tires predecessor dyneer corporation pirelli armstrong tire corporation fidelity tire goodyear farm tires continental ag denman tire founded 1993 founder maurice m. taylor jr. headquarters quincy illinois united states number of locations des moines iowa usa freeport illinois usa bryan ohio usa union city tennessee usa sao paulo brazil parent titan international website http www.titan intl.com the titan tire corporation is an american tire corporation that was formed in 1993 by maurice m. taylor jr. the then owner of titan wheel when titan purchased the dyneer corporation which manufactured various off road tires . titan is the third largest manufacturer of off road tires in north america . 1 they continued expanding their product offering and reach by purchasing the off road tire assets of pirelli armstrong tire corporation in 1994 . the titan tire corporation was split off as a subsidiary of titan international nyse twi in 1997 . 2 the assets of fidelity tire based in natchez mississippi was purchased from bankruptcy court in 1998 and the company refocused with the sale of its golf cart all terrain vehicle and lawn tractor tires and facilities in clinton tennessee and slinger wisconsin to the carlisle tire & wheel company in 2000 . 2 in 2005 titan purchased the farm tire business of goodyear and continues manufacturing goodyear agricultural tires under license . this acquisition included the plant in freeport illinois . titan again expanded in 2006 with the purchase of continental ag s off the road otr tire assets in bryan ohio . 2 titan acquired it for about 53 million . 3 in 2010 titan purchased the assets of leavittsburg ohio based denman tire in bankruptcy court for us 4.4 million . 4 this purchase includes the consumer related tires on road as well which titan is considering to divest . 5 6 in november 2011 titan purchased goodyear s union city tn plant four months after goodyear closed it . it initially will be used for mixing raw materials for other titan production facilities . 7 titan announced that they have purchased the assets of goodyear s latin american off road tire business for us 98.6 million . this includes the plant in sao paulo brazil and a licensing agreement that allows titan to continue manufacturing under the goodyear brand similar to its 2005 purchase of goodyear s us farm tire assets . 8 9 titan has manufactured tires for caterpillar under the caterpillar brand since 1999 . 2 oem customers include john deere agco case ih case construction new holland caterpillar and kubota . 1 titan manufactures under the titan and goodyear brands . references edit a b http www.titan intl.com content titan tire a b c d about titan titan international . titan intl.com . retrieved 2016 02 07 . titan acquires ctna s otr facility . http business journal.com denman tires assets sold for m p16517.htm twindow default & smenu 1 & mad no denman tire corporation private company information businessweek . investing.businessweek.com . retrieved 2016 02 07 . titan international america s best since 1898 . web.archive.org . retrieved 2016 02 07 . http www.commercialappeal.com news 2011 nov 11 titan tire buys former goodyear plant union city t m. nij nstein . agricita.com agritica.com . agritica.com . retrieved 2016 02 07 . http www.titan intl.com content 121310 http industrytoday.com article view.asp articleid 596 external links edit titan webpage titan goodyear farm tire low sidewall tire technology webpage retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title titan tire corporation & oldid 729863663 categories companies listed on the new york stock exchangetire manufacturerscompanies based in adams county illinoismanufacturing companies established in 1993quincy illinois navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 15 july 2016 at 02 46 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view