The Titan Tire Corporation is an American tire corporation formed in 1993 by Maurice M. Taylor Jr., then owner of Titan Wheel, purchased the Dyneer Corporation, manufacturer various

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tires. Titan is one of the largest manufacturer of off-road tires in

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. It continued expanding its product offering and reach by purchasing the off-road tire assets of Pirelli Armstrong Tire Corporation in 1994. In 1997, Titan International split Titan Tire Corporation into subsidiary of(). Titan purchased the assets of Fidelity Tire, of

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, through

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Court in 1998, and the company refocused with the sale of its golf-cart,

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, and lawn tractor tires and facilities in

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, and

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to the Carlisle Tire & Wheel Company in 2000. In 2005, Titan purchased the farm tire business of Goodyear, and continues manufacturing Goodyear agricultural tires under license. This acquisition included the plant in

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. Titan again expanded in 2006 with the purchase of

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's off-the-road (OTR) tire assets in

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. Titan acquired it for about $53 million. In 2010, Titan purchased the assets of

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based Denman Tire in bankruptcy court for US$4.4 million. This purchase includes the consumer-related tires (on-road) as well, which Titan is considering to divest. In November 2011, Titan Purchased Goodyear's

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plant four months after Goodyear closed it. It initially will be used for mixing raw materials for other Titan production facilities. Titan announced that it had purchased the assets of Goodyear's

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n off-road tire business for US$98.6 million. This includes the plant in

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, and a licensing agreement that allows Titan to continue manufacturing under the ''Goodyear'' brand, similar to its 2005 purchase of Goodyear's US farm tire assets. Titan has manufactured tires for

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under the ''Caterpillar brand'' since 1999.

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customers include

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/ Case Construction, New Holland,

and

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. Titan manufactures under the ''Titan'' and ''Goodyear'' brands.

Criticism

During the

2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine On 24 February 2022, in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. The invasion has resulted in tens of thousands of deaths on both sides. It has caused Europe's largest refugee crisis since World War II. An ...

, Titan refused to join the international community and withdraw from the Russian market. Research from

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updated on April 28, 2022 identifying how companies were reacting to Russia's invasion identified Titan in the worst category of "Digging In", meaning Defying Demands for Exit: companies defying demands for exit/reduction of activities.

References

External links

Titan webpageTitan Goodyear Farm Tire Low Sidewall Tire Technology webpage
{{Authority control Companies listed on the New York Stock Exchange Tire manufacturers of the United States Companies based in Adams County, Illinois Manufacturing companies established in 1993 Quincy, Illinois

Criticism

See also

References

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