Bridgestone Americas, Inc.
Company Profile
■URL
https://www.bridgestoneamericas.com/en/index
■Address
200 4th Avenue South Nashville, TN 37201, USA
Business Overview
-Effective Jan. 1, 2009, Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. (BSAH), the parent company of the Bridgestone Group's tire operations in the Americas, was changed to Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM).
-The Company intends to make Firestone a global tire brand. The Company will clearly differentiate its two brands, the Bridgestone and the Firestone, by positioning the Firestone below the Bridgestone.
Shareholders
| Shareholder | Share Capital (%) |
| Bridgestone Corporation (Japan) | 100.0 |
Products
Passenger tires
Light truck tires
SUV tires
Truck and bus tires
History
| 1988 | Bridgestone Corporation purchased The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. |
| 1990 | Corporate headquarters for the merged Bridgestone and Firestone companies moved from Chigago to Akron, Ohio. Bridgestone' and Firestone operations in the Americas were consolidated as Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc. |
| 1990 | The Company finished building a production facility in Warren County, Tennessee. |
| 1992 | The Company's corporate headquarters moved from Akron, Ohio to Nashville, Tennessee. |
| 1994 | The Company's Warren County plant in Tennessee became the first U.S. tire plant to meet the ISO9000 quality standard. |
| 1999 | The Company opened a passenger and light truck tire manufacturing facility in Aiken County, South Carolina. |
| 2001 | Bridgestone Corporation's Americas operations were reorganized in an effort to focus more effectively to do business in the Americas under a holding company structure with Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. (BSAH). |
| 2004 | The Joliette plant in Quebec, Canada turned out its 100-millionth tire. |
| 2006 | The Aiken County plant in South Carolina, USA produced its 50-millionth tire. |
| 2007 | Bridgestone Firestone do Brasil Industria e Comercio Ltda inaugurated its second Brazilian facility in the state of Bahia. |
| May, 2007 | Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. acquired Bridgestone Bandag, LLC. |
| 2009 | Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc. (BSAH) was changed to Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM). |