Goodyear Honours Technical Associates

Goodyear has presented awards to more than 350 associates at its Technical Centres in Akron and Luxembourg, recognising the contributions their inventions and innovations have made. Last year alone, the associates were responsible for more than 260 US patents and 68 trade secrets. Robert J.

Keegan, chairman and CEO, paid tribute to the Akron group, saying: „I have tremendous respect for what you do.“ He said that technology is critical to Goodyear’s turnaround – not only in developing new products, but in getting them to market faster. .