Tire Brands

Michelin Tires
Michelin’s 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. BFGoodrich’s vision 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
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
Aurora Tires
“The everyday tire with performance that’s anything but,” is the heart and soul of BFGoodrich. BFGoodrich’s vision 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
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
Mickey Thompson Tires
Mickey Thompson designs, develops and distributes specialty tires for the street, strip, track, and off-road. Since it’s founding in 1963, the company has championed many firsts in the tire industry, from wide low-profile street tires to rugged, aggressive-tread off-road tires... Read More
Dick Cepeck Tires
The Dick Cepek Brand was founded in 1963 by off-road legend Dick Cepek and acquired in 2000 by Mickey Thompson High Performance Tires. The Dick Cepek Brand has always been prideful in providing quality on and off-road products for truck, SUV and 4x4 vehicle owners. Dick Cepek’s mission statement is “To help thousands of ... 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
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 suppliers in the world and is the second largest in Europe. As of 2008, Continental employs approximately 140,000 employees at 190 locations in 25 countries... 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 & Rubber Company. By the time General entered the market, there were already more than 300 tire manufacturers. General Tire decided not to pursue the original equipment ... 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
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
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 tire and in 1901 they produced their first automobile tire. Pirelli Tire, the core business of the Pirelli Group for over a century, is... Read More
Michelin Tires
Michelin’s 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. BFGoodrich’s vision 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
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
Aurora Tires
“The everyday tire with performance that’s anything but,” is the heart and soul of BFGoodrich. BFGoodrich’s vision 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
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
Mickey Thompson Tires
Mickey Thompson designs, develops and distributes specialty tires for the street, strip, track, and off-road. Since it’s founding in 1963, the company has championed many firsts in the tire industry, from wide low-profile street tires to rugged, aggressive-tread off-road tires... Read More
Dick Cepeck Tires
The Dick Cepek Brand was founded in 1963 by off-road legend Dick Cepek and acquired in 2000 by Mickey Thompson High Performance Tires. The Dick Cepek Brand has always been prideful in providing quality on and off-road products for truck, SUV and 4x4 vehicle owners. Dick Cepek’s mission statement is “To help thousands of ... 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
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 suppliers in the world and is the second largest in Europe. As of 2008, Continental employs approximately 140,000 employees at 190 locations in 25 countries... 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 & Rubber Company. By the time General entered the market, there were already more than 300 tire manufacturers. General Tire decided not to pursue the original equipment ... 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
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
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 tire and in 1901 they produced their first automobile tire. Pirelli Tire, the core business of the Pirelli Group for over a century, is... Read More