Firestone Tires – Where the Rubber Meets the Road
About the Company
The pioneer in the mass tires, the Firestone Tire& Rubber Co., a.k.a. Firestone Tires is a tire company established by Harvey Samuel Firestone on August 3rd, 1990. Originally based in Akron, Ohiothe company manufactured and suppliedair-filled tires for carriages, vehicles, and other forms of wheeled transportduring that time. Firestone ran into trouble a few years later, and in 1988 joined the Japan-based Bridgestone Corporation after the president John Nevinsold the company for $2.6 billion, changing the fortunes of the company forever. The merger made the company the world’s largest tire and rubber manufacturing company, with this unit as Bridgestone’s biggest subsidiary, renamed as Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.
Today the combined operations of Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. in North America function out of Nashville, Tennessee, with the unit having been renamed as Bridgestone Americas Tire Ops LLC (BSAM) as a mark of celebration for the 20-year anniversary of the historic merger. The combined operations make this the w Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tires forautomobiles. BSAM today is a worldwide phenomenon with more than 50,000 employees and 52 production facilities in the Americas.
BSAM and its subsidiaries understand that the safety and tread aspect of the tire is what make them extremely important to be manufactured and designed carefully. With this very objective in mind, they develop, produce and market anextensivearray of Firestone, Bridgestone and other associated-brands tires to service the needs of a wide range of clienteles, producing tires that suitretail clients, automotive and commercial vehicle OEMs, as well as tires meant for off-the-road use such as agriculture and mining industries.
Firestone Tires
Firestone Destination A/T
An all-season, all-terrain tour de force, the Firestone Destination A/T services mostly SUVs and light trucks, and is suitable for the wet as well as for the dry season and roads. The tire’s certified UNI-T technology and aggressive tread pattern ensures an all-the-year round performance and a quiet and confident ride. Whether it is the mean urban streets or the rough tracks in the woods, this tire is built to acclimatize.
Firestone Winterforce
The bitter and slushy winter meets its match with the Firestone Winterforce, a strong tire with a directional computer-generated tread design, with the intent to provide confident traction on the icy and slushy winter roads. Its sipe density and studded design makes for a quiet, strong, contented and confident ride.
Firestone Destination M/T
For those road aficionados who drive pickups and SUVs, and want the tires to perform, look and feel rugged, Firestone’s premier off-the-road maximum traction tire, the Firestone M/T, meets the same needs perfectly.Making waves for its unique UNI-T Technology, specially engineered carbon enhanced tread, its off-the-road protector ribs, deep sliphauls, and 3-body ply built, a ride with the Firestone MT is as it looks – rugged, gripping and thrilling.
Firestone Destination LE
Perfectly built for use in light pickups, vans and SUVs, this all-season highway tire brings the brilliance of Firestone’s inimitableUNI-T technology to the road. Complete with noise-cancelling sound waves, specially engineered weathergrip tread, reinforced steel belts and symmetric tread design makes for a strong and cushioned ride.
Right from being involved in a progressive World War movement to having a legacy on the racetrack, Firestone has played a crucial role in transportation throughout the century, continuing to exhibit its brilliance till date.
