Brazil ...... Zlin, Czech Republic 1Z, Otani Tire Co. Ltd. 4R, 14R Rumaguma A.D. (Mitas) 5F, 15F JK Tornel S.A. de C.V. (JK Tyre) 5U, 15U Jiangsu Feichi...Jiangsu, China 6K, 16K Ceat Ltd....Aurangabad, India ...... Nakornpathom, Thailand ...... Belgrade, Serbia ...... Mexico City, Mexico 5V, 15V Michelin...... Lille, France 6M, 16M Vee Tyre 2A, 12A Jiuh Shuenn Enterprise Co. 4S, 245 Belshina Bobruisk, Belarus 5G, 256 Yokohama/Southern Rubber 5W, 15W GITI Tire (Fujian) Co. Ltd...... Samutsakorn, Thailand Ltd...... Taichung, Taiwan 4T, 14T Nanjing Kumho ...... Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam ...... Fujian, China 6N, 16N Mewat Tire & Rubber (P) 2B, 12B Deestone Ltd...... Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 5H, 15H Dee Rubber 5X, 15X Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd. Ltd...... Rajasthan, India ...... Samutsakorn, Thailand 4U, 14U Yokohama ...... Samutsakorn, Thailand ...... Henan, China Continued on page 28 2C, 12C Bridgestone ...... Warren County, Tenn. 2D, 12D Toyo Tire & Rubber Co. Ltd...... Kamunting/Perak, Malaysia 2E, 12E Federal Tire (Jiangxi Taifeng Tire Co. Ltd.) ...... Nanchang, China 2G, 226 PT Mega Rubber ...... Semarang, Indonesia 2H, 12H Dewan Tyres Ltd...... Meerat, India 2I, 12J Qingdao Glen Group Co...... Yangjiaqun/Qingdao, China 2J, 12J Double Coin Heavy-Duty Tire Co...... Ta Chung Hua, China 2K, 12K Liaoning Long March ...... Liaoning, China 2L, 12L Quindao Tongtai Rubber Factory...... Quingdao City, China 2M, 12M Bridgestone..Bloomington, Ill. 2N, 12N Ningbo Hualin ...... Yuyao, Zhe Jiang, China 2P, 12P Yokohama Tyre Vietnam Inc...... Binh Duong, Vietnam 2Q, 220 Kenda Rubber ...... Guangdong, China 2R, 12R Bridgestone ...... Karawang, Indonesia 2T, 12T Wuxi Far East Tyre Co. Ltd...... Wuxi, China 2U, 12U Cheng Shin-Maxxis ...... Jiangsu, China 2V, 12V Triangle (Weihai) Huasheng Tyre Co. Ltd...... Wehai, Shandong, China 2W, 12W Yantai Tyre Factory ...... Shandong, China 2X, 12X Hankook Tire Hungary Ltd...... Dunaujvaros, Hungary 2Y, 12Y Yunnan Tire.....Yunnan, China 3A, 13A GITI Tire (Hua Lin) Co. Ltd...... Heilongjiang, China 3B, 13B Tianjin United Tire & Rubber Intl. Co. Ltd...... Tianjin, China 3C, 13C GTY (General)...Mt. Vernon, Ill. 3D, 13D Petroshina Joint Stock Co...... St. Petersburg, Russia 3E, 13E Qingdao No. 2 Rubber Fac- tory...... Qingdao, China 3F, 13F Trelleborg Wheel Systems (Hebei Tyre Factory).....Xingtai, China 3H, 13H Birla Tyres....Balasore, India 3J, 13J Rhoden (M) Sdn. Bhd...... Port Klang, Malaysia 3L, 13L Michelin Siam Nong ...... Khae, Thailand 3M, 13M Bridgestone..Bloomington, Ill. 3N, 13N Chongqing Jindun Rubber Products Co. Ltd...Chongqing, China 3P, 13P Hwa Fong ...... Samutprakarn, Thailand 3Q, 230 Continental ...... Hannover, Germany 3R, 13R Michelin...... Itatiaia, Brazil 3T, 13T PT Mega Safe Tyre Industry ...... Salatiga, Indonesia 3U, 13U Specialty Tire ...... Unicoi, Tenn. 3V, 13V Balkrishna Industries Ltd...... Waluj, India 3W, 13W Shandong Qi Xia Tire Factory ...... Shandong, China 3X, 13X Tianjin Tyre.....Tianjin, China 3Y, 13Y Bridgestone...Poznan, Poland 4A, 14A Vee Rubber Co. Ltd...... Samutsakom, Thailand 4B, 14B Goodyear...Napanee, Ontario 4C, 14C South Pacfic ...... Somerton, Australia 