AKRON, Ohio, Aug. 9, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company (NYSE: GT) will webcast its presentation at the J.P. Morgan 2011 Auto Conference in Detroit on August 11.

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Darren R. Wells, executive vice president and chief financial officer, will discuss the company's strategies and field questions from analysts and investors for approximately 30 minutes. A live audio webcast of the presentation will be available at 10:55 a.m. EDT on the conference's Web site: https://events.jpmorgan.com.  

A replay of the webcast will be available for 90 days on Goodyear's investor relations Web site: www.goodyear.com/investor.

Goodyear is one of the world's largest tire companies.  It employs approximately 73,000 people and manufactures its products in 54 facilities in 22 countries around the world.  Its two Innovation Centers in Akron, Ohio and Colmar-Berg, Luxembourg strive to develop state-of-the-art products and services that set the technology and performance standard for the industry.  For more information about Goodyear and its products, go to www.goodyear.com.

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