100 Years of Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.
The tire industry – and the world – was vastly different a century ago, when Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. got its start. The automotive industry was still quite young in 1914, when brothers-in-law John F. Schaefer and Claude E. Hart purchased M and M Manufacturing Co. in Akron, which produced tire patches, cement and
Bridgestone Americas Stu Crum Reveals His 2020 Vision
In August 2013, Stu Crum left Shell Oil Co. where he served as president of Jiffy Lube International to join Bridgestone Americas as president of its retail store group, overseeing more than 2,200 company-owned stores under the Firestone Complete Auto Car, Tires Plus, Hibdon Tires Plus and Wheel Works brands. Crum made news this past