Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company - Company Locations

Company Locations

Principal operating facilities:

North American Tire Manufacturing Facilities. North American Tire owns (or leases with the right to purchase at a nominal price) and operates 23 manufacturing facilities in the United States and Canada.

• 10 tire plants (8 in the United States and 2 in Canada),
• 1 steel tire wire cord plant,
• 4 chemical plants,
• 1 tire mold plant,
• 3 tire retread plants,
• 2 aviation retread plants, and
• 2 mix plants (1 in the United States and 1 in Canada).
• at least one known hose plant (located in the United States).

These facilities have floor space aggregating approximately 24,900,000 square feet (2,310,000 m2).

European Union Tire Manufacturing Facilities. European Union Tire owns and operates 15 manufacturing facilities in 5 countries, including:

• 14 tire plants,
• 1 steel tire wire cord plant,
• 1 tire mold and tire manufacturing machines facility,
• 1 aviation retread plant, and
• 1 mix plant.

These facilities have floor space aggregating approximately 13,400,000 square feet (1,240,000 m2).

Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa Tire Manufacturing Facilities. Eastern Europe Tire owns and operates 5 tire plants in 4 countries. These facilities have floor space aggregating approximately 7,300,000 square feet (680,000 m2).

Latin American Tire Manufacturing Facilities. Latin American Tire owns and operates 9 manufacturing facilities in 5 countries, including 6 tire plants, 1 textile mill, 1 tire retread plant, and 1 aviation retread plant. These facilities have floor space aggregating approximately 5,600,000 square feet (520,000 m2).

Asia Pacific Tire Manufacturing Facilities. Asia Pacific Tire owns and operates 10 tire plants and 2 aviation retread plants in 9 countries. These facilities have floor space aggregating approximately 6,200,000 square feet (580,000 m2).

Plant Utilization. Worldwide tire capacity utilization rate was approximately 86% during 2007 compared to approximately 82% in 2006 and 87% in 2005. 2007 utilization increased due to the recovery from the 2006 USW strike.

Other Facilities. Goodyear owns and operates three research and development facilities and technical centers:

• Goodyear Innovation Center in Akron, Ohio (853 Employees)
• Goodyear Innovation Center Luxembourg, Colmar-Berg (900 Employees )
• Technical Center in Kobe, Japan (a joint venture with Sumitomo Rubber Industries)

Goodyear also owns six tire proving grounds, in the following areas:

• San Angelo, Texas
• Mireval, France
• Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg
• Akron, Ohio
• Americana, Brazil
• JARI Ibaraki, Japan (Sumitomo?)

The company also operates more than 1,800 retail outlets for the sale of tires to consumers, approximately 60 tire retreading facilities and approximately 160 warehouse distribution facilities. Substantially all of these facilities are leased.