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Do You Have Any Idea Regarding Bridgestone Tires

By George Dodson


"People thinks that it is not possible for two New Yorkers to stay together for while. Not true. It is seen by me that two New Yorkers sharing a cab who didn't know each other. One guy was carrying the radio and the tires and the Engine was carried by the other guy." said David Letterman

Well, we know that cab isn't going anywhere. We can't move the car without having tires. Quality tires is needed when we want to ensure safety and long wear.

Many entrepreneurs recognized that when the auto first became the means of transportation.Among many companies Bridgestone is one of them.

The company began in 1931 as a dream to furnish cars with tires. Shojiro Ishibashi. Bridgestone actually the English version of his surname.

Bridgestone become the largest tire manufacture company within the rapidly growing auto industry in Japan. The company focused on producing tires with Japanese technology only. After many challenges, it began to produce a quality product. It was 1967 when they started selling radial tires. They as well started selling tires in other areas of the world. United States was their headquarters.

The company added Firestone Tire and Rubber Company by took over these companies. After this buying they was able to produce high quality tires and became a respected globally company. This gave it a large number of production sites in North America, as well as South America and Europe. It also returned the Bridgestone/Firestone brand to racing. Since 1971 it has been providing tires for racing.

The company started their operation in Europe After establishing their head office in Brussels, Belgium in 1972. In its relevant area it has 7 production plants. UK has no production plants but the has a bay by which they tested the rejected tires by the customers. They usually provide tires along with Bridgestone rebates so that it can't pass inspection.

Since its inception, the company has diversified into other product lines. Polyurethane foam, construction materials and parts of electronic equipment, bicycles and sporting goods can be produced by Bridgestone. These various products usually generate one-fourth of the total sales of the group.

Bandag. Inc is a leading tire re-treader company and Bridgestone combined with it in 2006. As the president explained,

'Higher fuel prices are prompting customers to cut costs. Time and cost both needs to develop this size of business. We were able to get that all at once.'

Bridgestone Bandag, LLC is the new name of the company. It later became the Bridgestone Commercial Services Group.

Bridgestone is also a manufacture of aircraft tires. Bridgestone Aircraft Tire is able too prepare for a changing market with a product mix that makes tires for the new Boeing 787 and the Airbus A380.

At present in all the major parts of the world the company has manufacturing tires. This includes the United States, Mexico, Belgium, China, Hungry, and Spain. It has become one of the premier tire manufactures in the world.




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