Federal Corporation is a Taiwan

Taiwan

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 based tire

Tire

A tire or tyre is a ring-shaped covering that fits around a wheel rim to protect it and enable better vehicle performance by providing a flexible cushion that absorbs shock while keeping the wheel in close contact with the ground...

 manufacturer, headquartered in Taoyuan, Jhongli City, Taiwan. Today, it operates under the name of Federal Group which includes marketing, real estate

Real estate

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 divisions, and two tire manufacturing plants: original plant in Jhongli, Taiwan and 100% owned plant in China

China

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, Jiangxi

Jiangxi

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, Nanchang

Nanchang

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 (acquired in 1997).

The company has two major brands: Federal Tires and Hero Tires. The Federal brand is aimed at positioning on global market, and Hero is mostly targeted to the internal market of mainland China.

Milestones

• Federal Corporation was founded in Taiwan, Jhongli in 1954 as a rubber
  Rubber
  Natural rubber, also called India rubber or caoutchouc, is an elastomer that was originally derived from latex, a milky colloid produced by some plants. The plants would be ‘tapped’, that is, an incision made into the bark of the tree and the sticky, milk colored latex sap collected and refined...
  
   company, producing its first tire in 1958. Initial tire exports commenced in 1965.

• Technical cooperation with Bridgestone Tire Co. Ltd.
  Bridgestone
  The is a multinational rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. The name Bridgestone comes from a calque translation and transposition of ishibashi, meaning "stone bridge" in Japanese....
  
   began in 1960 and lasted for almost 20 years. From 1981 to 2000, the company switched to technical cooperation with Sumitomo Rubber Industries
  Sumitomo Rubber Industries
  is a tire and rubber company based in Japan. It is part of the Sumitomo Group.The company traces its origins to 1909, when the Sumitomo Group made an investment in Dunlop Japan, the newly formed Japanese subsidiary of the British company Dunlop Rubber...
  
  , Ltd. (a.k.a. Dunlop Tire Japan
  Dunlop Tyres
  Dunlop Tyres is a British company owned 75% by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and 25% by Sumitomo Rubber Industries, which bought the right to sell Dunlop-branded road tyres....
  
  ) which has given Federal the necessary technical capabilities and know-how to produce our own brand tires today.

• First passenger radial tire (PCR) production was commenced in 1978. And in 1979 company shares listed publicly (IPO) offering significant increases in operation capital.

• Federal Tires received Quality A Supplier Award in 1986, FORD Q1 Award in 1990 from Ford Motor Company
  Ford Motor Company
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  , and GM
  General Motors
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  /Opel
  Opel
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   Award for contribution in Opel Astra project from General Motors Corporation in 1990. Honda
  Honda
  is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than...
  
   also issued a Quality award in 1993.

• Federal has established a strong network of overseas distributors with more than a hundred national/regional representatives throughout 70+ countries and is still expanding.

• Throughout its history, the company has never taken any loan and has always persisting on its own. One of the many great achievements with its prudent management is that the company has never suffered any loss in the past decade.

Federal Tires

Federal Tires is a major brand of Taiwan based Federal Corporation. Brand is widely known worldwide, especially in the US, Japan, and Australia, for its motorsports and racing designed products. Federal brand is also warmly accepted by drifters

Drifting (motorsport)

Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motorsport where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed...

 worldwide for reasonable price, outstanding performance, and high reliability.

Federal Tires offer a wide range of tires, including winter series, light truck, commercial truck tires and its major product - passenger car tires ranging from passenger/touring class to fitting performance & super-cars UHP tires.

Hero Tires

The Hero Tires brandname is a secondary brand of Federal Corporation, most of JFT produced tires resemble Federal branded tires in designation. Recently the company started implementing new strategy of promoting Hero worldwide as an Asian tire brand.

Marketing

The Company is an active promoter of drifting

Drifting (motorsport)

Drifting refers to a driving technique and to a motorsport where the driver intentionally over steers, causing loss of traction in the rear wheels through turns, while maintaining vehicle control and a high exit speed...

, time attack, circuit racing and rallying worldwide, with most activities in the UK

United Kingdom

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, US, Japan

Japan

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 and Australia

Australia

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, actively being sponsors to different racing teams,drivers, and events.