New How Many Major (Not Boutique) American Tire Companies Accept In That Place Been, Inwards The Usa, As Well As Are Whatever Nevertheless Inwards Concern Only Non Merged Or Owned Yesteryear An Overseas Corporation? Did They All Perish Off Or Sell Out?

Fisk - killed past times the depression, bought past times US Rubber - Uniroyal, which was bought upward past times Michelin around 1990

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fisk_Tire_Company

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Kelly Springfield was started inwards 1884, sold inwards 1935 to Goodyear, which dissolved the entity of Kelly Springfield around 1990.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Springfield_Tire_Company

Lee Tire as well as Rubber lasted from 1909 to 1987, bought past times Kelly.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Tire_and_Rubber_Company

Firestone opened for concern inwards 1900, sold out to Bridgestone inwards 1988. Fyi, they made helmet liners inwards WW2, as well as surface to surface missiles inwards the early on 50s. Firestone bought Dayton Tires inwards 1961, Dayton Tire sectionalisation from the Dayco Corporation. Dayco after sued both Firestone as well as Goodyear, alleging that the ii companies conspired to monopolize the tire manufacture inwards the United States.

inwards 1979 Firestone was on the precipice of consummate collapse having non acknowledged the practiced days were over, as well as that making radials on the machines used to construct bias ply was the crusade of ix ane K m bad tires, as well as the 70s were killing them. In 1974 they close downwards the racing tire subdivision to cutting the 8 ane K m dollars annual loss to 500,000. Phoenix drag slicks were Firestones contest to Goodyear slicks

In slow 1979, Firestone brought inwards the ex-head of Zenith Electronics to salve the hemorrhaging companionship from full collapse. It was to a greater extent than than a billion dollars inwards debt at the time, as well as losing $250 ane K m a year. Things that were a waste matter of money, similar the Firestone Country Club, were cut.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firestone_Tire_and_Rubber_Company

General Tire expanded as well as diversified into mutual frigidness nation of war era military machine subcontracting, until it was forced to sell what past times instantly was no longer their nub functions, as well as sold the tire sectionalisation to High German tire manufacturer Continental

https://www.generaltire-tyres.com/car/news/2015-02-18-100-years

BF Goodrich was a subsidy of Goodrich, as well as was sold to Michelin inwards 1990. BFGoodrich was the commencement American tire manufacturer to construct radial tires. It made tires for the Winton

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BFGoodrich

Goodyear was founded inwards 1898, as well as inwards 1999 Goodyear announced a $1-billion global alliance amongst Japan's Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which has rights to the Dunlop tire brand.

https://corporate.goodyear.com/en-US/about/history.html

Cooper tires was formed around 1920, grew constantly as well as bought Avon inwards 1997, thence Mickey Thompson inwards 2003, as well as merged amongst Mexican tire manufacturer Corporación de Occidente SA de CV

Cooper owns Avon, Dean, Eldorado, Mastercraft, Mentor Starfire, Definity, Roadmaster, Mickey Thompson, Dick Cepek, Chengshan, Austone, Fortune, Hercules as well as Ironman.

http://coopertire.com/About/History.aspx

Kokomo tires was by as well as large bikes as well as motorcycles, however, they may likewise accept made the 1st pneumatic tire... anyway, they were inwards concern from 1895 until the nifty depression

https://bikersinc.org/articles/KokomoRubberCompany
http://www.kokomotribune.com/news/local_news/city-of-innovation-inventing-the-pneumatic-tire/article_18e3c165-15e1-5a1a-bd11-9f27ff3d27bf.html

Hoosier tires was nearly the final independent necktie maker as well as if I'd made this post service ii years ago, they would accept been the final large American tire maker... but they sold out to Continental for 140 ane K m 2 years ago. four years after the founder died, his married adult woman sold the company, she died 2 years later.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoosier_Racing_Tire

If you're thinking, what nearly Coker? Yeah, that was only sold yesterday to it's president as well as CEO, Wade Kawasaki, as well as his investment depository fiscal establishment partner... so, I don't intend it qualifies every bit beingness an independent companionship anymore. Corky as well as his household unit of measurement are keeping Honest Charlie Speed Shop, for now, I aspect that volition alone live around every bit long every bit Corky is.

https://www.moderntiredealer.com/news/732092/the-coker-group-has-new-owners

Bandag, famous because of a racing semi truck, was started past times converting a sauerkraut mill to recapping tires... as well as sold out to Bridgestone inwards 2007

https://www.bandag.com/en-us/bandag-60-years

So, the alone major tire companionship that I tin lav intend of that remains American, non multinaitonal corporation, is M as well as H.

M as well as H racing slicks were the commencement of the modern racing slicks, though they in all likelihood sold to a greater extent than dirt rails tires. Harry Rifchin started the company, as well as were the existent contest that Firestone as well as Goodyear had to crunch on the drags strip. When the son, Marvin Rifchin decided to sell, he went to a low-cal truck offroad tire company, Interco Tire Corp nearly 150 miles from New Orleans

https://www.intercotire.com/mh_legend