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Founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Akron, Ohio. It is one of the oldest, biggest and best-known tyremakers in the world. Goodyear makes tyres for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, motorcycles, SUVs, racing cars, aeroplanes, farm equipment and heavy earth-mover machinery. Find all the news and analysis you need relating to Goodyear here.

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Goodyear Donates Lifeboat from First Blimp to Smithsonian

An interesting diversion to our regular industry related news comes courtesy of Goodyear, who reports its gifting to the Smithsonian of a century-old lifeboat that saw service on the very first airship built by the company. Constructed by one S.E. Saunders of East Cowes on the Isle of Wight in 1910, the boat is made primarily of wood, measures 27 feet long with a 6 foot beam and weighs over 500 pounds – that’s 8.2 metres long and 225 kilograms for those of you reading this in metric.

9th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Offers Inflation Advice from Blimp

In the USA, Goodyear is taking to the skies with its fleet of company blimps in order to publicise the tyre safety messages coming out of the country’s ‘National Tire Safety Week’. Spirit of America, based in Carson, California; Spirit of Goodyear, based in Akron, Ohio; and Spirit of Innovation, based in Pompano Beach, Florida will fly with specially designed day and night messages between 6 and 12 June. Messages will include: “Keep your tyres properly inflated,” “Check the air pressure monthly or before a long trip,” and “Check your tyres’ tread wear and rotate your car’s tyres every 3-5,000 miles,” will be programmed on the airships’ EagleVision message boards, a company press release states.

7th June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Offers Agri Benefits at Cereals

The Goodyear Farm team is publicising its presence at the annual Cereals show in Royston on 9 and 10 June. According to the company, the team will be highlighting the Optitrac range on its stand, while educating visitors on tyre technology and maintenance.

Goodyear representatives say the new DT818 High Speed (HS) will be at the forefront of the stand. The DT818HS is part of the Optitrac radial drive farm tyre range which comes in 13 popular sizes. High Speed means that the tyres are D speed rated and can operate at speeds up to 44mph (70kph) or at inflation pressures as low as 9psi. At lower operating speeds and for tractors that have a top speed of 25mph (45kph) or 30mph (50kph) these tyres reportedly provide performance advantages being able to carry up to 9.5 per cent more load at same inflation versus the conventional DT818 tyre. Furthermore, DT818 HS can carry the same loads as DT818 at lower inflation pressure thereby, elongating the footprint generating more traction and pull.

1st June 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop Plans Vertikal Days and Hillhead OTR Activities

Goodyear Dunlop will exhibit its off the road range to the industry at Vertikal Days and Hillhead during June for the first time in over three years. Vertikal Days on 16 and 17 June will provide the platform to highlight the new Dunlop SP ER50 tyre to the crane industry. Meanwhile Hillhead will provide the perfect arena to introduce the industry to the full Goodyear Dunlop OTR tyre range, states the company.

28th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Capture Footprints with TireScan

Next time you’re sitting in the dentist’s chair getting your teeth checked, you may spare a moment to consider how many degrees of separation stand between yourself and the tyre industry. It may be fewer than you think. American firm Tekscan Inc, which developed its TireScan system in conjunction with Goodyear, admits the basic technology behind the system was originally created for use in dentistry. “However, it was recognised that the principle concept could be adapted for numerous other applications, the tyre industry being just one of them," explained the company's international sales manager, Jason Marcouillier.

28th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Translogik Signs RFID Chile Distribution Agreement

In April Translogik Ltd signed a distribution agreement with RFID Chile. According to the company, the agreement combines Translogik OTR TPMS (Tyre Pressure Monitoring System) technology and RFID Chile's “mining application expertise” to provide a real-time OTR tyre temperature and pressure management solution to the South American mining industry. The system was launched at the 2010 EXPOMIN in Santiago, Chile. Chile is the world's largest producer of copper.

Translogik reported “enormous interest” from some of the world's largest mining operations from across South America and Komatsu 830E field trials of the new system, with a large Chilean mining company, were scheduled to begin on 10 May. At this point a team of engineers from Translogik and RFID Chile planned to fit three OTR TPMS systems to Komatsu 830E dumper trucks fitted with 57 inch tyres.

