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ABOUT GOODYEAR Goodyear established its New Zealand operations in 1917. Originally imported, the Goodyear brands local tyre production started in 1949 with a manufacturing agreement with Dunlop to produce Goodyear brand tyres in their new Upper Hutt plant. That production agreement continued through to April 1987 when a closer relationship between the two companies was entered into with the formation of the Joint Venture company South Pacific Tyres NZ Limited with 50/50 ownership by Pacific Dunlop of Australia and The Goodyear Tyre & Rubber Co Ltd of USA. Goodyear then took full ownership in January 2006. Goodyear has continued to develop its distribution channels since the formation of the Joint Venture and now markets a full range of Goodyear brand tyres in New Zealand as well as exporting worldwide. The product range for New Zealand motorists is comprehensive and since the closure of the Upper Hutt plant in December 2006 product is sourced from South Pacific Tyres plants in Australia along with high technology product imported from Goodyear plants worldwide. Goodyear Tyres are sold through the national chain of Goodyear Auto Service Centres or other Authorised Dealers located conveniently throughout the country.
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Goodyear & Dunlop Tyres (NZ) Limited National Marketing Office 10-20 Railway Avenue PO Box 40343 Upper Hutt Wellington, New Zealand Phone 04 528 8009
Goodyear's first on-line schoolkit contains information about the history and development of rubber and the tyre industry, environmental issues associated with the disposal and recycling of rubber and other related stories and imagess that can be used freely in school projects. Throughout the kit are projects that teachers or students can develop through hotlinks to relevant websites throughout the world. GOODYEAR WORLDWIDE
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