Part 3: A Look Back at the Early Days of the Akron Rubber Industry
Ralph C. Busbey, a newspaper reporter and one time Akron bureau chief for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, became the third editor of the India Rubber Review (now Tire Review) in 1924. He wrote a section focused on the early days of the Akron rubber industry for “A Centennial History of Akron 1825-1925,” a book published
Part 2: A Look Back at the Early Days of the Akron Rubber Industry
Ralph C. Busbey, a newspaper reporter and one time Akron bureau chief for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, became the third editor of the India Rubber Review (now Tire Review) in 1924. He wrote a section focused on the early days of the Akron rubber industry for “A Centennial History of Akron 1825-1925,” a book published
Part 1: A Look Back at the Early Days of the Akron Rubber Industry
Ralph C. Busbey, a newspaper reporter and one time Akron bureau chief for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, became the third editor of the India Rubber Review (now Tire Review) in 1924. He wrote a section focused on the early days of the Akron rubber industry for “A Centennial History of Akron 1825-1925,” a book published
Giti Opens R&D Center Outside Akron
Giti Tire will locate its North America R&D center in Unitontown, Ohio, just south of Akron. The new facility is one of five R&D centers operated by the Singapore-based tiremaker worldwide. Giti’s Ohio operation is responsible for the tiremarker’s development needs in North America including the development and application of advance design technologies, testing support,
Goodyear Crosses Akron Off Plant Site List
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. informed the city of Akron that it would not be building its planned $500 million consumer tire plant in its hometown, citing many of the front-line reasons that made Akron a long-shot to begin with.
Canadian Tire Caution, Goodyear-to-Akron Reconsidered
Dear Canadian Tire CEO Stephen Wetmore: Speaking as a part Canadian, I must ask you, beg you, plead with you to NOT offer up your wonderful company for acquisition by a U.S. firm. Any U.S. company. And wash your mouth out with soap for speaking such blasphemy. I’m not sure what you feel are the
Lockheed Martin May Close Akron, N.Y. Plants
According to reports in the Akron Beacon Journal and the Post-Standard newspaper in Syracuse, N.Y., Lockheed Martin Corp. has drafted contingency business plans that include closing facilities in Central New York and Akron and moving hundreds of jobs. While the company said no decisions have been made regarding closures, elected officials in Akron and elsewhere
Chinese Rubber, Tire Equipment Maker Eyes Akron for R&D Center
Mesnac, a Chinese producer of equipment for the rubber and tire industry, announced last week that it plans to open a research and technical center in Akron. According to a report in the Akron Beacon Journal, Mesnac says the venture will work closely with its Research Institute in Qingdao, China. The primary focus of the
Firestone Tour Donates $3,000 to Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank
Bridgestone Americas’ Commercial Solutions division presented the Akron-Canton Regional Foodbank with $3,000 at the July 16 launch of its "Firestone Drives America Tour." "The Firestone Drives America Tour kick-off event at the Akron Aeros game was a great success," said Matthew Stevenson, vice president of marketing, Bridgestone Commercial Solutions. “We had a great turn-out; many
‘Firestone Drives America Tour’ Kicks Off in Akron
Promoting its Commercial Solutions division, Bridgestone Americas kicked off its “Firestone Drives America Tour” in Akron on July 16.