Rubber Companies in Price-Fixing Probe, Arrests Made
(Akron/Tire Review) According to various news reports, the U.S. Justice Department arrested executives of six companies – including one from Bridgestone Corp. – in an investigation of price fixing on marine hose.
BFNAT Promotes Two
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire has made two appointments within its OTR and agricultural tire groups.
Labor Violence at Plantation Leaves Six Hurt
(Akron/Tire Review) Clashes with police have left at least six people wounded at Bridgestone Americas Holdings natural rubber plantation in Liberia, according to numerous press reports.
Union Workers Approve BFNAT Master Contract
(Akron/Tire Review) The United Steelworkers union (USW) has reached new contract agreements, covering 5,200 workers at eight Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) plants.
Kwik-Fit to Support ‘Think Before You Drive’ Campaign
(Staffordshire, U.K./Tyres & Accessories) Kwik-Fit has pledged its support to Bridgestone’s “Think Before You Drive” campaign, which is its contribution to the United Nations Global Road Safety Week taking place Apr. 23-29.
BFNAT Des Moines Union Workers Approve Contract
(Akron/Tire Review – Des Monies Register) Union workers at the Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) agricultural tire plant in Des Moines, Iowa, approved a new labor contract by six votes.
Bandag Reports First-Quarter Financials
(Akron/Tire Review) Bandag Inc. released financial results for the first quarter of 2007.
BFNAT Reaches Agreement With Bloomington Workers
(Akron/Tire Review) The United Steelworkers Local 787 union in Bloomington, Ill., has approved a new three-year contract with Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT).
BFNAT Honored By Vulcan Award
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire received the 2006 Gold Alliance Supplier Award from Vulcan Materials Co. It marked the seventh straight year BFNAT’s OTR tire group received the honor.
Tighter Squeeze: Low-Cost Options Add Pressure, But Private Branders Remain Strong
What do you do when all around you is chaos – a shrinking market, harsh price-based competition from overseas, lost domestic business and predictions of an early demise? U.S. private brands have seen this movie before, back when the first Japanese-produced tires hit these shores and again when South Korean tires made their way here.