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[25] [26] [27] The companies celebrated the 20th anniversary of the merger in 2008, and changed the name of the tire division to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC. In 1972, Firestone received a ten-year import "concession" by the Kenyan government to secure Firestone's investment in a domestic tire plant, which gave it a virtual ...
Firestone constructed hangars, ancillary buildings, and an 8,700 foot runway on the site. [9] Advertisement for Firestone's factory and exhibition building at the World's Fair showing Liberians harvesting and transporting rubber. The Firestone Plantation was originally envisioned for 350,000 people to be employed on the newly created plantations.
Firestone's Decatur plant was closed in December 2001 and all 1,500 employees were laid off. [70] Firestone cited a decline in consumer demand for Firestone tires and the age of the Decatur plant as the reasons for closing that facility. [71] It is estimated that closing the Decatur plant cost Bridgestone/Firestone $210 million. [71]
From 1961 to the mid-'70s, well before Mariah Carey's monopoly on the holiday spirit, tire manufacturers such as Goodyear and Firestone offered Christmas records in their stores for about $1 (the ...
It was designed by Wallis, Gilbert and Partners for the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. [1] Built on a 26–acre site, it opened in October 1928 [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and was the second factory to open on the Great West Road, following Hudson-Essex Motors of Great Britain Limited which opened in 1927.
Aug. 27—Tommy Firestone, store manager at S&S Supermarket in the Hilltop Shopping Plaza in Clovis, is celebrating 50 years with the store this month. "I started to work for Piggly Wiggly, Aug. 8 ...
The Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act (P.L. 93-637) is a United States federal law (15 U.S.C. § 2301 et seq.). Enacted in 1975, the federal statute governs warranties on consumer products. The law does not require any product to have a warranty (it may be sold "as is"), but if it does have a warranty, the warranty must comply with this law.
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it seized 27,023 pounds of fentanyl in fiscal year 2023, which was nearly double the 14,700 pounds of fentanyl the agency says it took into its ...