4D, 14D Bridgestone ...... Warren County, Tenn. 4E, 14E Anhui Kaiyuan Tire 28 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE BUSINESS, February 13, 2017 • 29 TIRE PLANT CODES MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE PLANT CODES Continued from page 27 8N, 18N Liangshan Dahua Tyre Co. Ltd...... Dongying City, China 16, 116 Goodtime Investments Ltd...... Prague, Czech Republic 6P, 16P Pirelli...... Kirov, Russia Ltd...... Jining City, Shandong, China 007 Qingdao Haorun Hand Truck Co...... An Tink Village, Vietnam 55, 155 Qingdao Yellow Sea Tire Co. 6Q, 260 Shandong Weihai Rubber 8P, 18P Rongcheng Fengfu Rubber Ltd...... JIaonan, China 17, 117 Da Tsen Tyre Factory Ltd...... Jiaozhou, Shandong, China Plant....Weihai City/Shandong, China Co. Ltd. 008 Siamtruck Radial Co. Ltd...... Shanghai, China 56, 156 Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co. 6R, 16R Qingdao Henhua Industrial ...... Rongsheng, Shandong, China ...... Paihoochang, Thailand 18, 118 Dong Hai Ruber Factory Ltd...... Qingdao, Shandong, China Group Corp. 8R, 18R Qingdao Doublestar Tire In- 009 Tianjin Huge Dragon Tire Co. Ltd...... Shanghai, China 57, 157 Hwa Fong Rubber (Thai- ...... Qingdao, Shandong, China dustrial Co. Ltd...... Jinnan, China 19, 119 Qingdao Tiangchi Tires Co. land) Public Co. 6T, 16T Bridgestone...Sao Paulo, Brazil ...Jiaonan/Qingdao/Shandong, China 010 Asean Tire Co. Ltd. Ltd...... Qingdao, China ...... Muang, Samutrakan, Thailand 6U, 16U Michelin 8S, 285 Petlas Tire Industry & Trade Co...... Tien Du, China 20, 120 Maxxis International (Thailand) 58, 158 Zheijiang Qingda Rubber Co...... Clermont-Ferrand, France ...... Kirsehir, Turkey 011 Shandong Hongsheng Rubber Co. Ltd...... Tasit/Rayong, Thailand Ltd.....Yongkang City, Zheijiang, China 6W, 16W Hwa Fong (China) 8T, 18T Bridgestone..Brits, South Africa Technology Co. Ltd. 22, 122 Michelin Russian Tyre Mfg. 59, 159 S.R. Tyre Co. Ltd...... Jiang Su, China 8U, 18U Pirelli...... Milan, Italy ...... Dongying City, China Co. L.L.C...... Moscow, Russia ...Amphur Srimahosod, Prachinburi, 6X, 16X Guangzhou Bolex 8V, 18V China Huhhot 012 Associated Ceat (Pvt.) Ltd. 23, 123 GITI Tire (Chong Qing) Co. Thailand ...... Guangdon, China ...... Inner Mongolia, China ...... Kelaniya, Sri Lanka Ltd...... Chongqing, China 60, 160 Nokian Tyres P.L.C. 8W, 18W Yunnan Rubber Group 013 Jiangsu Sanyuan Tire Co. Ltd. 24, 124 JSC Nizhnekamskshina ...... Vsevolozhsk, Russia 6Y, 16Y Continental Matador ...... Xingying/Yunnan, China ...... Suqian, China ...... Nizhnekamsk, Russia 61, 161 Eu-Retec (Pvt.) Ltd...... Puchov, Slovak Republic 8X, 18X Bridgestone 014 Shhandong Okloong Rubber Tech- 25, 125 Shandong Yong Tai Chemi- ...... Nagoda, Sri Lanka 7A, 17A Kings Tire....Bangkok, Thailand ...... Graniteville, S.C. nology Co. Ltd....Weifang City, China cal Industry Group 62, 162 China Ruian Liwang Tyre 7B, 17B Shandong Longyue Rubber 8Y, 18Y Kenda Rubber (Vietnam) Co. 015 Henan Shengbang Tire Co. Ltd...... Dongying/Shandong, China Manufactory Co. Ltd. Co. Ltd...... Heze City, China Ltd...... Huyen Thong Nhat, Vietnam ...... Huixian, China 26, 126 Malhotra Rubber Ltd...... Huian, Zhejiang, China 7C, 17C Laiwu Sunshine Tyre Co. 8Z, 282 Yokohama Rubber Co. Ltd. 