Number of companies

Tyre Corporate Companies

4200

11 Headquarters
88 tyre manufacturing facilities
14 R&D Centers

Direct employment

Tyre companies

360 000

200 000

Turnover

ETRMA tyre members, EU 27

€ 49 b (e)

€ 26 b (e)
i.e. 42 % of worldwide ETRMA tyre
members turnover (€ 62 b) (e)

Tyre production
 

Passenger car tyres & Light commercial vehicle tyres

Medium & Heavy commercial vehicle tyres

240 million units (2006)
i.e. 22 % of worldwide production

228 million units

12 million units

Tyre sales (e)

Passenger car tyres & Light commercial vehicle tyres

Medium & Heavy commercial vehicle tyres

275 million units

255 million units

20 million units

Motor vehicles parc

Passenger car & Light commercial vehicles

Commercial vehicles, Truck and Buses

251 million units (2006)

240 million units

11 million units

Exports

Tyre

GRG

+ € 79 b

+ € 3.9 b

+ € 4 b

Imports

Tyre

GRG

+ € 9.2 b

+ € 5.7 b

+ € 3.5 b

R&D investments in tyre companies

Up to 3.4 % of annual turnover