The B. F. Goodrich Company was founded in 1870 by Benjamin F. Goodrich in Akron, Ohio. Its industry was aerospace and its headquarters was in Charlotte, North Carolina. It merged with the Uniroyal Tire Company in 1986. It was bought out by the United Technologies Corporation in 2011, and went defunct in 2012.
SUBSIDIARIES[]
- B. F. Goodrich Rubber Company of Canada, Ltd. (Kitchener, Ontario)
COMPANY NAMES[]
Also known as the Akron Rubber Works.
- Goodrich, Tew & Company (1870-1880)
- B. F. Goodrich Company (1880-1980's)
- BFGoodrich (1980's-2001)
- Goodrich Corporation (2001-2012)
PRODUCTS[]
- "Apache" Lumberman Boots
- "Goodrich" Dynamo Steam Hose
- "Goodrich" Tires
- All-Purpose Truck
- Defiance
- Deluxe Cushion
- Extra-Cushion
- Grooved Implement
- Hi-Cleat Farm Service
- L. D. Passenger Car
- Mud-Snow Tread Passenger Car
- Premium Silvertown
- R.7 Passenger Car
- Silvertown
- Wireless Truck
ADVERTISEMENTS/OTHER[]
Hardware (April 10, 1897)
Cycle & Automobile Trade Journal (March 1903)
Motor Age (July 1903)
From the 1905-1906 edition of Thomas' Register of American Manufacturers
Motor Age (Feb. 2, 1905)
The Motor World (March 30, 1905)
Meyer Brothers Druggist (1906)
Cycle & Automobile Trade Journal (December 1907)
The Power Wagon (January 1908)
Motor (June 1908)
The Spokesman of the Carriage & Associate Trades (December 1908)
Automobile Dealer & Repairer (March 1910)
The Journal of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (January 1911)
The Power Wagon (July 1913)
Motor Age (Jan. 15, 1914)
Boot & Shoe Recorder (Dec. 5, 1914)
The Commercial Vehicle (March 15, 1915)
Company profile from the 1916 edition of Condensed Catalogues of Mechanical Equipment
Company profile from the 1916 edition of Condensed Catalogues of Mechanical Equipment
Hardware Age (April 19, 1917)
Electrical Record (December 1917)
Motor World (Dec. 26, 1917)
Automobile Trade Journal (January 1918)
The Commercial Car Journal (Sept. 15, 1918)
The American City (June 1919)
Motor Age (May 25, 1922)
Contractors' & Engineers' Monthly (July 1923)
The Commercial Car Journal (Sept. 15, 1924)
Commercial Car Journal (Sept. 15, 1925)
The Commercial Car Journal (September 1928)
Commercial Car Journal (September 1936)
Aviation (October 1942)
LIFE (May 16, 1949)
Aviation (February 1957)
Commercial Car Journal (September 1960)