Bridgestone Store Managers Recognized For Helping Boys & Girls Club
Bridgestone hosted a series of events in Phoenix for the store managers, who collectively raised $30,000.
Bridgestone Features NFL Coach Jon Gruden In Videos
Bridgestone Americas, the Official Tire of the NFL, has recruited former football coach and analyst Jon Gruden to star in its latest commercial for its DriveGuard line.
Bridgestone HosePower Announces Its Acquisition Of Seattle-Based Fittings Inc.
The acquisition will broaden the company’s footprint to become one of the largest networks specializing in hose sales and service in the United States.
Bridgestone Names Joe Venezia President For Retail Operations
Venezia brings more than 20 years of consumer goods and retail experience to Bridgestone. He most recently served as executive vice president of global store operations at Toys”R”Us Inc.
Bridgestone Makes Strategic Investment In Proactive Ride Technology
As part of the investment, Bridgestone will have opportunities to integrate and leverage ClearMotion’s forward-looking technology to rapidly engineer new solutions for the automotive industry.
Alliance Tire Americas Names Brian Sheehey Vice President Of Marketing
Sheehey most recently worked on Hankook Tire America Corp.’s U.S. senior management team as the senior director of the company’s commercial tire division.
Bridgestone, Falken Increase Prices
Joining the increasing list of tire manufacturers announcing pricing hikes, Bridgestone Americas and Falken Tires are set to increase pricing. Both tiremakers cite rising raw material costs as the reason for the increase.
Bridgestone’s John Baratta To Retire
Bridgestone has promoted current vice president of consumer replacement tire sales, Erik Seidel, as Baratta’s successor.
Bridgestone Names New President Of Commercial Truck And Bus Tire Business
In this role, Joseph Saoud will be responsible for leading the sales activities for the U.S. and Canadian commercial truck and bus tire business, which includes Bandag retreads.
Bridgestone Closes Safety Recall
Upon investigation, Bridgestone discovered that only eight tires – Firestone Champion with Fuel Fighter Technology in size 205/70R15 – were affected by a production error. These tires never left the company’s possession, so there is no longer a public safety concern and the company decided to close the recall, Bridgestone said.