United States Rubber Company

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/United_States_Rubber_Company
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:company
gptkbp:acquiredBy gptkb:Michelin
gptkbp:acquisitionYear 1990
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:Uniroyal
gptkbp:defunct 1986
gptkbp:founded 1892
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Charles_R._Flint
gptkbp:headquartersLocation gptkb:Naugatuck,_Connecticut
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label United States Rubber Company
gptkbp:industry rubber
tire manufacturing
gptkbp:mergedInto gptkb:Uniroyal_Goodrich_Tire_Company
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Uniroyal_Giant_Tire
gptkbp:notableEvent World War II synthetic rubber production
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Charles_R._Flint
gptkb:Samuel_P._Colt
gptkbp:notableProduct gptkb:Keds_sneakers
gptkb:Naugahyde
gptkb:Royal_Master_tires
gptkbp:numberOfEmployees over 40,000 (at peak)
gptkbp:parentCompany gptkb:Uniroyal_Goodrich_Tire_Company_(post-merger)
gptkbp:product gptkb:footwear
gptkb:leather
tires
industrial rubber goods
gptkbp:stockExchange gptkb:New_York_Stock_Exchange
gptkbp:stockSymbol gptkb:UNR
gptkbp:subsidiary gptkb:Keds
gptkb:Naugatuck_Chemical_Company
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Uniroyal_Inc.
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Uniroyal
gptkb:Charles_Ranlett_Flint
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5