60 Years of Goodyear Aerial Coverage
With college football kicking off last night and this weekend, Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. gears up to celebrate 60 years of aerial broadcast coverage of college football. All season Goodyear will be celebrating with a marketing program highlighting college football traditions, and a chance to ride the Goodyear blimp. “Goodyear has a strong tradition
Tire Country Expands into Ontario
Western Canada-based Tire Country, a Goodyear Wholesale Distributor and wholly-owned subsidiary of Fountain Tire Ltd., is opening two new wholesale tire centers in Southern Ontario. The new tire centers will have a 57,000-square foot warehouses and sell an assortment of Goodyear, Dunlop, Kelly and Sailun tires. Tire Country’s new stores in Vaughan and London add
Employee Dies at Goodyear Plant
Jeanie Lynne Strader, an employee of Goodyear’s Danville, Va., plant died in an accident late Monday evening. Strader was 56. “We are deeply saddened to report that at approximately 9:45 pm Monday night, a fatality occurred in the Goodyear-Danville facility,” Goodyear said in a statement. “Our focus is on the family, friends and co-workers of
The Evolving Tire Landscape
Thirty years ago it was a much different world. Fax machines had just become a thing. There was no Internet, no such thing as a cellphone let alone a smart one, and the first PCs were appearing in offices. In the tire universe, we were still busy radializing consumer and truck tires; OTR and agricultural
Goodyear Wrangler Tires OE on 2016 Tacoma
The 2016 Toyota Tacoma TRD Off-Road grade will come with Goodyear’s Wrangler All-Terrain Adventure with Kevlar tires in size P265/70R16 as original equipment. Rebuilt inside and out with an all-new powertrain and enhanced suspension tuning, Toyota said the new Tacoma was designed to meet the needs of active drivers on- and off-road. “For decades, both
Goodyear Appoints Rapin Vice President, Treasurer
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. has hired Peter Rapin as its vice president and treasurer. He will report to Laura Thompson, executive vice president and CFO. Rapin most recently served as vice president of treasury and tax for TRW Automotive (now part of ZF Friedrichshafen AG), where he directed the global treasury, tax, insurance, and
Goodyear Grows Commercial Tire Network
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. continues to expand its commercial network with two more Goodyear Commercial Tire & Service Centers located in Seattle and Chesapeake, Va. The centers will offer Goodyear, Dunlop and Kelly brand medium truck tires as well as Goodyear retreads, tire balancing services and Goodyear-Fleet HQ 24/7 Emergency Roadside Service. “Our
Goodyear Danville Plant Plans Renovations
Goodyear Tire & Rubber announced its Danville, Va., plant is planning a $3.5 million renovation. A building permit issued by the city shows the renovation would provide the main plant building a new mezzanine and more room for equipment, according to local media reports. The plant has 14 buildings, including a 1.9-million-square-foot main plant. The
New Mixed Service UniCircle Retread Out
Goodyear’s new UniCircle tread stock, keyed to mixed service fleets, promises to deliver better traction and greater removal mileage, according to the tiremaker. The Goodyear G186 MSA is a spliceless procure tread with zig-zag circumferential grooves for all-weather traction, and a tough long-wearing tread compound for durability and increased treadlife, Goodyear claimed.
RDH Tire Founding Partner Dies
Homer Huskins, a founding partner of RDH Tire & Retread Co., died July 22. He was 85. Huskins was born in McDowell County, N.C., and was a graduate of Berea College in Kentucky, as well as a U.S. Army veteran. Huskins worked at Brad Ragan Inc., formerly Carolina Tire Co., for 40 years. In 1985,
Federal Court Upholds Sanction in Goodyear Case
A federal court of appeals for the 9th circuit has upheld a 2012 order imposing $2.7 million in sanctions against Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. and two of its lawyers. The court also upheld non-monetary sanctions against the tiremaker. In a 2-1 ruling the court found that the sanctions given to Goodyear and its two
Goodyear Employees Upset About ‘Job Offers’
Several U.K. papers reported employees at Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s Wolverhampton plant are upset about a job notification posted in the plant. The notification offered plant employees, at a facility Goodyear recently announced it was closing, positions at a facility in Mexico. Employees at the plant had previously been told they might be offered