BFGoodrich To Change Name.The BFGoodrich Company, Cleveland Cleveland, former county, England Cleveland, former county, NE England, created under the Local Government Act of 1972 (effective 1974). It was composed of the county boroughs of Hartlepool and Teeside and parts of the former counties of Durham and , OH, will legally change is name to Goodrich Corporation Goodrich Corporation (formerly the B.F. Goodrich Company) NYSE: GR, is an American aerospace manufacturing company based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in Akron, Ohio in 1870 as Goodrich, Tew & Co. by Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich. . The company will also adopt a new logo to signify sig·ni·fy v. sig·ni·fied, sig·ni·fy·ing, sig·ni·fies v.tr. 1. To denote; mean. 2. To make known, as with a sign or word: signify one's intent. its transformation. Both the name change and logo will become effective June 1, 2001. The new image reportedly reinforces the company's strong reputation in the aerospace industry and focuses on its newer industrial businesses while distancing itself from its former tire business. |
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