Where are Goodyear tires produced?
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Goodyear's imported products are manufactured in Ohio, USA, while domestic products are produced in Dalian, China. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company was founded in 1898 and has a history of over a century. Goodyear is the world's largest tire manufacturing company, headquartered in Akron, Ohio, USA. The company primarily produces tires, engineered rubber products, and chemical products in more than 90 factories across 28 countries. Goodyear designs and supplies original equipment tires tailored to the specific requirements of major domestic automakers. It exclusively supplies tires for models including the BMW 3 Series, BMW 5 Series, older Audi A6 series, Peugeot 308, Peugeot 307, Peugeot 206, Changan Ford Focus, and Changan Ford Mazda 3 (production ceased in late February 2006). Additionally, Goodyear provides tires for numerous mainstream models such as the new Audi A6, Audi A4, Sagitar, Bora, Golf, Jetta, Passat, Santana, Chery Eastar, Zhonghua, Fukang, Elysee, Ford Fiesta, Haima Familia, Great Wall Haval, and Honda Civic. Following its ISO9002 certification in 1999, Goodyear's production facilities successively obtained QS9000 certification in April 2001, ISO14001 certification in December 2002, and TS16949 certification in March 2003.