Facts about the Goodyear Canada plant near Napanee: Oground breaking ceremony July 13, 1988 O first tire came off the line in June, 1990 EJ currently employs about 600 people plus 100 contract workers £7 workforce is 80/20 male to female £7 operates seven days a week, 24 hours a day, on 12hour shifts CJ currently manufactures 17,000 tires a day £7employees have an average of 14 years education CJ average age is 34.3 years HI the plant sits on 550 acres and the building has approximately 760,000 sq. ft. £7 potential employees go through more than 20 hours of interviews and testing before being hired £7 39 per cent of its workforce live in Lennox & Addington, 26 per cent in Frontenac, 27 per cent in Hastings, six per cent in Prince Edward and two per cent reside elsewhere Facts about the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Corporation: £7 founded by brothers Frank and Charles Seiberling in 1898 in Akron, Ohio £7 named after Charles Goodyear, inventor of the vulcanization (rubbercuring) process £7 started with carriage and bicycle tires and quickly moved into the automobile market £7 fry 1916 was the largest tire manufacturer in the world (3 completed its first airship in 1911 EJ built the first U.S. synthetic rubber factory in 1940 £7 currently employs 91,000 people world-wide £7 sells products in 185 countries £7 had sales of approximately $14 billion in 1997 P.CI Curing technician Bob Sager with a 'green' or uncured tire. U