World's Most Popular Tyre Brands And Their Headquarters

1. Bridgestone Tyres –

• Native Name – Kabushiki-gaishaBurijisuton (Japanese)
• Founded – 1st January, 1931
• Headquarters – Kyobashi, Tokyo (Japan)
• As of 2015 – The company was the largest manufacturer of tyres in the world.
• Other Major Locations – In Australia, major manufacturing tyre factory located in Salisbury (South Australia). In Europe – Bridgestone EU has its head office in Brussels (Belgium).
• Subsidiary – Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

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2. Continental Tyres –

• Commonly known as Continental AG. A leading German automotive manufacturing company specialising in tyres and other parts of automotive industries.
• Founded – 1871
• Headquarters – Hanover (Germany)
• Other Major Locations – India, Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Czech Republic, China, North Africa & South Africa, United Kingdom, USA.

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3. Michelin Tyres –

• A leading French tyre manufacturer company
• Full Name – SCA CompagnieGenerale des Etablissments Michelin
• Founded – 28th May, 1889
• Headquarter – Clermont-Ferrand (France)
• Other Major Locations – Greenville, South Carolina (North America)
• Michelin also owns BF Goodrich, Kleber, Uniroyal and Riken.

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4. Goodyear Tyres –

• Full name – The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, is an American multinational tyre manufacturing company
• Founded – 29th August, 1898
• Headquarter – Akron, Ohio (United States)
• Other Major Locations – São Paulo, Brazil (Latin American HQ), Luxembourg, Hebron (OHIO).
• Company is named after Charles Goodyear-the inventor of vulcanised rubber
• It has many subsidiaries such as – Douglas Tires, Dunlop Tyres (North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand), The Kelly Springfield Tire Company (United States), Fierce, Lee, Sava (Slovenia), Fulda (Germany), Dębica (Poland), Wingfoot Commercial Tire Systems, LLC, Bluestreak (Indonesia), Regetta (Australia) Distributed by KMART, LS2000 (Japan) Distributed by Goodyear Autocare

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5. Pirelli Tyres –

• Pirelli & C. SpA – An Italian multinational company
• Founded in the year 1872
• Headquarter – Milan (Italy)
• Other Major Locations – Tyre Manufacturing at Yanzhou (China), Alexandria (Egypt), Rome (Georgia, USA), Guacara (Venezuela), Izmit (Turkey)
• In 2015 acquired by ChemChina
• World’s 5th largest tyre maker as of 2016
• Over 160 countries served and has a network of over 10,000 distribution centres across the Globe.
• List of subsidiaries – Metzeler Tyres (German)

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6. Dunlop Tyres –

• It is a brand of tyres owned by various companies around the world.
• Founded – 1889 at Birmingham (United Kingdom)
• Headquarter – Akron, Ohio (United States)
• In North America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand owned and operated by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company
• In India owned by Dunlop India Ltd. Whose parent company is the Ruia Group
• In Asia, Africa and Latin America – Sumitomo Rubber Industries

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7. Triangle Group –

• Popularly called as Triangle Tyre is a Chinese tyre manufacturing company
• Founded – 1976
• Headquarter – Weihai, Shandong (China)
• Other Major Locations – Franklin, Tennessee
• Has cooperation agreement with Goodyear and Caterpillar

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8. Metzeler Tyres –

• It is a German tyre making company that is a subsidiary of Pirelli (after being acquired in 1986).
• Founded – 1863 (Munich, Germany)
• Headquarter Current – Milan, Italy
• Metzeler has manufactured motorcycle tyres since 1892
• The company was destroyed in 2nd World War and was again rebuilt after the war.

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9. Matador Tyres –

• Originally known as “Matador-Gummi und Balata Werke”
• Founded – 1905
• First tyre producer in former Czechoslovakia
• Headquarter – Puchov (Slovakia)
• Other Major Locations – UK
• In 2009 – The Continental AG Hannover acquired 100% capital share of the Matador Rubber Division.
• List of subsidiaries includes – In Slovakia: Vipo – applied research, Obnova Brno, a.s., Czech Republic, Matador Deutschland GmbH, Düsseldorf, Germany, Matador (UK) Ltd., UK, Matador – Omskshina, Russia (a joint venture), ZAO Matador-A, Kazakhstan

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10. Kumho Tyres –

• Formerly known as Samyang Tire
• Founded – 1960
• Headquarter – Gwangju (South Korea)
• Other Major Locations – Three centres for Research and Development in Gwangju (South Korea), Akron (Ohio), Birmingham (United Kingdom)
• Manufacturing Facilities- South Korea, China, Vietnam
• Subsidiary of Kumho Asiana Group along with Asiana Airlines
• Daehan Tire is one of its associates since 1991
• Kumho became a Platinum Partner of the Manchester United Football Club in the year2007

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