Cooper Tire & Rubber Company (Goodyear Germany GmbH)

About Cooper Tires

Cooper Tire & Rubber Company is a US tire manufacturer headquartered in Findlay, Ohio, that develops, produces and distributes replacement tires for passenger cars, SUVs, 4x4 vehicles, vans and trucks. The company originated in 1914 as M and M Manufacturing Company in Akron, Ohio and has been known as Cooper Tire & Rubber Company since 1946. Since June 2021, Cooper has been a subsidiary of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. In Europe, the brand is represented through Goodyear Tyres UK Ltd in Birmingham and Goodyear Germany GmbH in Hanau. The product portfolio includes summer, winter and all-season tires as well as the Discoverer off-road tire series; production took place at the Melksham site (England) until the end of 2023, and the motorsport tire production was licensed to Nova Motorsport in 2024. The brand targets the automotive replacement parts market (aftermarket) with a dealer network in Europe.

Site

Hanau

Processes

Tire sales and support for passenger cars, SUVs, 4x4 vehicles, vans

Founded

1914

Industries

Tire industry, Automotive aftermarket, Automotive aftermarket

1. 01

   Development

2. 02

   Tire manufacturing

3. 03

   Distribution

4. 04

   Dealer support

Locations

Products

Inside the production

Company History

1. 1914

   Founding of M and M Manufacturing Company in Akron, Ohio by John F. Schaefer and Claude E. Hart

2. 1930

   Merger of Cooper Corporation, M&M and Falls Rubber to form Master Tire and Rubber Company

3. 1946

   Renaming to Cooper Tire & Rubber Company

4. 1960

   Stock listing on the NYSE (ticker CTB)

5. 1997

   Acquisition of the tire business of Avon Rubber; Melksham becomes the European headquarters

6. 2021

   Acquisition by Goodyear for approx. USD 2.8 billion

7. 2023

   Discontinuation of tire production in Melksham, England

8. 2024

   Sale of the motorsport tire production and licensing of the Avon brand to Nova Motorsport