
	The&nbsp;Goodrich Corporation&nbsp;formerly the&nbsp;B.F. Goodrich Company, was an&nbsp;American&nbsp;aerospace&nbsp;manufacturing company based in&nbsp;Charlotte, North Carolina. Founded in&nbsp;Akron,&nbsp;Ohio&nbsp;in 1870 as Goodrich, Tew&nbsp;&amp;&nbsp;Co. by&nbsp;Dr.&nbsp;Benjamin Franklin Goodrich. The company name was changed to the &quot;B.F. Goodrich Company&quot; in&nbsp;1880, to BFGoodrich in the 1980s, and to &quot;Goodrich Corporation&quot; in&nbsp;2001.

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	On July 26, 2012, United Technologies Corporation purchased Goodrich. Unsold Divisions of&nbsp;Hamilton Sundstrand&nbsp;and Goodrich were then merged, to create&nbsp;UTC Aerospace Systems.&nbsp;
