GoodYear Joins Most Admired List of Companies

GoodYear has kept the ball rolling and has once again strengthened its hold as one of the admired companies in the car industry today. Among companies in Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies’ Motor Vehicle Parts category, Goodyear was the highest-ranked tire company, the No. 1 ranked U.S.-based company and ranked No. 2 overall.

In the global Motor Vehicle Parts category, Goodyear was ranked either No. 1 or No. 2 in five of the nine key attributes measured. Goodyear was top-ranked in Use of Corporate Assets and Social Responsibility, and ranked second in Innovation, Quality of Products and Services and Global Competitiveness.

Among U.S. companies in the global category, Goodyear was ranked No. 1 or No. 2 in all nine attributes. The tire maker was top-ranked in Innovation, Quality of Products and Services, Use of Corporate Assets, Social Responsibility, Quality of Management, People Management and Global Competitiveness.

Goodyear led its key global tire competitors by a wide margin in the overall rankings as well as in all nine attributes measured in the survey.

The Fortune Most Admired lists are considered “the definitive report card on corporate reputations.” They use a rigorous assessment of industry executives, board directors and securities analysts to determine a company’s overall reputation.

Goodyear is one of the world’s largest tire companies. It employs approximately 75,000 people and manufactures its products in more than 60 facilities in 25 countries around the world.

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