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The Goodrich Corporation, formerly the B.F. Goodrich Company, was an American manufacturing company based in
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in 1870 as Goodrich, Tew & Co. by Benjamin Goodrich, the company name was changed to the "B.F. Goodrich Company" in 1880, to BFGoodrich in the 1980s, and to "Goodrich Corporation" in 2001. Originally a rubber manufacturing company known for automobile tires, the company diversified its manufacturing businesses throughout the twentieth century and sold off its tire business in 1986 to focus on its other businesses, such as
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brand name continues to be used by Michelin, who acquired the tire manufacturing business in 1988. Following the acquisition by
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in 2012, Goodrich became a part of
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. In 1869, Benjamin Goodrich purchased the Hudson River Rubber Company, a small business in
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. The following year Goodrich accepted an offer of $13,600 from the citizens of
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, to relocate his business there. The company grew to be one of the largest tire and rubber manufacturers in the world, helped in part by the 1986 merger with
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(formerly the ''United States Rubber Company''). This product line was sold to Michelin in 1988, and the company merged with Rohr (1997), Coltec Industries, and TRW Aeronautical Systems (formerly
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) in 2002. The sale of the specialty chemicals division and subsequent change to the current name completed the transformation. In 2006, company sales were $5.8 billion, of which 18%, 16% and 12% of total revenues were accounted for by the U.S. government, Airbus and Boeing, respectively. In 1988, the Goodrich Corporation sold its tire business and rights to the Goodrich name to French company Michelin. During the 1970s, Goodrich ran television and print ads to distinguish themselves from the similar-sounding Goodyear tire company. The tag line was, "We're the other guys. Remember?" The company was also sometimes confused with
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as the two last names were similar, especially since B.F. Goodrich tires were featured on many General Motors cars and trucks.


History


Early history

In 1869 Benjamin Goodrich purchased the Hudson River Rubber Company, a small business in
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. The following year Goodrich accepted an offer of $13,600 from the citizens of
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, to relocate his business there. In 1909, the company constructed a 12-story building with a facade influenced by
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style and
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for its New York Headquarters, located at 1780 Broadway, New York. which is now become one of the historical landmarks. In March 1912, the
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, founded by the owner of the
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, was bought out by and merged with the B.F. Goodrich Company. The Diamond brand name and product line were retained and a subsidiary Diamond Rubber Company created for the marketing and manufacturing of them. The company helped found and start the Yokohama Rubber Company on Oct 13, 1917, in a joint venture between Yokohama Cable Manufacturing and B.F. Goodrich. B.F. Goodrich sold radios from the 1930s to the 1950s, under the brand name "Mantola". These radios were actually made by a variety of manufacturers for B.F. Goodrich. In 1936 the company entered the Mexican market in a joint venture, Goodrich-Euzkadi (now part of Continental AG). Goodrich ranked 67th among United States corporations in the value of
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military production contracts. The
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plant was purchased in 1946 from
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. Since then, Goodrich has manufactured wheels and brakes for a variety of aircraft. Among these are commercial, military, regional, and business programs. This successful operation lies at the core of Goodrich's business. Competitors include the
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s divisions of companies such as
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. The Hood Rubber Company was sold before the Great Depression as a division of the B.F. Goodrich Company.


