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Goodyear New Zealand


          One of the world’s largest tyre    sold through aligned dealers        business Goodyear and Dunlop
          companies, Goodyear established    throughout the country.             Tyres New Zealand Ltd in 2009.
          its New Zealand operations in      In 1987, the Goodyear Tire and      As well as owning the world-
          1917 and manufactured tyres at     Rubber Company engaged in           leading Goodyear and Dunlop
          the Upper Hutt factory from 1949   a new joint venture with Pacific    tyre brands in New Zealand,
          to 2006. Goodyear New Zealand      Dunlop’s tyre manufacture and       Goodyear and Dunlop Tyres NZ
          continues to influence product     sales operations, which then        also markets, wholesales and
          development and imports an         included the Beaurepaires retail    retails a range of other
          extensive range of passenger,      network, to form South Pacific      high-quality tyres. For more
          motorsport, aviation and           Tyres. Goodyear took 100%           information about Goodyear
          commercial tyres – appropriate     ownership of South Pacific Tyres    and its products, go to
          for the New Zealand market and
                                             in 2006 and renamed the             www.goodyear.co.nz.



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