Goodyear
On the opposite side of Cumberland County is a 2.2 million- square-foot plant on 400 acres in North Fayetteville. The Goodyear Tire plant opened as the Kelly-Springfield factory in April 1969 and produced its first tire that December. It has been manufacturing light truck and passenger tires of different types and sizes ever since. Employing nearly 3,000 workers, tires made here are sold and distributed primarily to large companies and businesses in North America. Goodyear produces aircraft tires and
motorcycle tires along with truck and passenger tires. With a mold plant in Statesville, a wire plant in Asheboro and about eight tire manufacturing plants in North America, the Goodyear Company is a principal leader in the tire-making industry.
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