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Union-Made Tires

Union Plus Content Team

December 27, 2016

Do buy: These union-made tires (United Steelworkers)

DOT requires that each tire sold in the United States carry a code that looks something like this: DOT BE XX XXX XXX. The two letters or numbers that follow the DOT identify a particular factory as listed below:

BE:

B. F. Goodrich - Tuscaloosa, Ala.

BF:

B. F. Goodrich - Woodburn, Ind.

VE, YE, YU, 8B:

Bridgestone/Firestone - Des Moines, Iowa

D2, E3, W1, Y7:

Bridgestone/Firestone - La Vergne, Tenn.

2C, 4D, 5D:

Bridgestone/Firestone - Morrison, Tenn.

UP:

Cooper - Findlay, Ohio

UT:

Cooper - Texarkana, Ark.

JU, PC, UK:

Goodyear - Medicine Hat, Alberta

JJ, MD, PU:

Goodyear - Gadsden, Ala.

DA:

Dunlop - Buffalo, N.Y.

JN, MJ, PY:

Goodyear - Topeka, Kan.

JE, MC, PT:

Goodyear - Danville, Va.

JF, MM, PJ:

Kelly-Springfield - Fayetteville, N.C.

CF:

Titan Tire - Des Moines

JH, MN, PK:

Titan Tire - Freeport, Ill.

B plus serial #:

Titan Tire - Bryan, Ohio

CC:

Yokohama Tire - Salem, Va.

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