definition for: #Goodyear

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells tires, and related products and services in North America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, and the Asia Pacific. The company offers various lines of rubber tires for automobiles, trucks, buses, aircraft, motorcycles, farm implements, earthmoving and mining equipment, industrial equipment, and various other applications under the Goodyear, Dunlop, Kelly, Debica, Sava, Fulda, and various other Goodyear owned house brands, as well as under the private-label brands. It also retreads truck, aviation, and off-the-road tires; manufactures and sells tread rubber and other tire retreading materials; manufactures and sells rubber-related chemical products; and provides automotive repair services, and miscellaneous other products and services. The company operates approximately 1,200 tire and auto service center outlets, where it offers products for retail sale, and provides automotive repair and other services. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company also sells its products though franchisees. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Akron,