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Steel Cord
Steel cord is the fine steel wire strand or rope for special purposes, which are made of superior high-carbon steel and whose surface is plated with brass. Steel cord is a Freight Car Use mainly reinforcing the casting and at the same time keeping the tire flexible enough to resist shocks and to improve comfort of tires.
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Steel cord is the fine steel wire strand or rope for special purposes, which are made of superior high-carbon steel and whose surface is plated with brass. Steel cord is a Freight Car Use mainly reinforcing the casting and at the same time keeping the tire flexible enough to resist shocks and to improve comfort of tires.
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Market Structure
Global Steel Cord Market by Size, by Type, by Application, by Region, History and Forecast 2021-2032
Market perspective
Steel cord is the fine steel wire strand or rope for special purposes, which are made of superior high-carbon steel and whose surface is plated with brass. Steel cord is a Freight Car Use mainly reinforcing the casting and at the same time keeping the tire flexible enough to resist shocks and to improve comfort of tires.
Global Steel Cord key manufacturers include Bekaert, Jiangsu Xingda Steel Cord, ArcelorMittal, Hyosung, Shandong SNTON Steel Cord, Bridgestone, Shougang Century, Tokusen, Tokyo Rope MFG and Hubei Fuxing New Material, etc. Global top 3 players hold a share over 50 percent in 2019.
The report provides an overview of the global Steel Cord market in terms of capacity, output, revenue, and price, analyzing global market trends using historical revenue and sales data for 2021-2025, estimates for 2026, and projected CAGRs through 2032.
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The study covers key producers of Steel Cord and consumption patterns in major regions and countries, assesses future market potential, and highlights priority regions and countries for segmenting the market into sub-sectors, with country-specific market value data for the U.S., Canada, Mexico, Brazil, China, Japan, South Korea, Southeast Asia, India, Germany, the U.K., Italy, the Middle East, Africa, and other countries.
The report also presents Steel Cord sales, revenue, market share, and industry ranking for the main manufacturers for 2021-2026, identifies the major stakeholders in the global market, and analyzes their competitive landscape and market positioning based on recent developments and segmental revenues.
In addition, the report analyzes segment data by type and application—covering sales, revenue, and price—for 2021-2032, and evaluates and forecasts the Steel Cord market size, projected growth trends, production technologies, key applications, and end-use industries.
Steel Cord Segment by Company
Bekaert
Jiangsu Xingda Steel Cord
ArcelorMittal
Hyosung
Shandong SNTON Steel Cord
Bridgestone
Shougang Century
Tokusen
Tokyo Rope MFG
Hubei Fuxing New Material
BMZ
Henan Hengxing
Junma Tyre Cord
Sumitomo Electric Industries
Sodetal
Steel Cord Segment by Type
Normal Tensile (NT)
High Tensile (HT)
Super Tensile (ST)
Ultra Tensile (UT)
Steel Cord Segment by Application
Freight Car Use
Passenger Car Use
Others
Steel Cord Segment by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Spain
Netherlands
Switzerland
Sweden
Poland
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
Taiwan
Southeast Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Colombia
Middle East & Africa
Egypt
South Africa
Israel
Türkiye
GCC Countries
Study Objectives
1. To analyze and research the global status and future forecast, involving, production, value, consumption, growth rate (CAGR), market share, historical and forecast.
2. To present the key manufacturers, capacity, production, revenue, market share, and Recent Developments.
3. To split the breakdown data by regions, type, manufacturers, and Application.
4. To analyze the global and key regions market potential and advantage, opportunity and challenge, restraints, and risks.
5. To identify significant trends, drivers, influence factors in global and regions.
6. To analyze competitive developments such as expansions, agreements, new product launches, and acquisitions in the market.
Reasons to Buy This Report
1. This report will help the readers to understand the competition within the industries and strategies for the competitive environment to enhance the potential profit. The report also focuses on the competitive landscape of the global Steel Cord market, and introduces in detail the market share, industry ranking, competitor ecosystem, market performance, new product development, operation situation, expansion, and acquisition. etc. of the main players, which helps the readers to identify the main competitors and deeply understand the competition pattern of the market.
2. This report will help stakeholders to understand the global industry status and trends of Steel Cord and provides them with information on key market drivers, restraints, challenges, and opportunities.
