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Firestone employs 700 people at the Des Moines factory, where it makes tractor tires. The company tests new products in the ...
The following is a guest contribution and reflects the author’s views alone. For information on how to submit an article to the Opinion Section, click here. In 1944, the Firestone Tire & Rubber ...
Bridgestone tires is one of the most recognizable tire brands in America, but its ownership and place of manufacturing may come to surprise you.
The Firestone Liberia facility harvests and processes natural rubber, which is shipped to Bridgestone's tire plants in North America and Europe for the manufacture of tires.
WASHINGTON -- Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. on Tuesday blamed a rash of tire failures on a faulty design and manufacturing processes at its Decatur, Ill., plant, but also put some blame on the Ford ...
Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing operations and developed and expanded the company’s auto supply and service stores. Firestone manufactured over 50% of all mobile ...
A 1935 fire at the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. station in Cape Girardeau, ignited by gasoline fumes, left one man with serious burns.
The company says the novel ingredient helps push them towards to goal of completely renewable tires and carbon neutrality. Branded as Firestone Firehawks, they served as an alternative tire for ...
Noblesville plans to develop the former site of a Firestone manufacturing plant that has been vacant for more than a decade while environmental testing and remediation took place. Nashville-based ...
An idea that launched last year at World Wide Technology Raceway, IndyCar will use alternate tires on an oval for 2nd time at Nashville Superspeedway.
Proper tire inflation helps drivers save $18.6B in fuel annually, Firestone finds. Free checks available at Firestone stores.