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Diamond Tyres [18] Pakistan: 1968 Diamond Group of Industries DMACK UK: 2008 DMACK [19] DMACK Nordic Finland: 2023 Suomi Tyres (formerly Nokian bicycle tires) [20] [21] Fate (company) Argentina: 1940 FATE Federal Corporation Taiwan: 1954 Federal, [22] Hero, Atturo General Tyre Pakistan Pakistan: 1963 General [23] Giti [24] Singapore: 1951
Sumitomo Rubber South Africa manufactures the Dunlop, Sumitomo and Falken passenger car tyre brands in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal. The Ladysmith plant began to produce Dunlop truck and bus radial tyres in July 2018, following the second of two large investments by Sumitomo Rubber Industries to upgrade and modernise the plant.
Dunlop is a brand of tyre originally produced by the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company from the end of the 19th century, taking its name from John Boyd Dunlop. The brand is used for many other products made from rubber or with rubber components and some with a looser connection to rubber. Ownership of the brand has become fragmented over the years.
Falken is a brand of passenger car, light truck, and medium truck tires owned by the Japanese company Sumitomo Rubber Industries (SRI). It was launched in its native country of Japan in 1983, and was introduced to the North American market two years later and in Europe in 1988.
Also in the UK, Giti have been the official sponsor and exclusive tyre supplier of the British Truck Racing Championship since 2022, which they extended into 2023. [ 16 ] GT Radial is a tire supplier to drifting competitors such as Chris Forsberg ( Formula D ; since 2021), Benjamin Bourdet (European Champion), and the German drift team.
Dunlop Tyres is a brand of tyres which is managed by different companies around the world. It was founded by pneumatic tyre pioneer John Boyd Dunlop in Belfast, Ireland, in 1888. [5] The brand is operated by Goodyear [1] in North America (passenger car & light truck), Europe, Australia and New Zealand. [6]
Nokian Tyres' three principal activities are the manufacture of passenger car tyres, heavy commercial tyres, and retail tyre sales. [24] As of 2008, Nokian is the most profitable tyre manufacturer in the world, [25] [26] at up to 18% earnings (before taxes and interest) relative to sales, compared to 14% at Bridgestone, 8% at Michelin, and 9.6% at Continental.
1974 - Launched the Yokohama Wheel brand. [4] 2007 - Established Yokohama India. [3] In 2016 Yokohama Rubber acquired farm tire maker Alliance Tire Group for $1.18 billion. [5] On March 25, 2022, Yokohama Rubber announced it would be acquiring Trelleborg Wheel Systems from Trelleborg for 2.1 billion euro ($2.31 billion), its largest acquisition ...