1980–1990s

By 1986 B.F. Goodrich had become an
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-listed company in diverse business, including tire and rubber fabrication. B.F. Goodrich made high-performance replacement tires.Uniroyal, Inc. Eau Claire Plant Records, 1917-1990
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In August 1986, one of its biggest competitors in the tire business, Uniroyal Inc., was taken privateJeremy J. Siegel, ''
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when it merged with the tire segment of the B.F. Goodrich Company, in a joint venture private partnership, to become the Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company. B.F. Goodrich Company held a 50% stake in the new tire company.Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Co reports earnings for Qtr to Sept 30
New York Times Archive, Published: October 14, 1988
The new Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company headquarters was established at the former B.F. Goodrich corporate headquarters, within its 27-building downtown complex in
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which contained Goodrich's original factory. In the autumn of 1987 B.F. Goodrich Company shut down several manufacturing operations at the site, and most of the complex remained vacant until February 1988, when B.F. Goodrich announced plans to sell the vacant part of the complex to the Covington Capital Corporation, a group of New York developers.COMPANY NEWS; Goodrich to Sell Complex in Akron
AP, New York Times, February 18, 1988
In 1987, its first full year of operation, the new Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company generated almost $2 billion in sales revenue, with profits of $35 million. The merger soon proved to be difficult. In June 1988 B.F. Goodrich sold its 50% stake for $225 million. The buyers were a group of investors led by
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a private New York investment firm.Company News; Goodrich Outlook
REUTERS, New York Times Archive, Published: June 24, 1988
At the same time, B.F. Goodrich also received a warrant to purchase indirectly up to 7% of the equity in Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company.
REUTERS, New York Times Archive, May 3, 1990
As part of the June 1988 sale deal, the new privately held tire company acquired publicly held debt of $415 million.
New York Times Archive, Published: April 25, 1989

New York Times Archive, June 17, 1988

New York Times Archive, Published: February 23, 1990
Also in 1988, Michelin Group, a subsidiary of the French tire company Michelin et Cie proposed to acquire the Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company and took actions towards acquiring a stake. By May 1990, Michelin Group had completed its buyout of Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company from Clayton & Dubilier of New York. The deal was valued at about US$1.5 billion.INSIDE
New York Times, Published: September 23, 1989
B.F. Goodrich surrendered its 7% warrant to Michelin Group, and received $32.5 million additional revenue from the sale.


Leaving tire business

B.F. Goodrich by then exited the tire business entirely, in line with its plan to build its chemicals and aerospace businesses through reinvestment and acquisitions. In 1997 it acquired Rohr, a maker of jet aircraft engine
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s (the aerodynamic structures that surround aircraft engines), expanding its presence in integrated aircraft components industry. In 1999 it acquired
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-based Coltec Industries for $2.2 billion in stock and assumed debt, making the former tire maker the No. 1 supplier of landing gear and other aircraft parts. Headquarters were moved to Charlotte following this merger. In 2001, the company divested its
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business to focus on aerospace and industrial products and, to signify the completion of its transformation, it was renamed Goodrich Corporation and adopted a new
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. In October 2002, Goodrich acquired TRW Aeronautical Systems, this division was mainly the former Lucas Aerospace activity, mostly based in the UK and France. In November 2010, Goodrich opened a large new manufacturing centre in
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.


Fate

In September 2011,
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announced a deal to buy Goodrich for $18.4 billion, paying $127.50 per share and assuming $1.9 billion in debt. On July 26, 2012, United Technologies Corporation purchased Goodrich. Unsold divisions of
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and Goodrich were then merged to create
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. Rocketdyne, Hamilton Sundstrand's industrial pumps and compressors operations, Clipper Windpower, and UTC Power (United Technologies' fuel-cell business) would be sold off to raise cash for the deal. On October 16, 2012, United Technologies Corporation secured an agreement to sell the Power Systems division of Goodrich (Twinsburg Ohio, Pitstone Green Buckinghamshire) to Safran for $400 million. The sale of this business unit was a condition that the Chinese competition regulators set in approving UTC's purchase of Goodrich. The Power Systems division had to be divested by December 16, 2012. Ultimately, the sale was completed on 27 March 2013. In April 2020, the remaining portions of Goodrich became part of the Collins Aerospace subsidiary of
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, a firm which resulted from the merger of
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and the
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Technologies


Actuation and landing systems

*Actuation systems *Aircraft wheels and brakes *Aviation technical services *Landing gear *Engine components


Electronic systems

*Sensors and Integrated systems *Engine control and electrical power systems *ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) systems and


