The Goodyear StoryBenjamin Company, 1983 - 223 páginas "The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 on a seven-acre site in Akron, Ohio, with an original investment of $13,500 and 13 full-time employees. First-month sales totaled $8,246.72 and included bicycle and carriage tires, horseshoe pads, and rubber bands. Eighteen years later, Goodyear was the largest tire company in the world. In 1982, its sales were almost $9,000,000,000, employees numbered nearly 132,000, and it operated 101 manufacturing facilities in 28 countries. This is the story of how Goodyear grew - and why"--Back cover. |
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Protect Our Good Name | 25 |
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