Ohio inventions and firsts · Company innovation · 1914
Cooper Tire and Rubber Company
Cooper began in 1914 in Akron as M and M Manufacturing, making tire patches, cement and repair kits. It moved to Findlay in 1922 after buying the Giant Tire and Rubber Company and was named Cooper Tire and Rubber Company in 1946.
At a glance
- Year
- 1914
- Company
- Cooper Tire & Rubber Company
- Place
- Findlay, Hancock County ZIP 45840 · Findlay · Hancock County
Why it matters
It pioneered tire rebuilding, became a Fortune 500 company by 1983 under the Brewer family and was bought by Goodyear in 2021 for about $2.8 billion.
Sources
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