016 WPI Global Ltd...... Nodia, India 63, 163 Zhejian Huntington Bull Ltd...... Laiwu, Shandong, China ...... Onomichi, Japan ...... Shenzhen City, China 27, 127 Kumho Tire Co. Ltd. Rubber Co. Ltd. 7D, 17D Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber 9A, 19A Siamese Rubber Co. Ltd. 017 P.T. Maxxis International Indone- ...... Peongtaek, South Korea ...... Fuyang, Zhejian, China Co. Ltd.....Hangzhou Zhongee, China ...... Bangkok, Thailand sia...... Bekasi, Indonesia 28, 128 Qingdao Hongguang Chemi- 64, 164 Matador Addis Tyre, Share 7E, 17E Lima Caucho...... Lima, Peru 9B, 19B Bridgestone....Joliette, Quebec 018 Qingdao Moonstar Vehicle Co. cal Co. Ltd. Co...... Addis Ababa, Ehtiopia 7F, 17F Cheng Shin 9C, 19C Bridgestone...... Bari, Italy Ltd...... Qingdao, China ...... Jiaozhou/Shandong, China 65, 165 Continental do Brasil Produ- ...... Xiamen Sez, China 9D, 19D P.T. Deli....Medang, Indonesia 019 Qingdao Jingcheng Rubber Prod- 29, 129 General Transworld Mfg. tos Automotivos.....Camacari, Brazil 7G, 276 Bridgestone..Poznan, Poland 9E, 19E Five Stars ucts Co. Ltd...... Qingdao, China CJSE...... Yerevan, Armenia 66, 166 Xingyua Tire Group Co. Ltd. 7H, 17H Shenyang Sunshine Tyre ...... Buji, Guang Dong, China 020 Yokohama Tire Manufacturer 31, 131 Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co...... Dongying, Shandong, China Co. Ltd...... Shenyang, China 9F, 19F J.K. Industries L.L.C...... West Point, Miss. Ltd...... Wuxi, China 67, 167 Anlas Lastik Sanayi ve Ticaret 7I, 271 P.T. Hung-A ...... Banmore, India 021 Dongying Ruisheng Rubber Co. 32, 132 Bridgestone A.S...... Duzce, Turkey ...... West Java, Indonesia 9G, 296 Weifang Yonggu Mfg. Co. Ltd...... Dongying, China ...... Chonburi, Thailand 68, 168 Gumonde Industrial Corp. 7J, 17J Northwest General Rubber Ltd.....Gaomi City/Shandong, China 022 Nanjing Kumho Tire Co. Ltd. 33, 133 Sichuan Tyre & Rubber ...... Jyi Jyi Town, Taiwan ...... Shaanxi, China 9H, 19H Jiang Su Tyre ...... Nanjing, China Group Co. Ltd. 69, 169 Qingdao Xiyingmen Double 7K, 17K Friendship Rubber ...... Xuzhou/Jiang, China 023 Apollo Tyres Ltd...... Jianyang City/Sichuan, China Camel Tire Co. Ltd...... Selangor, Malaysia 9I, 291 Suntec Tyres Ltd. Trichur ...... Gyöngyöshalász, Hungary 34, 134 Qingdao Dalu Plastic Co. Ltd...... Qingdao, Shandong, China 7L, 17L Goodyear...... Dalian, China ...... Kerala, India 024 Tianjin Feiyada Rubber Products ...... Qingdao, China 70, 170 Shandong Sattai Rubber Co. 7N, 17N Haohau South (Guilin) Rub- 9J, 19J GITI (Ningxia Yin Chuan) Co. Ltd...... Tianjin, China 35, 135 Trelleborg Lanka (Pvt.) Ltd. Ltd...... Dongying, Shandong, China ber. Ltd...... Guilin, Guangxi, China Rubber Factory...... Yinchuan, China 025 Bridgestone T.C.E...... Sapugaskanda, Sri Lanka 72, 172 Laizhou Longying Rubber Ind. 7P, 17P Weifang Yuelong Rubber Co. 9K, 19K Rong Cheng Guotai Tyre ...... Castel Romano, Italy 36, 136 Midland Specialty Tire Co. Co. Ltd...... Laizhou, Shandong, China Ltd...... Shouguang, Shandong, China Co. Ltd...... Rong Cheng, China 026 Hefei Wanli Tire Co. Ltd. Ltd...... Xuzhou/Jiangsu, China 73, 173 Toyo Tire North America Mfg. 7Q Michelin 9L, 19L MRF Ltd...... Madras, India ...... Hefei, China 37, 137 Continental Tires of Moscow