All tires - at least in the US - have a manufacturer code; in our case, it's on the inside sidewall. You can find lists of these on the Net. Mine traced to a Michelin-owned plant in Japan. There is *no BF Goodrich tire company anymore. It's LG - long gone. Michelin owns the marque, and uses it as it sees fit. Much like Mark Levinson did with Madrigal in the high-end audio world...

These are, in fact, Michelin tires, and, IMHO, I think highly of them.