114 ViewsNaugatuck, CT — Uniroyal Holding Inc., a company that traces its roots to one of the nation’s best-known tire manufacturers, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection as it continues to grapple with decades-old liabilities. Uniroyal Holding is the corporate successor to portions of the former Uniroyal empire, which once stood among the largest tire and rubber manufacturers in the United States. Over the years, Uniroyal Holding has been involved in extensive litigation involving environmental contamination claims, insurance coverage disputes and other obligations tied to former manufacturing facilities. Courts have spent years determining responsibility for cleanup costs and related damages among successor companies, insurers and other parties. The bankruptcy filing marks another chapter in the long decline of a company that once employed thousands of workers across the country and was synonymous with the American rubber industry.