Recently, the North American rubber products 50 released. 2012 Michelin North America to $9.96 billion sales revenue topped the list, before two years sales champion Goodyear company nearly $3 billion. This is the company since 2009 after losing top summit again.
Michelin 2012 in North America sales revenue growth of 11.6%, accounted for 36.1% of the total sales of the company, and in 2011 the proportion only 33.5%. Michelin is increasing its investment in North America, for example $7.5 billion investment in Greenville, South Carolina, a new engineering tire factory. At the same time, the expansion Lexington existing engineering tire factory capacity.
Ranked second Goodyear North American sales fell 2% to 96.7 billion, its wife market growth of 12.8%, but the replacement market fell by 11%. Although submissively vacates title, but Goodyear company of North America area income is good, 5.14 billion dollars in profit in 2012, this figure has higher Goodyear years before 2013 $4.5 billion target. In 2012, North American Goodyear profit rate is 5.3%, a 10 year high.
Bridgestone Corporation of America $8100000000 ranked third. In addition to the production of the tire is also involved in the air spring and the roof leak proof film and other products.
Cooper Tire & Rubber Company, for $3.1bn ranking rose one place to fourth, accordingly, Germany, ranking drop one to five, with sales of $27.5 billion. Parker Hannifin moved up one place to sixth, with sales of $1570000000. America Wei technology rose four to seventh City, as the only top 10 new companies. Cooper standard auto parts company with $1500000000 to eighth. United States Carlile partners to ninth U.S. dollars 1480000000. Yokohama tire column tenth, sales revenue of $1390000000.
Top 10 total sales of $41100000000, an increase of 2.8 percentage points over 2011, the industry focused on improving. 50 companies in 15 companies with sales of more than 1000000000 U.S. dollars, an increase of 35.
There are 5 new companies to enter the rankings, respectively, in the tripod seal (U.S.) company to 31 U. S. dollars in 222500000 place; Parker (Ohio) holding company to 33 U. S. Trico products company to 177600000 U. S. dollars in 36; Q holding company to 139500000 U. S. 43.