Bridgestone Americas Expands Driver Safety Efforts
Extending its Think Before You Drive driver education efforts, Bridgestone Americas has launched another safe driving program targeting teenaged drivers. The Teens Drive Smart program focuses on educating teens on the dangers of distracted and impaired driving practices such as texting, talking on the phone and rowdy passengers. “Educating teenagers about driver safety is not
Hercules Now Distributor for Bridgestone Americas
Hercules’ TDW locations on the West Coast will distribute Bridgestone and Firestone brand tires, effective immediately.
Bridgestone Americas Title Sponsor of IndyCar Finale
Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) will serve as the title sponsor for the IndyCar Series championship finale, held at Homestead-Miami Speedway, just outside Miami.
Bridgestone Americas Cuts BBTS Jobs
Bridgestone Americas has announced another round of layoffs, this time in its Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions unit.
Bridgestone Americas Promotes MacDonald
Dan MacDonald has been promoted to executive director of communications for Bridgestone Americas Holding, parent of Bridgestone/Firestone North America Tire.
Bridgestone Americas Realigns Finance Department
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone Americas Holding made several changes in its finance department.
Bridgestone Americas to Acquire Bandag for $1.05 Billion
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc. and Bandag Inc. jointly announced that they have entered into a merger agreement in which Bridgestone Americas will acquire the outstanding shares of each class of stock of Bandag for $50.75 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $1.05 billion.
Bridgestone Americas Closing Tire Plant in Chile
(Akron/Tire Review) Bridgestone Americas Holding’s Bridgestone/Firestone Chile S.A. (BFC) unit said it is closing its Coquimbo, Chile, plant at year’s end.
Bridgestone Recall Covers 2,600 Tires in Americas
The massive 1.2 million tire recall Bridgestone Corp. undertook last week includes just 2,600 sold into North and South America and Guam, according to the tiremaker. The tiremaker announced on Nov. 7 that it was pulling back 1.2 million medium truck tires that were manufactured at its plant in Tochigi, Japan, between January 2012 and
Bridgestone Renames, Restructures Americas Operations
Effective Jan. 1, 2009, Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. will rename and restructure the company’s operations, according to Mark Emkes, chairman and CEO.