(December 2009) Coup de Grace is the fourteenth album by The Stranglers released in 1998. The tracks on Coup de Grace represent a greater writing input from Jean Jacques Burnel (JJ Burnel) than on more recent outings; he also sings four of the ten tracks.
BFGoodrich, Cooper, Dunlop, Firestone, General, Goodyear, Michelin, and Yokohama currently build tires here in America, although these are not all truly American brands.
Frank Seiberling borrows $3,500 from his brother-in-law Lucius Miles for the down payment needed to buy an abandoned strawboard factory on the banks of the Little Cuyahoga River in Akron, Ohio, founding The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.The remainder would be paid in four yearly installments of $2,500. To meet the rising demand for shatterproof, polyester drink bottles, the company begins expansion of its polyester resin plant at Point Pleasant, West Virginia. 2  A.J. Foyt makes history on Goodyear tires, winning his fourth Indianapolis 500. 3  Sales record of $6.6 billion and earnings record of $205 million are set.