The Goodyear Tire & Rubber company (Goodyear) has banked on soybean oil to replace petroleum-based oils in many of its premium tyre brands over the last couple of years. The environmentally-friendly vegetable byproduct has been able to meet the same…
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Goodyear, Borrow pilot for EV tyre maintenance
In a second tyre service innovation for future mobility, American tyre manufacturer Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has entered a partnership with California-based electric car subscription company Borrow for automatic tyre servicing. Goodyear will use its predictive tyre servicing solution…
Goodyear, USW sign tentative labour agreement for five US plants
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, a multinational tyre manufacturing company based in Akron, Ohio, has signed a five-year master labour contract with United Steelworkers (USW), North America’s largest labour union. The tentative labour agreement covers nearly 7,000 workers at five…
Goodyear unveils first radial special trailer tyre built in the US
American multinational tyre manufacturing company The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company introduced Endurance, the only radial special tyre manufactured in the US. Unveiled during Goodyear’s 2017 Customer Conference in Orlando, Florida, the Endurance radial tyre is capable of transporting the…
Goodyear, Tesloop join forces to optimise tyre performance, design
American multinational tyre manufacturing company Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is collaborating with Tesloop Inc. to use data generated by the city-to-city car sharing service and use it to study and model tyre performance. Since its launch in July 2015,…
Goodyear reveals UW, WMU mascot sculptures made from than 500 tyres
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, an American multinational tyre manufacturing company, has unveiled life-size sculptures of the team mascots of the University of Wisconsin (UW) and the Western Michigan University(WMU) in the US. The sculptures, made from over 500 Goodyear…
Goodyear Dunlop approves closure of Philippsburg tyre manufacturing plant
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has recently approved the planned closure of Goodyear Dunlop Tires Germany GmbH’s tyre manufacturing facility in Philippsburg, Germany that produces passenger car and light truck tyres. The move is part of the company’s strategy…
Goodyear, Tireco Inc. to recall defective, improperly labeled tyres
Two tyre recalls have been announced by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) in the US, an agency under the country’s Department of Transportation. Around 1,650 of Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.’s G399A LHS tyres, size 295/75R22.5 LRG, curing…
Goodyear: One of America’s Greenest Companies
Ohio-based tyre and rubber company Goodyear, has been ranked as the 74th greenest company in America.
Goodyear: Drivers not ready for winter yet
Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Company founds out that 75% of the drivers in North America are still not prepared to drive on wet, snowy and slippery roads.