The decline in net sales and income that Titan International, Inc. experienced in the first quarter of the year has continued in the second, with all operating segments reporting year-on-year decreases. Company president and chief executive officer Paul Reitz is nonetheless “very pleased” with these Q2 2023 results.
In spite of weaker volumes in H1 2023, thanks to improved price/mix Pirelli grew its revenues 7.5% YoY, to 3,437.5 million euros. Organic revenue growth was 10.4%. Price/mix increased 12.5% in H1 2023, supported by price increases to counter the growing inflation of production factors.
Hankook Tire & Technology reports increasing its revenue and operating profit in Q2 2023 despite a difficult business environment. Revenues were up 11 per cent year-on-year to KRW 2.2634 trillion (£1.37 billion, US$1.77 million), and operating profit jumped 41.6 per cent to KRW 248.2 billion (£150.41 million, $194.0 million). At 11.0 per cent, operating margin was 2.4 percentage points higher than in Q2 2022.
Michelin has reported its business results for the six months to 30 June 2023, and chief executive officer Florent Menegaux describes these as good within a context of flat or declining tyre markets. The company is increasingly generating revenue through non-tyre sales.
Ceat Limited has announced its unaudited results for the first quarter of its 2024 financial year, the three months ending on 30 June 2023. Consolidated revenue is up 4.1% YoY, to Rs 29.35 billion (£277.7 million), with an EBITA margin of 13.1%.
In spite of a steep year-on-year drop in operating profit during Q2 2023, Nokian Tyres believes it has made significant progress towards rebuilding the company following the decision to cut its ties with Russia. It expects a stronger second half to 2023 due to winter and all-season tyre sales and the contribution made by contract manufacturing.
Continental has published preliminary figures for Q2 2023, reporting that it anticipates sales within its Tires group sector of approximately 3.5 billion euros, a figure in line with the analyst consensus compiled by the company as of 12 July. The company expects adjusted EBIT margin of around 13.7%.
Kumho Tire shares that its performance in the all-important European market has recently shown strong growth. First-quarter sales for 2023 were up 92% on those of the same period last year at €165 million, while the quarter-on-quarter figures rose by a solid 15%. Impressive as these results are, the company views them as “just the first stage” in a period of sustained investment which it anticipates will result in ongoing growth within the region.
Departing a profitable market isn’t for everyone: Pirelli & C. reports that Russia accounted for “about 3.5 per cent” of its global revenues of 1,699.7 million euros in the first quarter of 2023, which means the tyre maker Q1 2023 revenues in Russia amounted to approximately 59.5 million. Not a colossal sum when compared with total sales, but nonetheless more than Pirelli made in that market in the first quarters of the two previous years.
Favourable fourth quarter and financial year 2022-23 financial results for Apollo Tyres, with revenue growth across all regions amounting to 12% in the fourth quarter and 17% for the full year. The Board of Directors thus recommend a dividend pay-out of Rs 4.00 per equity share and a special dividend of Rs 0.50 per equity share.
Yokohama Rubber has released its business and financial results for the first quarter of fiscal year 2023, reporting a 4.4% decrease in profit compared to the same period last year, to 9.7 billion yen (£57.0 million). Operating profit declined by 2.4% to 13.2 billion yen, while business profit decreased by 4.8% to 13.0 billion yen. However, sales revenue saw a significant 10.1% increase, reaching 204.3 billion yen (£1.2 billion), the highest ever for Yokohama Rubber in the January-to-March quarter.
Hankook Tire anticipates that tyres for electric vehicles will account for around 20% of its original equipment passenger car and light truck tyre deliveries in 2023. This figure represents a notable increase over prior years: EV tyres accounted for 11% of OEM car and light truck shipments in 2022 and just 5% in 2021.
Benefitting from “premium positioning” in Q1 2023 despite “weak markets” around the world, Michelin increased its consolidated sales 7.4% year-on-year, to 6.96 billion euros. Tyre volumes, on the other hand, were down 6.6%. Michelin confirms its 2023 full-year guidance.
At a meeting on 5 April, the Board of Directors of Pirelli & C. Spa approved consolidated results for the year ended 31 December 2022, confirming the preliminary and unaudited results communicated to the market on 22 February 2023.
Not so long ago the word ‘inflation’ typically drew thoughts to tyre pressure, at least in our line of work. But the other inflation has made an unwelcome comeback and is eating away at our purchasing power. Over in Turkey, the rate of inflation hit 72% in 2022 and made its presence known in Brisa’s financial results for the year. But against this backdrop of growing Turkish Lira weakness, the tyre maker had a good year.
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