3. This report will help stakeholders to understand competitors better and gain more insights to strengthen their position in their businesses. The competitive landscape section includes the market share and rank (in volume and value), competitor ecosystem, new product development, expansion, and acquisition.
4. This report stays updated with novel technology integration, features, and the latest developments in the market.
5. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into which regions to target globally.
6. This report helps stakeholders to gain insights into the end-user perception concerning the adoption of Steel Cord.
7. This report helps stakeholders to identify some of the key players in the market and understand their valuable contribution.
Chapter Outline
Chapter 1: Provides an overview of the Steel Cord market, including product definition, global market growth prospects, production value, capacity, and average price forecasts (2021-2032).
Chapter 2: Analysis key trends, drivers, challenges, and opportunities within the global Steel Cord industry.
Chapter 3: Detailed analysis of Steel Cord market competition landscape. Including Steel Cord manufacturers' output value, output and average price from 2021 to 2026, as well as competition analysis indicators such as origin, product type, application, merger and acquisition information, etc.
Chapter 4: Provides the analysis of various market segments by type, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different market segments.
Chapter 5: Provides the analysis of various market segments by application, covering the market size and development potential of each market segment, to help readers find the blue ocean market in different downstream markets.
Chapter 6: Provides profiles of key players, introducing the basic situation of the main companies in the market in detail, including product production/output, value, price, gross margin, product introduction, recent development, etc.
Chapter 7: Production/Production Value of Steel Cord by region. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region in the next six years.
Chapter 8: Consumption of Steel Cord in regional level and country level. It provides a quantitative analysis of the market size and development potential of each region and its main countries and introduces the market development, future development prospects, market space, and production of each country in the world.
Chapter 9: Analysis of industrial chain, including the upstream and downstream of the industry.
Chapter 10: Concluding Insights of the report.
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Scope & coverage.
Types
- Normal Tensile (NT)
- High Tensile (HT)
- Super Tensile (ST)
- Ultra Tensile (UT)
Applications
- Freight Car Use
- Passenger Car Use
- Others
Companies covered
- Bekaert
- Jiangsu Xingda Steel Cord
- ArcelorMittal
- Hyosung
- Shandong SNTON Steel Cord
- Bridgestone
- Shougang Century
- Tokusen
- Tokyo Rope MFG
- Hubei Fuxing New Material
- BMZ
- Henan Hengxing
- Junma Tyre Cord
- Sumitomo Electric Industries
- Sodetal
Inside the report.
1 Market Overview
- 1.1 Product Definition
- 1.2 Global Market Growth Prospects
- 1.2.1 Global Steel Cord Production Value Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.2 Global Steel Cord Production Capacity Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.3 Global Steel Cord Production Estimates and Forecasts (2021-2032)
- 1.2.4 Global Steel Cord Market Average Price (2021-2032)
- 1.3 Assumptions and Limitations
- 1.4 Study Goals and Objectives
2 Global Steel Cord Market Dynamics
- 2.1 Steel Cord Industry Trends
- 2.2 Steel Cord Industry Drivers
- 2.3 Steel Cord Industry Opportunities and Challenges
- 2.4 Steel Cord Industry Restraints
3 Steel Cord Market by Manufacturers
- 3.1 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.2 Global Steel Cord Production by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.3 Global Steel Cord Average Price by Manufacturers (2021-2026)
- 3.4 Global Steel Cord Industry Manufacturers Ranking, 2024 VS 2025 VS 2026
- 3.5 Global Steel Cord Key Manufacturers Manufacturing Sites & Headquarters
- 3.6 Global Steel Cord Manufacturers, Product Type & Application
- 3.7 Global Steel Cord Manufacturers Established Date
- 3.8 Market Competitive Analysis
- 3.8.1 Global Steel Cord Market CR5 and HHI
- 3.8.2 Global Top 5 and 10 Steel Cord Players Market Share by Production Value in 2025
- 3.8.3 2025 Steel Cord Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3
4 Steel Cord Market by Type
- 4.1 Steel Cord Type Introduction
- 4.1.1 Normal Tensile (NT)
- 4.1.2 High Tensile (HT)
