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May 24, 2012

Bridgestone is ‘Sports Sponsor of the Year’

Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) was named “Sports Sponsor of the Year” by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Phil Pacsi, Sports Marketing, Sports Sponsor of the Year

November 8, 2010

Bridgestone promotes Brooks to CIO

Bridgestone Americas Inc. has promoted Stephen Brooks to chief information officer, a newly created position.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas

July 2, 2010

Thai passenger tires will lose duty-free status

Certain passenger tires from Thailand will no longer enjoy duty-free status thanks to a recent ruling by the Obama Administration.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Consumer Tires, Falken Tire Corp., Imports, Thailand

June 29, 2010

Bridgestone to recall some truck/bus tires

Bridgestone Americas Inc. will begin recalling certain Bridgestone R192 medium truck/bus tires (size 275/70R22.5) used on intra-city transit buses. The recall is expected to start in July.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Medium truck tires, Tire Recall

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June 28, 2010

Wheel Works joins Bridgestone retail program

Wheel Works in Sunnyvale, Calif., has been invited to become a Bridgestone 5 Star Certified Performance Retailer due to the shop's "ability to consistently provide superior, customer-focused service and maintain the highest levels of professionalism," according to Bridgestone officials.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Consumer Tires, Retail, Wheel Works

June 28, 2010

Ex-Bridgestone chairman joins CLARCOR board

Mark Emkes, former chairman, CEO and president of Bridgestone Americas Inc., has been appointed to CLARCOR Inc.'s board of directors.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, CLARCO Inc.

May 7, 2010

Bridgestone posts 1Q income, sales gains

Bridgestone Corp. posted net income of 17.6 billion yen on net sales of 659.1 billion yen for the first quarter of 2010. That compares to a net loss of 34.8 billion yen on net sales of 567.6 billion yen generated during the same period last year.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Bridgestone Corp., Tire company financials

April 27, 2010

Bridgestone promotes PR department execs

Bridgestone Americas Inc. has promoted Dan MacDonald from executive director, communications, to vice president, community and corporate relations, effective May 1.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Bridgestone Corp., Marketing, Public relations, Social media

April 18, 2010

Bridgestone helps earthquake victims in Chile

Bridgestone Americas Inc. donated $50,000 to assist with relief efforts following the Feb. 27, 2010, earthquake in Chile. The money was earmarked to help rebuild damaged classrooms across the country.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Chile, Earthquake

March 25, 2010

EPA honors 'Get the Lead Out' program

Bridgestone Americas Inc. has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the tiremaker's "Get the Lead Out" program at its company-owned stores.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Company-owned stores, Consumer Tires, Wheel weights

Karbowiak joined Bridgestone in1992.
March 24, 2010

Bridgestone increases Karbowiak's duties

Christine Karbowiak, executive vice president of community and corporate relations for Bridgestone Americas Inc., will have an additional title effective April 1, 2010: chief administrative officer.

Tags: Board of directors, Bridgestone Americas, Christine Karbowiak, Gary Garfield

February 18, 2010

OTR tire execs: 'Recovery will be gradual'

If executives from several of the world's largest OTR tire manufacturers can agree on one thing, it's this: the North American OTR tire market will not spring back overnight.

Tags: Bridgestone Americas, Michelin North America Inc., OTR Tire Conference, OTR tires, Techking Tires Ltd., Tire Industry Association, Titan Tire Corp., Yokohama Tire Corp.

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