Nacelles and interior systems

*Aerostructures *Interiors *Customer services


Platforms


Civil

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helicopter (electronic ice protection system) *
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/ A340 * Airbus A350XWB *
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*
Boeing 737 The Boeing 737 is a narrow-body aircraft produced by Boeing at its Boeing Renton Factory, Renton Factory in Washington (state), Washington. Developed to supplement the Boeing 727 on short and thin routes, the twinjet retains the Boeing 707, 7 ...
* Boeing 747-400 * Boeing 757-200 * Boeing 767 *
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Bombardier Global Express The Bombardier Global Express is a large cabin, 6,000 nmi / 11,100 km range business jet designed and manufactured by Bombardier Aviation (formerly Bombardier Aerospace). Announced in October 1991, it first flew on 13 October 1996, receiv ...
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Canadair Regional Jet The Bombardier CRJ or CRJ Series (for Canadair Regional Jet) is a family of regional jets introduced in 1991 by Bombardier Aerospace. The CRJ was formerly manufactured by Bombardier Aerospace with the manufacturing of the first CRJ generation, ...
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* Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 *
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*
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* Lear Jet * Piaggio P180


Military

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* Airbus A400M (Electrical power generation, flaps, transmission ice detection sensors) * B-52 Stratofortress *
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(wheels or rotor brakes) *
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CH-47 Chinook The Boeing CH-47 Chinook is a tandem rotor helicopter developed by American rotorcraft company Vertol and manufactured by Boeing Vertol. The Chinook is a heavy-lift helicopter that is among the heaviest lifting Western helicopters. Its name, C ...
(wheels or rotor brakes) *
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(wheels or rotor brakes) *
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*
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* F-15 Eagle (radome erosion boot) * F-16 Fighting Falcon (nosewheel) * F-117 Nighthawk *
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– all versions (hydromechanical fuel systems) * P-3 Orion *
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– all versions (engine controls, high lift control unit, flap and slat actuation, nozzle control) *
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* SEPECAT Jaguar – all versions (hydromechanical fuel systems) * Space Shuttles (wheels and brakes; tire business sold to Michelin in 1988) * V-22 Osprey (wheels or rotor brakes)


Restatements

On Feb 24, 2004, Goodrich restated its fourth-quarter and full-year earnings results for 2003 after Pratt & Whitney notified the company that it was drastically cutting its order for engine casing components.


Notable employees

*
Benjamin S. Garvey Dr. Benjamin St. John Garvey (1900–1973) was a chemist at BF Goodrich who worked under Waldo L. Semon on the development of synthetic rubber, contributed to understanding of vulcanization, and developed early techniques for small scale evaluation ...
– worked for B.F. Goodrich and Pennsalt Chemicals Corporation. Dr. Garvey developed the "10 Gram Evaluation Process." * William C. Geer – pioneer in studying rubber ageing, and developer of early aircraft de-icing systems, vice-president at B. F. Goodrich *
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, Chula Vista, California, Olympic Silver Medal Winning Cyclist * Frank Herzegh, inventor of the
tubeless tire Tubeless tires ( also spelled as tubeless tyres in Commonwealth English) are pneumatic tires that do not require a separate inner tube. Unlike pneumatic tires which use a separate inner tube, tubeless tires have continuous ribs molded integra ...
* Samuel E. Horne Jr. – Goodrich chemist who first polymerized synthetic polyisoprene using Ziegler catalyst * Arthur E. JuveB. F. Goodrich Director of Technology who developed oil-resistant rubber compositions, lab tests for tire treads, and improvements in manufacture of rubber products and the processing of synthetic rubber * Virgil A. Martin, Los Angeles, California, City Council member (1927–31) *
George Oenslager George Oenslager (September 25, 1873 – February 5, 1956) was a Goodrich chemist who discovered that a derivative of aniline accelerated the vulcanization of rubber with sulfur. He first introduced carbon black as a rubber reinforcing agent in 19 ...
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known for pioneering vulcanization accelerator chemistry * John D. Ong, CEO (1979-1996) and U.S. Ambassador to Norway (2002-2005) * Waldo L. Semon – early developer of synthetic rubber, in particular Ameripol for B. F. Goodrich.


References

*http://www.nndb.com/people/368/000164873/


Further reading

* Blackford, Mansel G. and K. Austin Kerr. ''B. F. Goodrich: Tradition and Transformation, 1870–1995;'' (Ohio State University Press, 1996); . * Blackford, Mansel G. "B. F. Goodrich Becomes a Multinational Corporation, 1910-1929," ''Essays in Economic & Business History'' (1996), Vol. 14, pp 365–373.


External links

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