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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]
Stubbornly high warranty expenses and lagging cost-cutting efforts are holding back Ford Motor Co.'s profits this year, causing the company to lower its full-year earnings guidance. Ford said it ...
President-elect Donald Trump announced Monday he plans to impose a 25% tariff on all products coming into the U.S. from Mexico and Canada as one of his first acts back in the White House.
The cost of the insurance can significantly increase construction costs and may be up to 1.5% of structural value (including the Technical Inspections that the insurers mandate). Under French law (Article L241-1 of the Insurance Code), every builder is required to purchase a ten-year insurance policy covering the mandatory decennial warranty on ...
AAPL Market Cap data by YCharts. Other noteworthy examples include selling out of oil and gas stocks during the downturn of 2020. In the last four years, the energy sector is up 129%.
Between the 1950s to the early 1990s, Formula One tire brands, such as Dunlop, Firestone, Continental, Goodyear, Avon Rubber, Englebert, Pirelli, and Michelin often warred with each other. From 1961 to 1963 the sport used Dunlop tires exclusively, and in 1987 and 1988 Goodyear took the same role during Pirelli's two-year sabbatical. [27] [28]