Inc...... White, Ga...... Clermont-Ferrand, France 9M, 19M Alexandria Tire Co. 027 Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı Lastik ...... Moscow, Russia 74, 174 Tianci Chemical Co. Ltd. 7R, 17R Dongying Weide Tyre Co...... Alexandria, Egypt Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 38, 138 Qingdao Tengjian Tyre Co. Luyi Rubber Co. Ltd. Ltd...... Dongying, Shandong, China 9N, 19N Balkrishna Industries Ltd...... Aksaray, Turkey Ltd...... Pingdu/Shandong, China ...... Xiadian, Shandong, China 7T, 17T P.T. Sumi Rubber (Sumitomo) ...... Alwar, Raja, India 028 Future Tyres Pvt. Ltd...Kalol, India 39, 139 Qingdao Fuyu Tyres Co. Ltd. 75, 175 Shandong Zhongce Tyre Co...... Cikampek, Indonesia 9P, 19P Qingdao Taifa Group CP Ltd. 029 Yancheng Luxeway Tires Co. Ltd...... Pingdu City, Shandong Ltd....Shandong, Shouguang, China 7U, 17U Nanjing Kumho Tire Co...... Jionan, China ...... Yancheng, China 40, 140 Superking Mfr. (Tyre) Pvt. Ltd. 76, 176 Double Coin Group Rugao Ltd...... Nanjing, Jiangsu, China 9Q, 290 Changchun Tire Ltd. Liability 01, 101 China Manufacturers Alliance ...... Ghaziabad, India Co. Ltd...... Rugao, Jiangsu, China 7V, 17V Michelin Shenyang Co...... Changchun/Jilin, China ...... Valencia, Calif. 41, 141 Metro Tyres....Ludhiana, India 77, 177 Prinx Chengshan (Shan- ...... Shenyang, China 9R, 19R Qingdao Jiaonan Zhongtai 02, 102 Caoxian Guidestone Tyre 42, 142 Xuzhou Handband Tire Co. Ltd. dong) Tire Co. 7W, 17W Siamese Tyre Tyre Co. Ltd.....Jiaonan/Qingdao, China Co. Ltd....Caoxian/Shandong, China ...... Xuzhou, Jiansu, China ...... Rongcheng, Shandong, China ...... Minburi, Thailand 9S, 295 Kee Liberty Tire Inc. 03, 103 Tangshan Lingfeng Tire Co. Ltd. 43, 143 Kyoto Japan Tire Corp. Ltd. 78, 178 Xintai Rubber Co. Ltd. 7X, 17X Bridgestone ...... Shandong, China ...... Tangshan/Hebei, China ...... Beijing, China ...... Dongying, Shandong, China ...... Graniteville, S.C. 9T, 19T Toyo Tire...... Kunshan, China 04, 104 Wending Sanfeng Tyre Co. 44, 144 Qingdao Xinghua Group Co. 79, 179 Cheng Shin-Petrel Tire (Xia- 7Y, 17Y Kenda Rubber China Co. 9U, 19U GITI Tire (Anhui) Co. Ltd. Ltd...... Wendeng City, China Ltd...... Jiaohan, Shandong, China men) Co. Ltd.....Xiamen, Fujian, China Ltd...... Kunshan/Jiangsu, China ...... Hefei, China 05, 105 Betica Comercial Importadora 45, 145 Jisng Xi Chariot Tyre Co. 80, 180 Shangdong Wanda Boto 7Z, 272 Rong Cheng Rongda Rub- 9V, 19V General Tyre East Africa Ltd....Santo Andre/Sao Paulo, Brazil Ltd...... De An, Jiangsu, China Tyre Co. Ltd...... Shandong, China ber Co. Ltd...... Shandong, China ...... Arusha, Tanzania 06, 106 Hihero Co. Ltd. 46, 146 Continental Sime Tyres Sdn. 81, 181 Chengde Xiangyan Tye Corp. 8A, 18A Zapater Diaz 9W, 19W Shandong Hongyu Rubber ...... Phatum Thani, Thailand Bhd. Ltd...... Pingquan, China ...... Buenos Aires, Argentina Co. Ltd...... Shandong, China 07, 107 Rinaldi S.A. ...Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia 82, 182 Shandong Wanshine Tire Co. 8B, 18B Bridgestone 9X, 19X Bridgestone ...... Bento Goncalves, Brazil 47, 147 Yokohama Tire Mfg. (Thailand) Ltd...... Zibo, Shandong, China ...... Des Moines, Iowa ...... Graniteville, S.C. 08, 108 Ahcof International Dev. Co. Co. Ltd. 83, 183 Shandong Hengfeng Rub- 8C, 18C Bridgestone 9Y, 19Y Lanxi Fuchuen Rubber Co. Ltd...... Hefei, China Amphur Pluardang, Rayong, Thailand ber & Plastics Co. Ltd...... Bethune, France Ltd...... Lanxi/Zhejiang, China 09, 109 P.T. Elangperdana Tyre In- 48, 148 Kolsan Kocaeli Lastik San- ...... Guangrao, China 8D, 18D Hangzhou General Rubber dustry...... Bogor, Indonesia ayi A.S...... Kocaeli, Izmit, Turkey 84, 184 Shifeng Double-Star Tire Co. Factory...... Jiande, Zhejiang, China Number only codes 10, 110 Nankang Rubber Industrial Co. 49, 149 Laizhou Lu Qing Rubber In- Ltd...... Chongqing, China 8E, 18E Nexen Tire Corp. 000 Kumho Tire Georgia Inc. Ltd...... Jiangsu, China dustry Co. Ltd. 85, 185 Chongqing Weixing Rubber ...... Yangsan, S. Korea ...... Macon, Ga. 11, 111 Shandong Hawk Interna- ...... Laizhou, Shandong, China Industry Co. Ltd....Chongqing, China 8F, 18F Apollo Tyres 001 Qingdao Fleming Tyre Co. Ltd. tional Rubber Industry Co. Ltd. 50, 150 Shandong Shengtai Rubber 86, 186 Tengzou Broncho Tyre Co. Ltd...... Vadodara, India ...... Qingdao, China ...... Laizhou, Shandong, China Group Co. Ltd...... Tengzhou, China 8G, 286 Haikou Haihua Tyre Co. Ltd. 002 Qingdao Deji Wheel Cart Co. Ltd. 12, 112 Qingdao Shengda Tire Man- ...... Dongying, Shandong, China 87, 187 Shandong Hongsheng Rub- ...... Haikou/Hainan, China ...... Qingdao, China ufacture Co. Ltd. 51, 151 Pirelli Tyre China ber Co. Ltd...... Guangrao, China 8H, 18H Ceat Ltd...... Nasik, India 003 Wenling Yaoding Machine Co. Ltd...... Qingdao/Shandong, China ...... Yanzhou, Shandong, China 88, 188 Qingdao Oizhou Rubber Co. 8J, 18J Jiangsu Hanta Tire (Han- ...... Wenling City, China 13, 113 Qingdao Hengda Tire Co. Ltd. 52, 152 Qingdao Aonuo Tyre Co. Ltd...... Pingdu/Qingdao, China kook)...... Jiangsu, China 004 Shandong Changsheng Rubber ...... Pingdu/Shandong, China Ltd...... Pingdu City, Shandong 89, 189 Monotona Tyres Ltd. Continued from page 28 8K, 18K Chongqing Tyre Chief Fac- Co. Ltd...... Gaomi, China 14, 114 Cheng Shin Rubber Ind. Co. 53, 153 Qingdao Sailun Radial Tyre ...... Taluka Wad District, India tory (GITI Tire).....Chongqing, China 005 Pingdu Flemnig Tyre Co. Ltd. Ltd...... Ta-Tsun/Chang Hwa, Taiwan IPBD Co. Ltd. 90, 190 Toyo Tire (Zhucheng) Co. Ltd. 8M, 18M Deestone ...... Mingcun Town/Pingdu, China 15, 115 Shandong Jinyu Tyre Co. Ltd...... Qingdao, Shandong, China ...... Zucheng, China ...... Nakornpratom, Thailand 006 Guanrao Yongfeng Rubber Co...... Dongying/Shandong, China 54, 154 Trelleborg (Mitas A.S.) Continued on page 29 91, 191 Qing Dao Huatian Hand Truck Co. Ltd....Jiao Nan Qing Dao, China 92, 192 Tengzhou Broncho Tyre Co. Ltd...... Tengzhou, Shandgong, China 93, 193 S.C. Pirelli Tyre Romania S.r.l...... Slatina, Romania 94, 194 Qingdao Longhai Tire Man- ufacturing Co. Ltd....Qingdao, China 95, 195 Jiangsu General Science Technology Co. Ltd...... Wuxi, China 96, 196 Bridgestone Firestone do Brasil Industria e Com ...... Camacari, Brazil 97, 197 Shanghai Rhoden Rubber Co. Ltd...... Qing Pu, China 98, 198 Huizhou Plant....Huizhou, China 99, 199 Qingdao Malik Int’l Trade Co. Ltd...... Qingdao, China 32 • February 13, 2017, TIRE BUSINESS Visit us on the web at www.tirebusiness.com TIRE MARKET FACTS MARKET DATA BOOK TIRE MARKET FACTS