There was a stable look to the annual Global Non-Tire Top 50 ranking of rubber product manufacturers, compiled by European Rubber Journal and US sister publication Rubber & Plastics News.The top five positions were unchanged from last year, with Continental again ranked as No.1, with its ContiTech unit posting 2018 non-tire rubber product sales of $6.81 billion, followed closely by Freudenberg Group at No.2 with $6.68 billion.Rounding out the top five were Hutchinson at $5.78 billion, Sumitomo Riko at an estimated $4.05 billion and Cooper Standard at an estimated $3.45 billion.There was, however, some shake-up in the rest of the top 10, with Gates moving up two spots to No.6 with $3.35 billion;Bridgestone down a spot to No.7 at $3.31 billion.Japan's NOK Inc.dropped one position to No.8 with $3.26 billion, while Parker-Hannifin climbed two spots to No.9 with an estimated $2.86 billion.Trelleborg kept the No.10 slot with sales of $2.81 billion.Malaysia's Supermax Corp., a producer of latex gloves, debuted on the list at No.12 with $1.96 billion, while another notable new entrant Michelin entered the list at No.43 with $613.2 million-including revenue from its acquisition of Fenner.Analysis by country shows that the US had the most companies represented in the Non-Tire Top 50, with 17.That was followed by Japan with 13 and Germany with six.
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