Seiberling Rubber Company

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The Seiberling Rubber Company was an American tire manufacturer for motor vehicles.

In 1898 Frank A. Seiberling acquired an old strawboard factory in Akron, Ohio and founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (naming it after Charles Goodyear). He served as the company´s president for 15 years when, in 1921 the company was refinanced and reorganized. Frank Seiberling and his brother Charles resigned from the company and founded a rubber and tire company bearing his name.

The Seiberling Rubber Company was founded in 1921 in Barberton, Ohio. In only six years Seiberling rose from 330th to 7th place in the tire industry. During WWII, Seiberling supplied tires for heavy artillery pieces. Seiberling is also credited for inventing the Saw-Tooth Tread and the tire Heat-Vents.

Seiberling Tire's advertising in the 1940´s through the '50´s was famous for the brand's slogan of "A name you can trust in Rubber."

Later the company passed to the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company's control, ultimately belonging to Bridgestone when the latter took over Firestone. Seiberling tires are no longer sold in the US, but the brand name is still in use in some countries. Manufactured at Firestone's plants, they are marketed as a cheaper, second-class type of tire in selected sizes.

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