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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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KRT Commercial Tyre Guide first to compile full range

Kings Road Tyres claims to have the largest and most comprehensive range of tyres for commercial applications in the UK, and now the wholesaler is making information on all of its commercial products available in a single brochure, with the publication of Kings Road Tyres’ Commercial Range Guide 2012. The new Guide is the first time KRT has combined its truck and bus, agricultural, industrial and construction, otr and high speed crane, pneumatic industrial and tubes and flaps ranges in a single publication. Also for the first time, the brochure is available in an easy-to-use electronic format by clicking the link to KRT Commercial Range Guide 2012.

23rd May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop Truck Tyres labelled

Just days after the company announced that its passenger car tyre ranges have been successfully labelled according to the forthcoming European legislation, Goodyear Dunlop has announced that it has completed the testing of some 500 different truck tyres, covering 16 tyre types in over 55 different sizes, ensuring that these are ready to meet the rules that come into force 1 November 2012.

23rd May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Dunlop announces 2012 Art Car Competition winner

Goodyear Dunlop has announced the winner of its 2012 Dunlop Art Car Competition, a contest to find innovative designs for the Dunlop-sponsored JMW Motorsport Ferrari F458 GT2 car. Egidijus Gužauskas from Lithuania provided the winning design, featuring a paint-splash effect. The car will first race in its new livery at the 24 Hours of Le Mans where Dunlop has a long and successful history to its name, having 34 victories at the iconic endurance race.

23rd May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

DAF selects Goodyear low rolling resistance tyres

DAF has selected Goodyear Marathon + low rolling resistance tyres for standard equipment on its latest Advanced Transport Efficiency (ATe) trucks. According to the tyre manufacturer, the news comes as a result of the partnership between the two companies aimed at providing vehicles with optimized fuel consumption, yet with no compromise on other performance areas.

16th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

New Ecsta Le Sport – designed for top European marques

Kumho’s new Ecsta LE Sport KU39 is an asymmetric ultra high performance tyre designed for Europe’s top car marques; the manufacturer reports the tyre was developed using the latest KADAS prediction tools and on Europe’s most demanding test tracks. The Y speed rated product’s key selling points are its enhanced performance, braking in wet conditions and controlled ride and refinement. Kumho says its high grip tread compound ensures maximum traction and braking performance, while its specially designed casing provides impressive high speed stability.

15th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

New association calls for trade liberalisation

A number of tyre trading businesses have formed a collective with the aim of “defending the freedom of tyre trading within and outside the European Union, and also to preserve and protect its values expressed in the Charter of Fundamental Rights.” The new association, which is called LETA (European Liberal Traders Association) is based in Milan, but reports that it welcomes membership from businesses anywhere in Europe.

14th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Pirelli welcomes P Zero’s Auto Express recognition

Pirelli has welcomed the plaudits its P Zero tyre received from Auto Express’s recent product awards. Auto Express has been conducting tyre tests in the UK for over a decade, and the magazine’s most recent product awards assessed 10 different tyres on aquaplaning, cabin noise and economy. A former winner in this size, the Pirelli P Zero was named one of the top three with Auto Express stating: “It [the Pirelli P Zero] makes its way into our top three thanks to an excellent performance in the wet tests, comfortably winning the braking and handling disciplines and finishing in the top four in the other categories.”

14th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop moves two to Dunlop Motorsport, Birmingham

Dunlop Motorsport at Birmingham’s Fort Dunlop is described as one of the best design centres in the business, with the flexibility to produce prototypes in days and manufacture short runs of tyres specifically for the various circuits visited by the tyre supplier every year. Goodyear Dunlop has recently made two new appointments at the facility; Vincent Van Goor moves from the Luxembourg-based Innovation Centre to take up the role of senior design engineer for car, while John Astbury makes a shorter hop from Wolverhampton to his new role as QTech Manager UK.

11th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear's Laura Thompson “Outstanding Woman In Finance”

Treasury & Risk magazine's 2012 list of "30 Outstanding Women in Finance" includes Laura K. Thompson, vice president, finance for The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's North American Tire business. Thompson directs finance for the company's largest business unit, with annual sales of nearly $10 billion. She previously served as vice president of business development, is also the executive in charge of developing Goodyear's new headquarters in Akron, Ohio.

11th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop tests thousands of tyres ahead of EU tyre labelling

Goodyear Dunlop has tested 1200 Goodyear and another 1000 Dunlop branded tyres ensuring that these are ready to meet the new EU tyre labelling regulation that takes full effect on 1 November 2012. The tests covered 70 and 50 tyre types for Goodyear and Dunlop respectively.

According to the company, the grading of all the tyres took nearly a year and was done at the Goodyear Innovation Center in Luxemburg, which is the company’s main tyre research and development facility in the region. The new regulation requires each manufacturer to test tyres internally for the new gradings, based on strictly defined EU testing methods.

10th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear ‘delighted’ by Auto Express crown

Goodyear representatives say they are “delighted” the Goodyear Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 has been named as the “best summer tyre” in the 2012 Auto Express Product Awards. The win follows the tyre’s first place ranking in the highly popular automotive magazine’s “Big Tyre Test” in September 2011.

9th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear and Conti win Auto Express product awards

Goodyear’s Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 and Continental’s ContiWinterContact TS 830 P have won Auto Express’s best summer tyre and best winter tyre crowns in the magazine’s 2012 product awards.

9th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear Dunlop wins BP Oil contract

After 20 years' working with Michelin, BP Oil UK Limited has switched over to Goodyear Dunlop for the service and maintenance of its fleet of 150 tankers.

In addition to Goodyear Dunlop's easily accessible, web-based systems that allow transparent and up to the minute status of all jobs, the level of service provided by the company's TruckForce UK network played an important role in winning the contract.

8th May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear truck tyres fitted to world’s fastest hybrid

Goodyear has announced that Mean Green, the world’s fastest hybrid truck, has broken two world speed records on its tyres. On 27 April, 2012 at Wendover Airfield in Utah, USA, the Volvo-built truck, owned and driven by Boije Ovebrink, broke records in the standing kilometre and flying kilometre international speed standards. The new world records are subject to FIA recognition, which will occur in about 30 to 60 days.

2nd May 2012/by Tyrepress Editors

Goodyear completes FleetHQ conversion in Canada

Goodyear has converted the last bits of its former Truckwise truck tyre programme to the FleetHQ moniker, reports Tire Review. Announced at the recent Truck World event in Toronto, Goodyear rebranded its Canadian fleet tyre and service to FleetHQ. The new Canadian brand will “create a consistent business solutions brand that offers products, services and information tools for trucking fleets and owner/operators throughout North America,” the company said.

23rd April 2012/by Tyrepress Editors