Goodyear´s Engineered Products sale process started

Akron, Ohio -- Goodyear began marketing its Engineered Products

business unit to potential buyers in the second quarter, though

executives expect the sale to take "considerable" time.

In a conference call with analysts,

Chairman and CEO Robert Keegan said he expects a long selling process

because of the size and complexity of the business.

"We are still in the early stages of the process," he said.

In the second quarter, Engineered

Products´ sales fell 5 percent to $427 million as segment operating

income rose 10 percent to $30 million.