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Dayco was founded in 1905 as Dayton Rubber Manufacturing Co. [3] by Col. J. C. Hooven in Ohio. The company initially made products such as garden hoses out of natural rubber. In 1908, the company hired John A. MacMillan, and began creating his product, the airless tire. The company also produced the first whitewall tires in 1913. Beginning in ...
They make tires for bicycles, motorcycles, ATVs, trailers, automobiles, and industrial equipment. [1] [2] Kenda was the 27th largest tire maker in the world in 2010. In 2011, Kenda decided to sell the 50-percent share that it has in the $200 million joint venture that it started with Cooper Tire & Rubber Company in China in 2003. [3]
Gates Industrial Corporation plc, based in Denver, Colorado, is a manufacturer of power transmission belts and fluid power products, which are used in diverse industrial and automotive applications. [1] The company employs over 15,000 and has sales and manufacturing operations in North and South America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and the Middle ...
The polymer industry is Ohio’s largest industry, with more than 72,000 employees in 996 companies contributing more than $40 billion to Ohio’s GDP in 2023, according to the chamber.
The Seiberling Rubber Company was an American tire manufacturer for motor vehicles. Seiberling Tires ad from 1922. In 1898 Frank A. Seiberling acquired an old strawboard factory in Akron, Ohio and founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (naming it after Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber). He served as the company's ...
Alliance Rubber Company is an American manufacturer of natural rubber bands. The company was originally located in Alliance, Ohio, but is now headquartered in Hot Springs, Arkansas. It was founded by William H. Spencer in 1923.
The union was founded in 1935 [1] as the United Rubber Workers of America and was chartered by the American Federation of Labor (AFL) on September 12. It aligned itself with the Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO), and as a result, was suspended by the AFL in 1936 and expelled in 1938. In 1937, it was chartered by the CIO, and by 1953 ...
Sumitomo Rubber Industries, Ltd. (住友ゴム工業株式会社, Sumitomo Gomu Kōgyo Kabushiki-gaisha) is a global tire and rubber company based in Japan. It is part of the Sumitomo Group . The company makes a wide range of rubber based products, including automobile tires , golf balls and tennis balls.