Silvia Sitzen, director Human Resources for Goodyear Luxembourg, opened the event and congratulated the jubilees for a total of 7.555 years of loyal services to the company. Mrs. Sitzen added that this “impressive number of years of experience and know-how was assembled by 9 women and 238 men who have thus contributed to the company's success.”

Tim Davis, production director for Goodyear Luxembourg, reviewed in his speech the many changes in the tire manufacturing plant over the last 40 years. Each year had its challenges and in difficult times, the 'Tire Plant' took the opportunity to work on its future. The manufacturing plant for truck and earthmover tires invested in ambitious projects to improve the overall capacity of the existing production thus providing customers more of the effective tires that are requested.

Jean-Pierre Jeusette, general director of the Goodyear Innovation Center Luxembourg (GIC*L), himself honored for 25 years of service, congratulated the jubilees and added that the success of Goodyear based among others on the many success projects that have emanated from the research center in Colmar-Berg. "Through your exemplary work, we were able to launch 859 new products in 2014 to the European and Asian markets. A recent remarkable example is certainly our new winter tire UltraGrip 9, which will contribute to the success of our brand like its predecessors. Similarly, the new KMax and FuelMax truck tire lines, all labelled 'Made in Luxembourg', scored quite will on the markets and the FuelMax 'S' 'IntelliMAX Technology ' has even been recognized by the FEDIL with the ‘Innovation Award 2014’. "

During the evening program, the guests were able to follow multimedia retrospectives, including the most important events of the years during which the jubilees have joined the company.

After the dinner show all the guests also received a small gift as a souvenir of this memorable evening.