A concise statement issued by Goodyear confirms that its Luxembourg-based Goodyear manufacturing subsidiary Goodyear Operations has been charged as part of an investigation into fatal truck crashes that allegedly involved defective tyres. As reported yesterday, a French court has summoned two Goodyear subsidiaries to proceedings taking place this week.
A Goodyear employee was killed at the tyremaker’s Colmar Berg, Luxembourg factory on 29 March 2025. Local news sources report that victim was a 46-year-old man who had lived in Luxembourg for a decade. The employee had reportedly been working in Goodyear’s tyre quality control department in Colmar-Berg for eight years where the reported workplace accident appears to have taken place.
Tyre manufacture at the Goodyear plant in Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg is returning to normal, having resumed two days after a fire at the facility last Monday. The tyre maker also shares the good news that all 12 employees admitted to hospital with suspected smoke inhalation were discharged without need for further treatment.
After receiving notification at 2pm yesterday, emergency services from the Grand-Ducal Fire and Rescue Corps of Luxembourg (CGDIS) attended a fire at the Goodyear production site in Colmar-Berg. Firefighters went into action against a fire in two production machines, which by the time of their arrival had already spread to an adjacent filtering unit. Although quickly dealing with this second fire, firefighters worked until late afternoon to extinguish the blaze affecting the production lines. During the deployment, Goodyear’s own firefighting team supported CGDIS personnel.
Hardly a mass recall, but worth noting nonetheless. Goodyear is recalling 46 Eagle F1 SuperSport tyres in the dimensions 295/30 ZR22 (103Y) and 315/30 ZR22 (107Y). The tyres, produced by Goodyear in Luxembourg between 18 and 24 March 2024, can be identified by the DOT numbers 1L1K8 JB1R/1224 and 1L1HA JC1R/1224.
Goodyear has inaugurated a new large-scale solar panel installation at its Colmar-Berg proving ground. Completed in December 2023, the installation was inaugurated on 28 May in the presence of Lex Delles, Luxembourg Minister of the Economy, SME, Energy and Tourism. The solar project has a total surface area of 37,700sqm, with a capacity of 4.4 MWp. It is made up of 8,148 bifacial panels, capturing light both on the illuminated surface of the panel and on the lower surface thanks to diffuse light. It continues Goodyear’s collaboration with energy supplier Enovos.
In an operation that French newspaper Le Monde describes as “both spectacular and unprecedented,” investigators from three European countries carried out a series of raids against Goodyear today. The publication writes that the prosecutor in Besançon, France confirms this action, which took place just two months shy of the tenth anniversary of a fatal motorway crash involving a Goodyear Marathon LHS II truck tyre.
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) and The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company have commenced a second phase of their strategic collaboration. Goodyear says this next step in the two parties’ joint work will not only leverage previous achievements but will also “delve into new technological avenues.”
April 1 has been and gone this year, so there’s no danger in admitting that I’ve seen imaginary tyres being tested on cars that don’t even exist. No fooling. I’ve even driven with these non-tyres, at the Goodyear Simulation Center in Luxembourg. The illusion felt very real.
More than a year after completing and commissioning its Simulation Center in Luxembourg, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company officially opened the facility yesterday. Tyrepress.com was present to see and experience this “new era for tyre design and development.”
Apollo Tyres has appointed Bruno De Langhe as its new country sales manager for the Belux region. He will succeed Antoine de Grand Ry, who has retired after more than 30 years at the company. De Langhe joined Apollo Tyres in 2022 as an account manager for passenger car tyres in Belgium. Since then, he has been responsible for boosting brand awareness and sales in the Belux region.
Goodyear is embarking on a mentoring and development programme to support growing female leaders. While the first stage of this Wingfoot Women programme will run in Luxembourg over a period of six months, in the long term Goodyear aims to expand to mentees elsewhere via other Girls in Tech hubs.
In the absence of specific information regarding Goodyear’s plans to cut 5% of its salaried workforce worldwide, uncertainty exists as to where the axe will fall. But it appears Luxembourg has been spared the worst, with media firm RTL Luxembourg reporting that Goodyear has “no official plans” to make staff redundant there. But this doesn’t mean they’ll be entirely unaffected by the tyre maker’s belt-tightening.
Goodyear has optimised its UHP tyre development by combining different techniques and disciplines through a statistical model, a process it used when working on the Eagle F1 Asymmetric 6. FEDIL has recognised Goodyear’s step forward with a 2022 Innovation Award. The Luxembourg-based multisectoral business federation has honoured the tyre maker in the ‘Process’ category of its awards.
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company has officially opened its new manufacturing facility in Dudelange, Luxembourg, an operation it calls a “first of its kind” for the company. The inauguration on 5 May follows a US$77 million investment in industry 4.0 digital manufacturing processes at the site.
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