AKRON, Ohio, Feb. 17, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Goodyear
(NASDAQ: GT), for the fifth year in a row, has been recognized as
the world's most admired tiremaker by Fortune magazine.
Among companies in Fortune's World's Most Admired
Companies' Motor Vehicle Parts category, Goodyear was also the No.
1 ranked U.S.-based company and ranked No. 2 overall.
In the Motor Vehicle Parts category, Goodyear was ranked No. 2
in six of the nine key attributes measured, and No. 3 in three
others.
Goodyear finished ahead of its key global tire competitors in
overall score and in seven of the nine categories.
Started in 1983, the Fortune Most Admired list is
considered "the definitive report card on corporate reputations."
It uses a rigorous assessment by 3,800 executives, board directors
and securities analysts to determine a company's overall reputation
by evaluating innovation, people management, use of assets, social
responsibility, management quality, financial soundness, long-term
investment, product/service quality and global competitiveness.
The full list, with all categories, and related stories appear
in the March issue of Fortune, which goes on sale
Monday, March 20, and online at
fortune.com/worlds-most-admired-companies/. Published since 1930,
Fortune is one of the world's leading business
magazines.
Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies. It
employs about 66,000 people and manufactures its products in 48
facilities in 21 countries around the world. Its two Innovation
Centers in Akron, Ohio, and
Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg, strive to
develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the
technology and performance standard for the industry. For more
information about Goodyear and its products, go to
www.goodyear.com/corporate/.
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SOURCE The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company