- 4.1.3 Super Tensile (ST)
- 4.1.4 Ultra Tensile (UT)
- 4.2 Global Steel Cord Production by Type
- 4.2.1 Global Steel Cord Production by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.2.2 Global Steel Cord Production by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.2.3 Global Steel Cord Production Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Type
- 4.3.1 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Type (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 4.3.2 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Type (2021-2032)
- 4.3.3 Global Steel Cord Production Value Market Share by Type (2021-2032)
5 Steel Cord Market by Application
- 5.1 Steel Cord Application Introduction
- 5.1.1 Freight Car Use
- 5.1.2 Passenger Car Use
- 5.1.3 Others
- 5.2 Global Steel Cord Production by Application
- 5.2.1 Global Steel Cord Production by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.2.2 Global Steel Cord Production by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.2.3 Global Steel Cord Production Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Application
- 5.3.1 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Application (2021 VS 2025 VS 2032)
- 5.3.2 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Application (2021-2032)
- 5.3.3 Global Steel Cord Production Value Market Share by Application (2021-2032)
6 Company Profiles
- 6.1 Bekaert
- 6.1.1 Bekaert Company Information
- 6.1.2 Bekaert Business Overview
- 6.1.3 Bekaert Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.1.4 Bekaert Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.1.5 Bekaert Recent Developments
- 6.2 Jiangsu Xingda Steel Cord
- 6.2.1 Jiangsu Xingda Steel Cord Company Information
- 6.2.2 Jiangsu Xingda Steel Cord Business Overview
- 6.2.3 Jiangsu Xingda Steel Cord Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.2.4 Jiangsu Xingda Steel Cord Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.2.5 Jiangsu Xingda Steel Cord Recent Developments
- 6.3 ArcelorMittal
- 6.3.1 ArcelorMittal Company Information
- 6.3.2 ArcelorMittal Business Overview
- 6.3.3 ArcelorMittal Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.3.4 ArcelorMittal Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.3.5 ArcelorMittal Recent Developments
- 6.4 Hyosung
- 6.4.1 Hyosung Company Information
- 6.4.2 Hyosung Business Overview
- 6.4.3 Hyosung Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.4.4 Hyosung Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.4.5 Hyosung Recent Developments
- 6.5 Shandong SNTON Steel Cord
- 6.5.1 Shandong SNTON Steel Cord Company Information
- 6.5.2 Shandong SNTON Steel Cord Business Overview
- 6.5.3 Shandong SNTON Steel Cord Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.5.4 Shandong SNTON Steel Cord Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.5.5 Shandong SNTON Steel Cord Recent Developments
- 6.6 Bridgestone
- 6.6.1 Bridgestone Company Information
- 6.6.2 Bridgestone Business Overview
- 6.6.3 Bridgestone Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.6.4 Bridgestone Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.6.5 Bridgestone Recent Developments
- 6.7 Shougang Century
- 6.7.1 Shougang Century Company Information
- 6.7.2 Shougang Century Business Overview
- 6.7.3 Shougang Century Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.7.4 Shougang Century Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.7.5 Shougang Century Recent Developments
- 6.8 Tokusen
- 6.8.1 Tokusen Company Information
- 6.8.2 Tokusen Business Overview
- 6.8.3 Tokusen Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.8.4 Tokusen Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.8.5 Tokusen Recent Developments
- 6.9 Tokyo Rope MFG
- 6.9.1 Tokyo Rope MFG Company Information
- 6.9.2 Tokyo Rope MFG Business Overview
- 6.9.3 Tokyo Rope MFG Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.9.4 Tokyo Rope MFG Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.9.5 Tokyo Rope MFG Recent Developments
- 6.10 Hubei Fuxing New Material
- 6.10.1 Hubei Fuxing New Material Company Information
- 6.10.2 Hubei Fuxing New Material Business Overview
- 6.10.3 Hubei Fuxing New Material Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.10.4 Hubei Fuxing New Material Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.10.5 Hubei Fuxing New Material Recent Developments
- 6.11 BMZ
- 6.11.1 BMZ Company Information
- 6.11.2 BMZ Business Overview
- 6.11.3 BMZ Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.11.4 BMZ Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.11.5 BMZ Recent Developments
- 6.12 Henan Hengxing
