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Founded in 1915 in Akron, Ohio by William Francis O'Neil, Winfred E. Fouse, Charles J. Jahant, Robert Iredell, and H.B. Pushee as The General Tire & Rubber Company using funding from Michael O'Neil, William Francis O'Neills' father, who owned Akron's O'Neil's Department Store.
It All Begins. Convinced that a quality product could take on the big tire manufactures, William “W.O.” O'Neil and Winfred Fouse founded the General Tire and Rubber Company as an outgrowth of the Western Tire & Rubber Company in Akron, OH.
Statistics: Wholly Owned Subsidiary of Continental Aktiengesellschaft. Incorporated: 1915 as The General Tire & Rubber Company. Employees: 8,500. Sales: $1.4 billion. SICs: 3011 Tires & Inner Tubes. Company History: General Tire, Inc., is a world leader in the manufacture and marketing of tires of all kinds and is a major exporter of tires ...
The German tire manufacturer Continental acquired GenCorp’s tire operations on October 30, 1987 as part of an ambitious program of expansion. In 1995 the company changed its name to Continental General Tire, Inc. before being renamed Continental Tire North America, Inc. in May 2000.
AKRON — GenCorp Inc. has agreed to sell its General Tire subsidiary to West German tire maker Continental Gummi-Werke A.G. for $650 million in cash. The acquisition will make Continental the world's fourth largest tire maker, based on sales, behind Goodyear, Michelin and Bridgestone.
GenCorp was founded as the General Tire & Rubber Company in 1915 in Akron, Ohio, by William O'Neil, a former Firestone dealer. In order to create more dealerships, Firestone had gradually reduced O'Neil's service area until the dissatisfied O'Neil formed his own company, Western Tire and Rubber, in 1911 to make repair materials.
General Tires is still around, but was bought by a German firm in 1986, Craig Lewis said. And speaking of longevity, Lewis General Tires has an employee who’s been there for 60 years, a man...