Tire Manufacturers

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  1. 2. - During World War II, this company, known as Master Tire and Rubber, manufactured pontoons, landing boats, waterproof bags and camouflage items, inflatable barges, life jackets, and tank decoys, as well as tires, to supply the Allied forces.
  2. 3. Goodrich - Founded in Akron, OH in 1870 this company was founded by the rubber industrialist Dr. Benjamin Franklin who earned his M.D. from the Cleveland Medical College (now Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine) in 1861.
  3. 6. - In 1988, after failed discussions with Pirelli, this American tire company was sold to Bridgestone, which was able to buy the company for much less than it had been worth a just a decade earlier.
  4. 7. - This Akron, OH-based tire company originally manufactured bicycle and carriage tires, rubber horseshoe pads, and poker chips, and grew with the advent of the automobile.
  5. 8. - About 80% of this company’s business in the United States is in the farm market.
  6. 10. – This tire manufacturer is credited with being the first company to commercialize increased flexion (IF) farm tires, “super single” wide-based commercial truck tires, and built the first all-season tire capable of earning a three-peak mountain snowflake certification from the USTMA and TRAC.
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  1. 1. - Goodyear acquired this Cumberland, Maryland tire manufacturer in 1935.
  2. 3. - After WW2, this company started making bicycles and motorcycles in 1949. By the late 1950’s, the company's main source of income was from supplying tires to rival motorcycle makers such as Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha.
  3. 4. – This company was established in 1941 as "Chosun Tire Company" and was renamed in 1968. Its name translates to "Korea". Chosun means beautiful morning.
  4. 5. Tire - In the post-WW2 years, this tire company gradually entered the entertainment business, followed by manufacturing tennis balls, wrought iron, and even soft drink production, as well as chemical and plastics manufacturing. In the early 1980s the company even began motion picture and video production.
  5. 9. – This company was formerly called Samyang Tire and is a division of China’s Qingdao Doublestar Co.