OUR HISTORY

1844

1844

Charles Goodyear discovered vulcanization, rendering natural rubber elastic

1888

1888

John Dunlop patented the first pneumatic tire.

1895

1895

Edouard and Andre Michelin invented the first demountable tire for the automobile.

1906

1906

Harvey Firestone developed a straight sided tire and won a large order from Henry Ford.

1940

1940

Synthetic fibers and rubber were developed for tire application.

1948

1948

Michelin introduced radial tires and steel reinforcements.

1960

1960

Tubeless tires were introduced for commercial vehicles for use in one-piece rims.

1992

1992-tgi

TGI is founded.

1992-mrf

TGI is awarded MRF tire line

1995

1995

Astro Tyres and Cosmo Tires house brands are launched.

1996

1996

Luna house brand is launched.

2006

2006

TGI is awarded Cooper tire line.

2007

2007-industar

Industar house brand is launched.

2007-tgi

TGI relocated to current, state of the art, distribution facility.

2007-mickey-thompson

TGI awarded Mickey Thompson line.

2008

2008

TGI awarded Sumitomo and GT tire lines.

2009

2009-kenda

TGI awarded Kenda tire line.

2009-tgi

Sales offices opened in Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

2010

2010-engineering-china

Engineering and logistics offices are opened in China.

2010-partnership

Partnership with Penske, TRP & McLarty.

2011

2011-bridgestone

Bridgestone authorized distributor for Caribbean.

2011-tire-warehouse

Acquisition of Tire Warehouse.

2012

2012

TGI awarded Mastercraft and Galaxy tire lines.

2013

2013

Orion house brand launched.

2014

2014-todo

TGI opens Colombian subsidiary Todo Llantas y mas.

2014-duramas

Duramas house brand launched.

2015

2015

TGI awarded Powertrac tire line.

2016

2016

Cosmo begins production of TBR in Thailand.

2017

2017

TGI begins servicing Tampa, FL.

2018

2018

TGI begins servicing Orlando, FL. & Cosmo launches the RC17 and MuchoMacho tire lines.

2020

2020-cosmo

Cosmo launches Mud Kicker M/T tire line.

2020-dc-tampa

Opened DC in Tampa, FL.

2022

2022

TGI Celebrates 30 year anniversary.