- 6.12.1 Henan Hengxing Company Information
- 6.12.2 Henan Hengxing Business Overview
- 6.12.3 Henan Hengxing Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.12.4 Henan Hengxing Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.12.5 Henan Hengxing Recent Developments
- 6.13 Junma Tyre Cord
- 6.13.1 Junma Tyre Cord Company Information
- 6.13.2 Junma Tyre Cord Business Overview
- 6.13.3 Junma Tyre Cord Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.13.4 Junma Tyre Cord Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.13.5 Junma Tyre Cord Recent Developments
- 6.14 Sumitomo Electric Industries
- 6.14.1 Sumitomo Electric Industries Company Information
- 6.14.2 Sumitomo Electric Industries Business Overview
- 6.14.3 Sumitomo Electric Industries Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.14.4 Sumitomo Electric Industries Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.14.5 Sumitomo Electric Industries Recent Developments
- 6.15 Sodetal
- 6.15.1 Sodetal Company Information
- 6.15.2 Sodetal Business Overview
- 6.15.3 Sodetal Steel Cord Production, Value and Gross Margin (2021-2026)
- 6.15.4 Sodetal Steel Cord Product Portfolio
- 6.15.5 Sodetal Recent Developments
7 Global Steel Cord Production by Region
- 7.1 Global Steel Cord Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.2 Global Steel Cord Production by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.2.1 Global Steel Cord Production by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.2.2 Global Steel Cord Production Forecast by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.3 Global Steel Cord Production by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 7.4 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.4.1 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Region (2021-2026)
- 7.4.2 Global Steel Cord Production Value by Region (2027-2032)
- 7.5 Global Steel Cord Market Price Analysis by Region (2021-2032)
- 7.6 Regional Production Value Trends (2021-2032)
- 7.6.1 North America Steel Cord Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.2 Europe Steel Cord Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.3 Asia-Pacific Steel Cord Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.4 South America Steel Cord Production Value (2021-2032)
- 7.6.5 Middle East & Africa Steel Cord Production Value (2021-2032)
8 Global Steel Cord Consumption by Region
- 8.1 Global Steel Cord Consumption by Region: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.2 Global Steel Cord Consumption by Region (2021-2032)
- 8.2.1 Global Steel Cord Consumption by Region (2021-2026)
- 8.2.2 Global Steel Cord Consumption by Region (2027-2032)
- 8.3 North America
- 8.3.1 North America Steel Cord Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.3.2 North America Steel Cord Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.3.3 U.S.
- 8.3.4 Canada
- 8.3.5 Mexico
- 8.4 Europe
- 8.4.1 Europe Steel Cord Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.4.2 Europe Steel Cord Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.4.3 Germany
- 8.4.4 France
- 8.4.5 U.K.
- 8.4.6 Italy
- 8.4.7 Netherlands
- 8.5 Asia Pacific
- 8.5.1 Asia Pacific Steel Cord Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.5.2 Asia Pacific Steel Cord Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.5.3 China
- 8.5.4 Japan
- 8.5.5 South Korea
- 8.5.6 Southeast Asia
- 8.5.7 India
- 8.5.8 Australia
- 8.6 South America
- 8.6.1 South America Steel Cord Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.6.2 South America Steel Cord Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.6.3 Brazil
- 8.6.4 Argentina
- 8.6.5 Chile
- 8.6.6 Colombia
- 8.7 Middle East & Africa
- 8.7.1 Middle East & Africa Steel Cord Consumption Growth Rate by Country: 2021 VS 2025 VS 2032
- 8.7.2 Middle East & Africa Steel Cord Consumption by Country (2021-2032)
- 8.7.3 Egypt
- 8.7.4 South Africa
- 8.7.5 Israel
- 8.7.6 Türkiye
- 8.7.7 GCC Countries
9 Value Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.1 Steel Cord Value Chain Analysis
- 9.1.1 Steel Cord Key Raw Materials
- 9.1.2 Raw Materials Key Suppliers
- 9.1.3 Manufacturing Cost Structure
- 9.1.4 Steel Cord Production Mode & Process
- 9.2 Steel Cord Sales Channels Analysis
- 9.2.1 Direct Comparison with Distribution Share
- 9.2.2 Steel Cord Distributors
- 9.2.3 Steel Cord Customers
10 Concluding Insights
11 Appendix
- 11.1 Reasons for Doing This Study
- 11.2 Research Methodology
- 11.3 Research Process
- 11.4 Authors List of This Report
- 11.5 Data Source
- 11.5.1 Secondary Sources
- 11.5.2 Primary Sources
- 11.6 Disclaimer
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