After year-on-year growth in the first quarter of this year, European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) members experienced a dip in consumer tyre sales in Q2 2025 that led to a slight year-on-year decline for the first six months of the year. H1 2025 sales were also lower year-on-year in the truck & bus and agricultural tyre segments.
In a joint paper published this week, the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) and European Recycling Industries’ Confederation (EuRIC) call upon the European Commission to “urgently develop” end-of-waste criteria for rubber derived from worn tyres. The two organisations call for EU-wide rules that facilitate trade within the bloc and increase the use of recycled materials in manufacturing.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) published its members’ replacement tyre sales figures for the first quarter of 2025. These show modest year-on-year growth in the consumer four-wheeler segment and stronger growth in two-wheeler volumes, but a continued decline in both truck & bus and agricultural volumes.
Europe’s automotive industry is facing an existential crisis, and you can be sure that the solution will involve much discussion, new regulations and public spending. The European Commission’s new Action Plan builds upon the Strategic Dialogue on the Future of the European Automotive Industry, which launched in January. Amongst other points, the Commission “will make available 1.8 billion euros to create a secure and competitive supply chain for battery raw materials.” The ETRMA calls instead for an “inclusive approach” that “considers the actors and stakeholders in the automotive ecosystem, including the tyre industry.”
Although considering the European Commission’s Clean Industrial Deal (CID) a crucial step in securing Europe’s industrial future, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA) stresses that “greater ambition” is still required to “truly enhance competitiveness and sustainability in the tyre industry.” Adam McCarthy, the association’s Secretary General, shares the ETRMA perspective on CID.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has released its members’ replacement tyre sales figures for Q4 2024, showing a recovery in market performance across all segments compared to the same period in 2023. However, despite this positive trend, volumes in key segments remain below pre-pandemic levels.
Commenting further on the European Union’s Competitive Compass, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA), calls it an “important step toward strengthening Europe’s industrial base.” However, the association believes its success will depend on clear implementation and enforcement measures, regulatory consistency, and meaningful industry engagement.
A report prepared for the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) shows the extent of the European tyre industry’s contribution to the regional economy last year. This analysis by Oxford Economics shows that in 2023, the tyre manufacturing sector supported an estimated total contribution to the European Union’s GDP of around €44 billion and sustained almost 500,000 jobs across the region.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published its members’ replacement tyre sales figures for the third quarter and first nine months of 2024, comparing these results with statistics for tyre imports during the period. Adam McCarthy, the association’s Secretary General, notes that while member sales volumes for Consumer segment tyres are improving, mainly driven by rising demand for all-season tyres, volumes are still negative in the Truck segment. Significantly, both are still far from their pre-pandemic volumes.
Following a challenging 2023, the European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers Association (ETRMA) has reported positive developments in the first half of 2024. ETRMA members recorded a year-on-year increase in replacement consumer PCLT (passenger car, light truck) and agricultural tyre sales in H1 2024, with particularly strong performance in the second quarter. However, PCLT tyre imports grew at a faster rate than member sales.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has become an associate member of the Global Data Service Organisation (GDSO) for Tyres and Automotive Components, a non-profit organisation established in 2022 with the aim of standardising tyre-related data and facilitating access to and exchange of this data. Adam McCarthy, ETRMA secretary general, comments that the association’s decision to join GDSO “underscores the European tyre industry’s commitment to driving technological advancement and sustainability within the sector.”
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published its members’ Q1 2024 replacement tyre sales figures, and the general trend remains towards lower sales volumes. “The general inflationary context continues to affect the demand in all tyre product lines,” comments Adam McCarthy, ETRMA secretary general.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has released its Manifesto for the legislative period of 2024-2029, titled “#TRACTION4CHANGE: A shared agenda for a competitive, secure, and inclusive Europe.” This manifesto advocates for strategic initiatives aimed at bolstering the industrial competitiveness of the sector while emphasising its crucial role in advancing zero-emission mobility, circularity, and sustainability.
On 20 February 2024, 73 industry leaders from nearly 20 industrial sectors signed the ‘The Antwerp Declaration for a European Industrial Deal’. Many more have signed since then, including the European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA). The ETRMA thus joins over 900 organisations across 25 sectors asking for industry and industrial policy to be at the core of the new European Strategic Agenda for 2024-2029.
The European Tyre and Rubber Manufacturers’ Association (ETRMA) has published details of its members’ European replacement market sales for the fourth quarter of 2023. The figures show a year-on-year decline in all market segments.
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