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Bridgestone Tires
Bridgestone or “Stone Bridge” (the direct translation of the name from Japanese) was founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi in Japan. Japan slowly started producing automobiles in the 1930s and Bridgestone became the first company to offer tires nationally in 1932 as a response to demand. In 1983 Bridgestone made a purchase of a tire... Read More

Cooper Tires
Cooper traces its roots back to Akron, Ohio when in 1914 two brother-in-laws purchased the M&M Company, a company which made tire patches and repair kits. The owners then purchased the Giant Tire & Rubber Company to make “rebuilt” tires and moved the business to Findlay, Ohio, in 1917. Another investor, I.J. Cooper, established... Read More

Doral Tires
Doral Tire is a private brand owned by the Treadways Corporation and is made under the Sumitomo brand. Doral Tires are known for its affordability without sacrificing quality. Doral designs tires for passenger cars, SUVs, light trucks, medium trucks, performance vehicles, and agricultural equipment. ... Read More

Dunlop Tires
In 1888, while watching his son ride a tricycle, John Boyd Dunlop noticed his son’s discomfort whenever he rode over cobbled ground with solid rubber wheels. John Dunlop knew that the solid rubber tires were to blame, so he wrapped the wheels in thin rubber sheets, glued them together, inflated them with a football pump for a cushioning effect, a... 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 of Falken Tire is to sustain a commitment to advance technological achievements through innovative products with a heightened sense of ... 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 in November 1898. Goodyear earned the title of the world’s largest tire company in 1916 and adopted the slogan, “More people ride on Goodyear tires than on any other kind.” ... 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 tires a year. Hankook made Korean business history in 1962 when they began exporting car tires for the first time. In 1974, Hankook developed their first Korean radial passenger tire.... Read More

Kumho Tires
In 1960, Samyang Tire, the predecessor of today’s Kumho Tire, was established in Yangdong, Kwangju City, Korea. Kumho manufactured their first compact passenger car tire in 1963. In 1976, Kumho set a Korean record, producing over one million tires in the year. By 1990, their total output exceeded 100 million tires... Read More

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

Sumitomo Tires
The company traces its origins to 1909, when the Sumitomo Group made an investment in Dunlop Japan, the newly formed Japanese subsidiary of the British company Dunlop Rubber. Over the years Sumitomo and Dunlop developed a close business... Read More

Telstar Tires
Telstar Tire was established in 1970 as a private brand tire line. In 1996 Treadways purchased Telstar Tire and it joined the Treadways company. Treadways markets tires under the brand names of Sumitomo, Laramie, Eldorado, and Jetzon and is based out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.... Read More

Toyo Tires
For over sixty years Toyo Tires has stood for innovation, quality, performance, and excellent service. Toyo Tire has a relatively short but very successful history. It was founded in 1945, when Rikimatsu Tomihisa established the Toyo Tire & Rubber Co., Ltd. in Japan.... 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. (formerly Yokohama Cable Manufacturing Company, Ltd.) and BF Goodrich. The Yokohama Rubber Company’s head office... Read More