Uniroyal is the trademark of tires that were manufactured by a company, which had been founded in 1892 in Naugatuck, Connecticut, the USA under the name of United States Rubber Company. It got the name Uniroyal in 1961 and six years later, this name brand started to appear on all its products. In 1985, The tyre business was merged with B. F. Goodrich to form Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Company. In 1990, the French Michelin brand purchased Goodrich and the Uniroyal brand. Uniroyal tyres since then are manufactured by Michelin in the United States and Continental AG in Europe.