GOODYEAR TIRE RUBBER CO OH

We manufacture our products in 55 manufacturing facilities located around the world, including 18 plants in the United States.

AMERICAS MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. Americas owns or leases and operates 28 manufacturing facilities in 7 countries, including:

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16 tire plants,

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4 chemical plants,

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3 tire manufacturing equipment plants,

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2 tire retread plants,

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2 aviation retread plants, and

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1 mix plant.

EUROPE, MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. EMEA owns or leases and operates 17 manufacturing facilities in 9 countries, including:

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15 tire plants,

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1 tire retread plant, and

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1 aviation retread plant.

ASIA PACIFIC MANUFACTURING FACILITIES. Asia Pacific owns and operates 10 manufacturing facilities in 6 countries, including 9 tire plants and 1 aviation retread plant.

PLANT UTILIZATION. Our worldwide tire capacity utilization rate was approximately 81% during 2023 compared to approximately 89% in 2022 and 87% in 2021. Our utilization rate can vary significantly between product lines, depending on the complexity of the tires, and between consumer and commercial tires, and can also vary between business segments. The reported capacity utilization is an overall average for the Company. In addition to the impact of a storm on production at our tire manufacturing facility in Tupelo, Mississippi ("Tupelo"), we reduced utilization in 2023 to address softening industry demand and prevent the buildup of excess inventory.

OTHER FACILITIES. We also own and operate three research and development facilities and technical centers, three development centers, one innovation lab, and seven tire proving grounds. We lease our Corporate and Americas headquarters and our research and development facility and technical center in Akron, Ohio. We operate approximately 950 retail outlets for the sale of our tires to consumer and commercial customers, approximately 40 tire retreading facilities and approximately 300 warehouse distribution facilities. Substantially all of these facilities are leased. We do not consider any one of these leased properties to be material to our operations. For additional information regarding leased properties, refer to Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 14, Property, Plant and Equipment, and No. 15, Leases. Certain of our manufacturing facilities are mortgaged as collateral for our secured credit facilities. Refer to Note to the Consolidated Financial Statements No. 16, Financing Arrangements and Derivative Financial Instruments.