The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company History



Address:
1144 East Market Street
Akron, Ohio 44316-0001
U.S.A.

Telephone: (330) 796-2121
Fax: (330) 796-2222

Public Company
Incorporated: 1898
Employees: 91,310
Sales: $13.11 billion (1996)
Stock Exchanges: New York Midwest Pacific
SICs: 2819 Industrial Inorganic Chemicals, Not Elsewhere Classified; 2821 Plastics Materials, Nonvulcanizable Elastomers & Synthetic Resins; 2822 Synthetic Rubber (Vulcanizable Elastomers); 2891 Adhesives & Sealants; 2899 Chemicals & Chemical Preparations; 3011 Tires & Inner Tubes; 3021 Rubber & Plastics Footwear; 3052 Rubber & Plastics Hose & Belting; 3069 Fabricated Rubber Products, Not Elsewhere Classified; 5531 Auto & Home Supply Stores

Company Perspectives:

Leadership in our markets and industry is our goal for the 21st century. We intend to make Goodyear No. 1 or No. 2 in every market we serve and to be the low-cost producer among the three major global tire and rubber companies. My vision by the end of the year 2000 has Goodyear ranked by all measures as the best tire and rubber company in the world. (Samir F. Gibara, Goodyear chairman, chief executive officer, and president)

Company History:

Further Reading:

  • Allen, Hugh, The House of Goodyear: A Story of Rubber and of Modern Business, Cleveland: Corday & Gross, 1943, reprinted, Arno Press, 1976.
  • Donlon, J. P., "A New Spin for Goodyear," Chief Executive, December 1995, pp. 34-35, 38-40.
  • Labich, Kenneth, "The King of Tires Is Discontented," Fortune, May 28, 1984.
  • Lubove, Seth, "The Last Bastion," Forbes, February 14, 1994, pp. 56, 58.
  • Magnet, Myron, "The Marvels of High Margins," Fortune, May 2, 1994, pp. 73-74.
  • Narisetti, Raju, "For Two Tire Makers, a Flat-Out Pitch for Safer Wheels," Wall Street Journal, July 3, 1997, p. B4.
  • Neely, William, Tire Wars: Racing with Goodyear, Tucson, Arizona: Aztex Corp., 1993.
  • O'Reilly, Maurice, The Goodyear Story, Elmsford, New York: The Benjamin Company, 1983.
  • Schiller, Zachary, "After a Year of Spinning Its Wheels, Goodyear Gets a Retread," Business Week, March 26, 1990.
  • ------, "And Fix That Flat Before You Go, Stanley," Business Week, January 16, 1995, p. 35.
  • ------, "Goodyear May Be Getting Some Traction at Last," Business Week, October 7, 1991, p. 38.
  • ------, "Stan Gault's Designated Driver," Business Week, April 8, 1996, pp. 128, 130.

Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 20. St. James Press, 1998.