An American multinational tire manufacturing company, or referring to Charles Goodyear, the inventor who developed vulcanized rubber.
Named after Charles Goodyear (1800-1860), whose surname literally meant 'good year' in Middle English. The company was founded in 1898, 38 years after Goodyear's death, to honor his contributions to rubber technology.
Ironically, Charles Goodyear died in debt and never profited from his revolutionary vulcanization process, but the company bearing his name became one of the world's largest tire manufacturers. The Goodyear Blimp, first launched in 1925, has become an iconic symbol of American advertising and sports coverage!
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