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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]
Diamond Tyres [19] Pakistan: 1968 Diamond Group of Industries DMACK UK: 2008 DMACK [20] DMACK Nordic Finland: 2023 Suomi Tyres (formerly Nokian bicycle tires) [21] [22] Fate (company) Argentina: 1940 FATE Federal Corporation Taiwan: 1954 Federal, [23] Hero, General Tyre Pakistan Pakistan: 1963 General [24] Giti [25] Singapore: 1951
Malaysia's car industry is dominated by two local manufacturers which are heavily supported by the government through National Car Policy e.g. trade barriers. These local manufacturers are Proton and Perodua. [2] These excise duties imposed on foreign manufactured cars have made them very expensive for consumers in Malaysia.
In 1906, Henry Ford chose Firestone to supply tires for its car models. [7] In 1918, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Canada was incorporated in Hamilton, Ontario, and the first Canadian-made tire rolled off the line on September 15, 1922. [8] During the 1920s, Firestone produced the Oldfield tire, named for racing driver Barney Oldfield. [9]
Toyo Rubber(Malaysia) Sdn.Bhd. established July 1995: The Tranpath MP minivan tire is launched as the first product in the Tranpath series January 1996: Toyo Tire & Rubber acquires a capital interest in Cheng Shin-Toyo Tire & Rubber (China) Co., Ltd December 1998: The Itami Manufacturing Complex is closed September 1999
Pneumatic tires are manufactured according to relatively standardized processes and machinery, in around 455 tire factories in the world. With over 1 billion tires manufactured worldwide annually, the tire industry is a major consumer of natural rubber. [1]
Kumho Tyre (UK) Ltd (a subsidiary of Kumho Tire Co., Inc.) was created in 1977. Administrative functions are based in Sutton , Surrey and the marketing department is operated from Birmingham . In December 2009, Kumho Tire was placed under debt workout , after its parent company Kumho Asiana Group was hit by a liquidity crunch from the takeover ...
12-16.5 Mk1 Croc Tyre with rim center fitted. Airless tires, non-pneumatic tires (NPT), or flat-free tires are tires that are not supported by air pressure. [1] [2] [3] They can be used on small vehicles such as ride-on lawn mowers and motorized golf carts. They also are used on heavy equipment required to operate on sites where risk of tire ...