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Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company

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Goodyear Tire And Rubber Company

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Ledbetter v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company (2006) - Supreme Court Cases Series | Academy 4 So...

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Goodyear officially completed the Acquisition of Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

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Sumerel v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. Case Brief Summary | Law Case Explained

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Goodyear Innovation Center Manufacturing (ICM) Receives 2018 AME Excellence Award

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, motorcycles, SUVs, race cars, airplanes, farm equipment and heavy earth-mover machinery. It also produced bicycle tires from its founding until 1976. As of 2017, Goodyear is one of the top four tire manufacturers along with Bridgestone (Japan), Michelin (France) and Continental (Germany).
  • Early history 1898–1926 

  • Expansion 1926–1970 

  • Radial tire transition 

  • Diversification and Goldsmith affair 1986 

  • 1990 to present 

  • Timeline 

  • Board of directors 

  • Subsidiaries 

  • Foreign Relations with Indonesia in the 1960s 

  • Pay discrimination lawsuits 

  • Environmental record 

  • Foreign Corrupt Practices Act charges 

  • Internal training and discrimination 

  • Non-tire industrial (licensed products produced by Veyance Technologies)