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- Goodyear India Limited manufactures and markets automotive tyres, tubes and flaps under the Goodyear brand primarily in India. The company produces passenger car radial tyres including the EfficientGrip Performance SUV, Wrangler AT SilentTrac, Assurance DuraPlus 2, Wrangler TripleMax, and Ducaro Hi Miler; farm tyres supplied to major tractor original equipment manufacturers; and commercial truck tyres, with operations through two manufacturing plants in Ballabgarh and Aurangabad. Goodyear India serves original equipment manufacturers, replacement market customers, fleet operators and exporters, pioneering tubeless radial tyres in the passenger segment. Incorporated in 1922 with Goodyear operations commencing in India that year, the company maintains headquarters in New Delhi and functions as a subsidiary of Goodyear Orient Company Private Limited, which holds a majority stake. In 2025, its ultimate parent The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company places the farm tyre business under strategic review to explore alternatives including potential divestiture, engaging Citi as advisor with an estimated valuation around $300 million; the company reports Q1 fiscal 2026 profit of 141.1 million rupees amid higher replacement demand and temporarily closes the Ballabgarh plant for maintenance.