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Michelin Tires
Michelin founders Édouard and André Michelin were brothers from Clermont-Ferrand, France. Their small rubber factory was incorporated in 1888 and has grown into the largest tire manufacturer in the world. In 1946 Michelin introduced the first radial tire, originally titled the X tire. This tire design is currently the standard in the world for ... Read More

BFGoodrich Tires
“The everyday tire with performance that’s anything but,” is the heart and soul of BFGoodrich. The vision of BFGoodrich is to be innovative and deliver products that make a difference in society as a whole. This tire manufacturer opened its doors in 1870 when Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich... Read More

Uniroyal Tires
The United States Rubber Company was founded in 1892. It was one of the original twelve stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. In 1941, they bought a controlling interest in the Gillette Safety Tire Company and became... Read More

Continental Tires
Continental is one of the world’s leading automotive industry suppliers. Continental AG was founded in 1871 in Hanover, Germany. It is currently one of the five largest automotive...Read More

Falken Tires
Falken Tire, owned by Ohtsu Tire, is an international tire brand based out of Japan. In 1983, Falken produced its first tire and began exporting internationally. The vision... Read More

General Tires
William O’Neil and his partner, Winfred Fouse, founded the General Tire and Rubber Company in 1915. General Tire was an outgrowth of the Western Tire... Read More

Goodyear Tires
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. With just thirteen employees, Goodyear began producing bicycle and carriage tires...Read More

Hankook Tires
Hankook Tire was established in 1941 in Seoul, Korea. Hankook began production in 1942, originally producing 110,000 tires a year. Today, they produce over 50 million...Read More

Kelly Tires
The Kelly-Springfield Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1894 by Edwin Kelly. Soon after, Kelly took his partner’s, Arthur Grant, design from blueprint to... Read More

Nitto Tires
Nitto Tire Brand is “Fuel By Enthusiasts”. The company is known for the tires that are manufactured, but also by the way the Nitto tires perform in races... Read More

Pirelli Tires
Giovanni Battista Pirelli founded Pirelli & C. in 1872. The company focused on producing telegraph cables in the 1870s and 1880s. In 1890 Pirelli developed their first bicycle... Read More

Yokohama Tires
The Yokohama Rubber Company, Limited was established in 1917 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture with a joint investment from Furukawa Electric Company, Ltd... Read More