Top 10 tire companies in the world

Tire Business, a website providing industry information, has published the rankings of the Top 75 global tire companies based on 2014 sales.

Total industry sales reached $179.9 billion last year, 3.8 percent lower than previously and the third drop of the new century.

Bridgestone, for a seventh straight year, tops the list, with sales of $26.05 billion, followed by Michelin's US$24.67 billion and Goodyear's $16.36 billion.

Let's look at the world's top 10 tire companies.

No 10 Zhongce Rubber Group

Headquarters: Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China

Sales in 2014: $4.12 billion

The booth of Hangzhou Zhongce Rubber Group at an exhibition in Shanghai, Nov 22, 2011. [Photo/IC]