The Seiberling Rubber Company was an American tire manufacturer for motor vehicles. Founded in 1921 by Frank Seiberling, the founder of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, it was acquired by Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in 1965.
History
In 1898 Frank A. Seiberling acquired an old strawboard factory in Akron, Ohio and founded the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (naming it after Charles Goodyear, the inventor of vulcanized rubber). He served as the company's president for 15 years when, in 1921 the company was refinanced and reorganized. Frank A. Seiberling and his brother Charles resigned from the company and founded a rubber and tire company bearing his name.
The Seiberling Rubber Company was founded in 1921 in Barberton, Ohio. In only six years Seiberling rose from 330th to 7th place in the tire industry. During World War II, Seiberling supplied tires for heavy artillery pieces. Seiberling is also credited for inventing the Saw-Tooth Tread and the tire Heat-Vents.
Seiberling Tire's advertising in the 1940´s through the 1950´s was famous for the brand's slogan of "A name you can trust in Rubber."
In the mid-1960´s, Seiberling launched the SuperWideSport series, a bias-belted tire aimed to the Muscle Car market, booming at the time.