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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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How Goodyear’s tyre products and technologies support ongoing growth

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Looking around the 2015 CV Show, it’s easy to see that there is a significant amount of Goodyear-shod vehicles being exhibited. One particular example that Goodyear representatives pointed Tyres & Accessories to is the well-known truck manufacturer DAF, which brought a particularly high number of Goodyear-equipped trucks to the show. So, with this in mind, can such a strong showing in the exhibition fitment stakes be seen as a metaphor for the company’s ongoing growth? T&A met with Marc Preedy, Goodyear commercial director UK & Ireland, to find out.

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Mexico plant our ‘most technologically advanced’, says Goodyear

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Together with Mexico’s President, Enrique Peña Nieto, Goodyear Tire & Rubber chairman and chief executive officer Richard J. Kramer has announced that the tyre maker’s new factory for the Americas will be built in San Luis Potosi. Goodyear says the new factory will be its most technologically advanced plant and have a capacity of six million consumer tyres per year. When it reaches full production, the factory will employ about 1,000 people.

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Goodyear plant to be built in Mexico

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According to numerous news sources, including Reuters and The Wall Street Journal, Goodyear Tire & Rubber will later today announce its decision to locate the company’s new factory for the Americas in Mexico’s San Luis Potosi state. Mexico was on a shortlist of potential sites for the new plant that reportedly also included Brazil, Columbia and, initially at least, the USA. Mexico’s President, Enrique Peña Nieto, will apparently announce his country’s selection by Goodyear together with senior company executives.

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Intermat premiere for Goodyear wheel loader tyres

A trio of RT-5D sizes enjoying their global debut at the Intermat construction industry show in Paris complete Goodyear’s wheel loader range and fill the remaining gaps in application suitability. A total of five sizes of this level 250 (L5) traction OTR tyre for severe conditions (such as quarries, difficult industrial applications and recycling, open and underground mines) are available following the addition of the new 20.5R25, 23.5R25 and 26.5R25 tyres.

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Goodyear expands OTR service portfolio with EM Track III

The Intermat 2015 exhibition for the construction and materials industries begins today in Paris, and Goodyear reports it will launch its EM Track III tyre management programme at the company’s show stand (F 001, Hal 5a). EM Track III is a Windows-based service tool that is utilised by all Goodyear OTR personnel and aims to lower the total cost of ownership associated with off-the-road tyres. EM Track III can record all tyre-related data and make it available to the customer.

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US site Goodyear’s entry into online tyre retail

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Online tyre retailers are nothing new, and Michelin’s current 40 per cent share acquisition of leading French portal Allopneus shows the major manufacturers are taking an interest in this business. That said, no major tyre maker sells directly to the public over its own website – but this is about to change. As Goodyear chairman and chief executive officer Richard Kramer announced at the company’s annual shareholders meeting on 13 April, the US-based company is gearing up to begin rolling out online tyre sales in its homeland. Goodyear has yet to comment on whether it plans to extend these web retail activities to other markets.

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Goodyear reflects on EfficientGrip tyre test results

More than a dozen organisations and motoring publications across Europe have put a host of summer tyres to the test in recent times, and Goodyear points out that one particular tyre regularly gained positive results. In these comparative evaluation of various tyre sizes, which were conducted between May and November 2014 and published from February 2015 onwards, the Goodyear EfficientGrip Performance secured a number of podium places, three of them on the top step.

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Bridgestone’s Duffy appointed to aircraft tyre role, successor is one-time Goodyear UK MD

As of next month the current managing director of Bridgestone Europe’s Central Region, Gerry Duffy, will take on leadership of Bridgestone Aircraft Tire Company (Asia) Ltd. As chief executive officer of the operation, Duffy will be based in Hong Kong. His successor for the Central Region role is Andreas Niegsch, who joins Bridgestone from Goodyear Dunlop.

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Goodyear declares 6 cent dividend at annual shareholder meeting

At its annual shareholder meeting yesterday, Goodyear Tire & Rubber declared a dividend of US$0.06 per share of common stock (payable June 1 2015 to shareholders of record on May 1 2015), and shareholders re-elected 13 of the company’s Board of Directors to new one-year terms. Goodyear chairman and chief executive officer Richard Kramer also reviewed the tyre maker’s performance in 2014.

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Goodyear adds new retread sizes to KMax portfolio

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The KMax range of mileage-oriented truck tyres from Goodyear has been extended with the addition of several retreaded products. New arrivals include a pair of KMax sizes in the TreadMax mould cure line-up and two pre-cure treads for Goodyear’s UniCircle portfolio.

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China facility Goodyear’s 3rd global R&D centre

Goodyear Tire & Rubber has announced the establishment of the company’s first research and development facility in China. The new R&D centre is located at the tyre maker’s Pulandian plant in Liaoning Province and will focus on product customisation for original equipment fitments and project support services, supplementing the core tyre technology development that takes place in Goodyear’s global innovation centres in Akron (Ohio, US) and Colmar-Berg (Luxembourg). Goodyear says the facility in China will shorten the time taken to develop high-value-added tyres, particularly for China-based vehicle manufacturers.

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Goodyear launches ‘My Feel Good Place’ social media campaign

Goodyear launched a new social media campaign to back up its “Made to Feel Good” slogan. The “My Feel Good Place” campaign is being run through Instagram, collecting images of people’s favourite spots from around the world and automatically generating an interactive map. Goodyear states that the initiative represents an expansion of its mission statement; the manufacturer wants to expand the meaning of its slogan from “giving people the experience of a comfortable journey to the experience of that next inspiring, familiar or even life-changing destination.” Instagram users can submit pictures to the platform tagging a photo with #MyFeelGoodPlace. Their shot may then be eligible to win a few prizes, including a grand prize of two Goodyear-sponsored around the world airline tickets.

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Goodyear original equipment on Fiat 500X

Goodyear’s EfficientGrip Performance and Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 tyres have been selected by Fiat as original equipment for the newly revealed 500X. Unveiled at the Paris Motorshow, the 500X compact crossover is available in two versions aimed at different market segments; one for city-based motorists, fitted with the EfficientGrip Performance (215/55RI7 94V), and another for more rugged, sporty applications, fitted with the Eagle F1 Asymmetric 2 (225/45R18 91Y). Targeting younger drivers, owners can choose 12 different colours and eight different designs to further personalise their selection.

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Full house of UK’s biggest CV tyre brands at CV Show 2015

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The CV Show has become an increasingly important event for the tyre and wheel segment in recent years, and the trend will continue with the 2015 edition. The UK segment’s biggest manufacturers – Hankook, Goodyear, Michelin, Continental, Bridgestone, Pirelli and Giti will all be present, as will the ambitious Sailun and Aeolus brands and retreader Bandvulc – and related companies such as wholesaler RH Claydon, and Pro-Align with the new Hunter commercial vehicle wheel aligner.

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Coach and Bus tyre features punching above segment’s weight

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When we consider the truck and bus market it can be easy to downgrade the importance of the latter half of the equation. According to the latest Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) Factbook, there were 89,374 buses (including coaches) on the UK’s roads last year, equating to 13.6 per cent of the UK heavy commercial vehicle parc (i.e. not including van-sized vehicles) and 0.2 per cent of the total vehicle parc. Compared with 568,993 trucks (86.4 per cent of the CV parc), the people transportation segment of the CV market is clearly the junior partner. New bus registrations have made a strong start to 2015 (see textbox), but are still relatively small beer.

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