Titan Tire Corporation, a subsidiary of Titan International Inc., Quincy, Ill., enters into a definitive agreement to purchase The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's North American farm tire business.Titan Titan, in astronomy Titan (tī`tən), in astronomy, the largest of the named moons, or natural satellites, of Saturn. Also known as Saturn VI (or S6), Titan is 3,200 mi (5,150 km) in diameter, orbits Saturn at a mean distance of Tire Corporation, a subsidiary of Titan International Inc., Quincy, Ill., enters into a definitive agreement to purchase The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company's North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. farm tire business. Titan will purchase the assets of Goodyear's farm tire business for approximately $100 million. The agreement calls for offering two brands in North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Goodyear and Titan, with Goodyear being positioned as the premium brand. The combined dealer network will be the most extensive in the North American farm tire industry. A decision will be reached regarding the location of the headquarters for the combined tire group (Des Moines, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation). Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English, , or Freeport, Ill.) by June 2005. |
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