Uniroyal and Goodrich merged to prevent a hostile takeover by Goodyear, then Michelin bought them anyway. This was over ten years ago. Continental bought General, Pirelli bought Armstrong, Bridgestone bought Firestone, and Yokohama bought Mohawk. Sumitomo bought Dunlop and Cooper, and now has a "joint venture" with Goodyear. There really are no American tire technologies left, but Goodyear, and how long with they last. In reality Michelin taught the others how to make tires, in today's world. This gave those companies manufacturing capacity here. Michelin then built a plant in Greenville, SC and it runs most Michelins sold in the US. The rubber plantations are all in the tropics, rubber is a raw material that is shipped all over the world. There is no difference in the rubber per se, the difference is in the technology. Don't think you must have a tire made in France to get a good one. Jeff/Florida
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