Gibara Claims Pirelli Comment “Misrepresented”

In an interview with the German magazine Wirtschafts-Woche, Goodyear CEO Sam Gibara is reported as saying that Pirelli “would make a good fit” for Goodyear, if the Italian company was planning to sell all its tyre interests, rather than merely its truck tyre business. A subsequent statement from Goodyear says that Gibara’s comments were “misrepresented” and that he did not say that Goodyear was interested in acquiring any of the Italian manufacturer’s business..