Goodyear Tire Company announced that it has fully controlled Nippon Giant Tire Corporation (NGT) in Japan and acquired the shares of the company in the Toyo Rubber Industry and Mitsubishi Motors. Goodyear Tire also announced that after the expansion of the NGT plant in 2014, the number of employees in the plant will increase to 400.

Dan Smytka, president of Goodyear Asia Pacific, said that the investment will enable NTG to produce a full range of 57-inch and 63-inch tires.