Firestone Complete Auto Care Opens 1,500th Location
To celebrate the opening of the 1,500th Firestone Complete Auto Care location, the automotive service provider will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday.
Firestone Offers a Greener Oil Change
The service uses a recycled, twice-refined, high-quality motor oil product called EcoPower.
Five Firestone Locations Named Green Businesses
The Automotive Service Association (ASA) of Arizona has certified five Firestone Complete Auto Care locations as “green shops” through its voluntary Green Business Automotive Program, administered in conjunction with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality.
Bridgestone/Firestone Recalling Truck Tires
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) is recalling 184 Firestone brand FS400 medium truck tires in size 315/80R22.5 Load Range L. The recalled tires were produced between June 15 and June 28, and are being recalled because the tires were not branded with the maximum speed limit rating required by FMVSS 119 standards. BFNAT is to
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire Recalling LT, Motorcycle Tires
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) has announced U.S. recalls of light truck/SUV and motorcycle tires. In both cases, the recalls are because of incorrect sidewall markings. BFNAT said that no “structural or performance safety issues” exist with either product. The light truck/SUV tires 2,100 of them are Bridgestone Dueler H/T 684 II in
Bridgestone/Firestone Increasing Prices
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire and Bridgestone/Firestone Canada will both institute price hikes of up to 10 percent on all of their tire lines as of Sept. 1. The increase impacts Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand passenger, light truck/SUV, medium truck, OTR, agricultural and motorcycle tires sold in the OE, replacement and export markets.
Firestone to Sponsor IRL Development Series
INDIANAPOLIS The Indy Racing League (IRL) and Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (BFNT) have announced an agreement under which the Firestone brand will assume title sponsorship of the Indy Racing League’s official development series and re-establish the series name as Firestone Indy Lights. Firestone Indy Lights is the premier ladder series for drivers
Bridgestone/Firestone’s Gamauf to Retire
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) announced that John Gamauf, president of consumer replacement tire sales; vice president of BFNAT; and member of the board of directors of BFNAT, has elected to retire effective May 1. Succeeding Gamauf will be John Baratta, the company’s current vice president of North American consumer tires sales. Baratta’s successor will be named at a later date. Gamauf will continue to serve on BFNAT’s board.
Wada to Retire from Bridgestone/Firestone
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire (BFNAT) has announced that Masao Wada, a 37-year veteran of Bridgestone Corp. and president of BFNAT’s Bridgestone/Firestone Manufacturing Operations unit, plans to retire as of Mar. 1, 2008.
James Firestone Elected to Goodyear Board
AKRON, Ohio — James Firestone, president of Xerox North America, has been elected to Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s board of directors. "Jim has a wealth of managerial experience with a diverse group of respected companies, including Xerox, IBM and American Express," said Goodyear Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Robert Keegan. "We are confident that