Information: - Akron is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, approximately south of Lake Erie. As of the 2015 Census Estimate, the city proper had a total population of 197,542, making it the 119th largest city in the United States. The Akron, OH Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) covers Summit and Portage counties, and in 2010 had a population of 703,200. It is also part of the larger Cleveland-Akron-Canton, OH Combined Statistical Area, which in 2013 had a population of 3,501,538, ranking 15th. Co-founded along the Little Cuyahoga River in 1825 by Simon Perkins and Paul Williams, it was done so being a strategic point at the summit of the developing Ohio and Erie Canal. The name derived from the Greek word "" signifying a summit or high point. Due to Eliakim Crosby founding "North Akron" (Cascade) in 1833, "South" was added to its name until the two merged into an incorporated village in 1836. Neighboring settlements Kenmore and Ellet became annexed in 1929. It is a setting for several movie films, television shows and novel stories, and is the origin of fictional characters. Residents of the city are called "Akronites". It has had many nicknames, three of which are "Rubber Capital of the World", "Rubber City" and "City of Invention". - 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. Over the years Sumitomo and Dunlop developed a close business relationship, and in 1963 the Sumitomo Group acquired control of Dunlop Japan and renamed it Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. - The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company is an American multinational tire manufacturing company founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling and based in Akron, Ohio. Goodyear manufactures tires for automobiles, commercial trucks, light trucks, motorcycles, SUVs, race cars, airplanes, farm equipment and heavy earth-mover machinery. - Dunlop Rubber was a British multinational involved in the manufacture of various rubber goods. Its business was founded in 1889 in conjunction with Harvey du Cros by John Boyd Dunlop who had developed the pneumatic tyre. It was one of the first multinationals, and under du Cros and, after him, under Eric Geddes grew to be one of the largest British industrial companies. The Dunlop name was not used for any part of the business until after J B Dunlop's retirement in 1895. 20 March 2002 - Dunlop is a brand of tyres owned by Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company in North America , Europe , Australia and New Zealand . In other regions of the world , the Dunlop brand is owned by other companies . In India the brand is owned by Dunlop India Ltd. whose parent company is the Ruia Group , and in the rest of Asia , Africa and Latin America by Sumitomo Rubber Industries . In 1985 , Dunlop Rubber Company was acquired by BTR plc , and Sumitomo acquired the rights to manufacture and market Dunlop branded road tyres . Sumitomo did not acquire any Dunlop company . In 1997 Sumitomo gained agreement to use the Dunlop name in its corporate name , and changed the name of its UK subsidiary to Dunlop Tyres Ltd. In 1999 Sumitomo and Goodyear began a joint venture by which Sumitomo continued to manufacture all Japanese - made tyres under the Dunlop name , while Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company bought 75 % of the European and North American tyre businesses of Sumitomo . The company has extensive manufacturing operations throughout the world . With the closure of the Washington plant in 2006 , Goodyear Dunlop ceased mainstream car and lorry tyre production in the UK . Dunlop maintained a motorsport manufacturing operation located in a corner of the original Dunlop factory ( nicknamed '' Fort Dunlop '' ) in Erdington , Birmingham , established in 1891 until May 2014 . This factory produced specialised vintage , motorcycle and touring car tyres , and produced about 300,000 specialised racing tyres per year . On 30 May 2014 , the Birmingham factory ceased tyre production , ending Dunlop tyre production in the UK . The Dunlop GP Racer D209 tyre has been chosen repeatedly as a control tyre for the R&G Racing GSX - R Trophy motorcycle race . It has also been chosen for the Henderson Harley - Davidson XR1200 Trophy and Focused Events KTM RC8 Cup race . The main Birmingham building has been redeveloped extensively as a combined residential , office and hotel complex , with a modern shopping facility ( The Fort Shopping Centre ) ,... Given the information above, choose from the list below the object entity that exhibits the relation 'founder' with the subject 'dunlop tyres'. Choices: - 1929 - frank seiberling - john boyd dunlop
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john boyd dunlop