Bridgestone Americas, Inc.

Company Profile

■URL

https://www.bridgestoneamericas.com/en/index

■Address

200 4th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37201, USA

Business Overview

-The Company is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation. It primarily develops, manufactures, and markets tires under a number of brands including Bridgestone, Firestone, Bandag, SureDrive, and Fuzion. The Company’s produces tires for a range of vehicles including passenger vehicles, light trucks, commercial vehicles, agricultural vehicles, motorcycles, and off-road vehicles.

-In January 2025, the Company announced plans to initiate various strategic initiatives to optimize its business footprint, improve its competitiveness, and enhance its U.S. operations. As part of these initiatives, the Company announced the decision to close its Truck and Bus Radial Tire Plant in LaVergne, Tennessee, U.S., effective July 31, 2025. Other cost optimization initiatives that the Company will implement include the reduction of plant capacity and workforce at its agriculture tire plant in Des Moines, Iowa, U.S., and workforce reductions across the Company’s corporate and sales units.

Shareholders

Shareholder	Share Capital (%)
Bridgestone Corporation (Japan)	100.0

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Products

Tires
-All-season tires
-Touring tires
-Run-flat tires
-All-terrain tires
-Maximum traction tires
-Performance tires
-Summer tires
-Winter tires
-Sedan/minivan tires
-Utility vehicle tires
-Truck tires
-Bus tires
-Agriculture tires
-Off-road heavy-duty tires

Other solutions
-End-to-end fleet solutions
-Airide air springs

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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).
Sep. 2021	The company completed the acquisition of Azuga Holdings Inc. (Azuga).
Jun. 2022	Opened new Advanced Tire Production Center (ATPC) in Akron, Ohio.