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From 1892 to 1913, the rubber footwear divisions of U.S. Rubber manufactured their products under 30 different brand names, including the Wales-Goodyear Shoe Co. The company consolidated these footwear brands under one name, Keds , in 1916, and were mass-marketed as the first flexible rubber-sole with canvas-top " sneakers " in 1917.
The U.S. Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA), established in 1915 as the Rubber Club of America, is a national trade and advocacy group [1] of U.S. rubber tire manufacturers. The Rubber Manufacturers Association formed the Tire Industry Safety Council trade association in the United States in May 1969, [2] [3] which is based in Washington, D ...
Aurora Plastics Corporation was founded in March 1950 by engineer Joseph E. Giammarino (1916–1992) and businessman Abe Shikes (1908–1986) in Brooklyn, New York (moving to West Hempstead, Long Island in 1954), as a contract manufacturer of injection molded plastics.
The New York Rubber Company was a company that produced rubber located in Beacon, New York. Actor Robert Montgomery 's father was President of the company. A second company, Winslow Life Raft Company was founded as the New York Rubber Company in 1941.
The former Gates Rubber factory, for many years a Denver landmark, was demolished in 2014. In the 1980s, Gates expansion continued when the company acquired the Uniroyal Power Transmission Company and became the world's largest synchronous/timing belt manufacturer, firmly establishing its growth path in the Asia-Pacific region. [5]
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As rubber demand went down during the 1980s, Firestone dismissed a number of 5000 workers, leading to the local antipathy to the company. [23] On June 6, 1990, during the First Liberian Civil War, the resistance group National Patriotic Front of Liberia took over the Firestone plantation and evacuated U.S. personnel. [23]
Helen Hicks (1911–1974), pro golfer who was one of the 13 co-founders of the LPGA in 1950. [14] Red Holzman (1920–1998), two-time NBA All-Star guard, former coach of the New York Knicks, Hall of Fame [15] [16] Alan Kalter (born 1943), announcer on the Late Show with David Letterman. [17] Lisa Lillien, cookbook author and founder of ...