Tuesday, March 4, 2014

What Do You Know About 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 took the tires and the radio; the other guy took the engine." said David Letterman

It is know to all that to move the cab on the road it needs some moving item. The cab can't move anywhere without the help of tires. We have to have quality tires to ensure safety and long wear.

Many entrepreneurs recognized that when the auto first became the means of transportation.One such company was Bridgestone Tires.

We got car with tires when the company started in 1931. Shojiro Ishibashi. Bridgestone is an English word which the English translation of his surname.

Bridgestone become the largest tire manufacture company within the rapidly growing auto industry in Japan. The company used Japanese technology to produce tires. After many challenges, it began to produce a quality product. It began selling radial tires in 1967. They as well started selling tires in other areas of the world. That included the United States where it opened a 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 brought back in racing the Firestone/Bridgestone brand. It has provides tires for racing since 1997.

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. The UK has not production plants but it has a technical bay where it inspects tires from customers who are dissatisfied. 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. Bridgestone produces polyurethane foam products, construction materials, and parts for electronic equipment, bicycles, and sporting goods. 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. To develop this size business it takes time as well as costs. 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 is able to bring change in aircraft tire market with a product mix that can makes high quality tires for the new Boeing 787 and the Airbus A380.

Now the company own manufacturing plants in all the most important countries all around the world. This includes the United States, Mexico, Belgium, China, Hungry, and Spain. Now-a-days it is recognized as a premier tire manufacturing company all around the world.




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