The United States Rubber Company was a
rubber manufacturer founded by Charles R. Flint in 1892. The
company purchased the Gillette Safety Tire Company, founded by Raymond
B. Gillette, in 1940 [1]. The name was changed in 1967 to Uniroyal Inc.
As Uniroyal, the company was defendant in a landmark gender
discrimination case, Chrapliwy vs Uniroyal, under Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act of 1964.
In 1986 Uniroyal then merged with the B.F. Goodrich Company to become
the Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company. The company was finally taken over
by Michelin in 1990. |
