Bridgestone Opens Vietnam Plant

Published: October 27, 2014

A little over a year ago, Bridgestone broke ground on its first passenger car tire facility in Vietnam. This past week, Bridgestone Corp. hosted a grand opening ceremony for the Bridgestone Tire Manufacturing Vietnam Limited Liability Co. (BTMV) plant, located in Hai Phong City.

The grand opening of the 252.5-acre tire plant comes six months after production of passenger car radials began there in April. Bridgestone said the 100% Bridgestone Corp.-owned facility will serve as a key export base of passenger and light truck/SUV tires to Europe, North America and Japan when fully operational.

The facility is expected to produce an initial capacity of 24,7000 tires per day by the first half of 2016 and 49,000 a day by the second half of 2017.

RNR Tire Express honors the legacy of franchisee Richard Rose

Rose was posthumously awarded with the franchise’s second-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.

By Christian Hinton

Published: April 20, 2024

RNR Tire Express (RNR) recently closed out its annual franchise conference, where it honored the legacy of Richard Rose, who it considered one of its “trailblazing franchisees.” Rose was posthumously awarded with the franchise’s second-ever Lifetime Achievement Award.

Members of the Rose family were in attendance at the conference to accept the Lifetime Achievement Award on Richard’s behalf. Rose's two sons will continue to operate their father’s franchise locations in Virginia and ensure his legacy continues within the RNR system and throughout the communities he services, RNR Tire Express said.