United States Rubber Company

Uniroyal, formerly known as the United States Rubber Company, is an American brand of tires for cars, trucks, minivans, and SUVs, plus other synthetic rubber-related products, as well as variety of items for military use, such as ammunition, explosives, chemical weapons and operations and maintenance activities (O&MA) at the government-owned contractor-operated facilities. It was founded in Naugatuck, Connecticut, in 1892. The brand has a separate global entity that produces vinyl-coated fabric and soft trim products. It was one of the original 12 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and became Uniroyal, Inc., as part of creating a unified brand for its products and subsidiaries in 1961.