28th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Expanded Goodyear Dunlop European Logistics Centre Inaugurated

Late last year the Goodyear Dunlop group completed the expansion of warehouse storage capacity of its European logistics centre in Philippsburg, near Stuttgart in southern Germany. Work on the centre’s offices, from where the company’s Europe-wide logistics are directed, has now also been finished, marking the completion of a 20 million, one and a half year project. The centre was officially inaugurated by Heribert Rech, minister of the interior for the province of Baden-Württemberg along with Eberhard Louis, director of Distribution & Operation at Goodyear Dunlop Europe, and Dr. Rainer Landwehr, chairman of Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany.

26th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Switching to EfficientGrip Gives “Economy Boost” – Autocar

Autocar magazine has reported fuel economy savings of “nearly 2 per cent” since it switched the original equipment tyres on its Citroen C3 Picasso – currently on a long-term test – to the new Goodyear EfficientGrip. James Bailey, manager, Corporate Communications at Goodyear commented: “When we launched EfficientGrip, our own testing department proved that the tyre was able to offer 15 per cent better rolling resistance, whilst still delivering the wet braking and wet handling performance that Goodyear are renowned for.

25th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Closing Taiwan Factory

Goodyear has announced plans to close its Taoyuan factory near Taipei, Taiwan. The passenger car tyre plant will cease operations on July 31, 2010, a decision the tyre maker says it made in line with its global strategy of transferring production to lower-cost countries. Despite the ending of production, Goodyear states its commitment to Taiwan “remains unchanged”.

24th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Moss Tyres Founder Dies

Derek Moss, the found of the Moss Tyres chain of tyre and auto centres from Heslington, York, died last week on the eve of his 80th birthday after a five month battle against cancer. Announcing his passing the Yorkshire Press reported that Moss, who leaves a widow Pat, joined the tyre industry when he took up a job a Goodyear in Wolverhampton after completing National Service with the RAF.

It was here that he met his wife Pat before joining with his father to form Moss Tyres in 1957, later opening their first depot in Cemetery Road, York. It later re-located to Foss Islands Road as the company expanded to a total of 13 depots across Yorkshire. Moss also became involved in the Yorkshire National Tyre Dealers Association committee, and eventually became president of its national council in 1978.

24th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Stapleton’s – Delivering High Performance

As one of the largest distributors of passenger car tyres in the UK, Stapleton’s offers customers a comprehensive selection of high performance tyres. The company stocks ultra high performance ranges from all premium brands such as Bridgestone, Continental, Dunlop, Goodyear, Pirelli and Michelin, as well as offering customers a wide choice of good value own-brand high performance tyres. Stapleton’s exclusive and private brand ranges include Prestivo, Matador, Nexen and Primewell.

19th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Chevrolet Cruze Eco to Roll on Goodyear

At the New York Auto Show, Chevrolet unveiled a new, 40mpg addition to next year’s Cruze model range, the Cruze Eco. And Goodyear reports that the new model, when it hits US showrooms in the fourth quarter of 2010, will be fitted with its Assurance Fuel Max tyres in a 17-inch wheel diameter as standard. This latest news follows earlier announcements from the US of the tyre also being chosen as the exclusive fitment for the 2011 Chevrolet Volt, and for the 2010 Toyota Prius and 2010 Ford Fusion S.

19th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Chinese UHP Tyre Sales Increasing at Twice the Overall Market Rate

Appetite in China for high performance tyres is growing. In mid-May, Michelin launched its Pilot Sport 3 into this market, making 18 sizes available for Chinese consumers. The Pilot Sport 3 complements the Primacy LC, introduced last year, in Michelin’s China market performance portfolio. "We are putting more attention on the high performance tyre market than before, a segment that is growing at a speed twice that of the overall tyre market in China last year," said Antoine Guerin, vice-president of marketing and sales with Michelin (China) Investment Co Ltd.

17th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan Prices on the Rise

Titan Tire Corporation has announced price increases for Titan branded farm and construction tyres and Titan manufactured Goodyear branded agricultural tyres. Increases of up to six per cent will be implemented on June 1. Titan says the rises will “offset rising raw material, energy and transportation costs”, and adds that the prices of certain tyres may rise in excess of six per cent “due to realignment and positioning of the product.”

12th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors

Titan Announces 6% Price Increase

Titan Tire Corporation, a subsidiary of Titan International, Inc. has announced that it will implement a price increase on Titan branded farm and construction tyres and Titan manufactured Goodyear branded farm tyres effective 1 June 2010. The increase of up to approximately 6 per cent is designed to offset rising raw material, energy and transportation costs, according the company, which points out that “certain tyre prices may rise in excess of 6 per cent due to realignment and positioning of the product.”

10th May 2010/by Tyrepress Editors