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2. Bridgestone-Firestone tractor tire plant in Des Moines ... - AOL

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   Paolo Ferrari, executive chair of Bridgestone Americas Inc., told trade publication Modern Tire Dealer for a June 3 article that the commercial tire business ― a sector that includes truck and ...

3. Firestone Tire and Rubber Company - Wikipedia

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   In 1906, Henry Ford chose Firestone to supply tires for its car models. [7] In 1918, Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Canada was incorporated in Hamilton, Ontario, and the first Canadian-made tire rolled off the line on September 15, 1922. [8] During the 1920s, Firestone produced the Oldfield tire, named for racing driver Barney Oldfield. [9]

4. List of tire companies - Wikipedia

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   Titan Tire Corporation [79] USA: 1993 Goodyear (farm tires), Titan, Continental (OTR only) [80] Tigar Tyres Serbia: 1959 Tigar: Tomket Tires [81] [non-primary source needed] Czech Republic: 1997 Tomket (Czech brand of low category is made in China) Toyo Tire & Rubber [82] Japan: 1945 Nitto, Silverstone, Toyo: Trayal Corporation Serbia: 1955 ...

5. Tire code - Wikipedia

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   Starting in 1972 tires were specified by load rating, using a letter code. In practice, a higher load rating tire was also a wider tire. In this system a tire had a letter, optionally followed by "R" for radial tires, followed by the aspect ratio, a dash and the diameter – C78-15 or CR78-15 for bias and radial, respectively. Each diameter of ...

6. Firestone Natural Rubber Company - Wikipedia

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   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.

7. Radial tire - Wikipedia

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   A cross-section of a tire. Number 12 indicates the radial ply. Numbers 14 and 16 are bias plies. A radial tire (more properly, a radial-ply tire) is a particular design of vehicular tire. In this design, the cord plies are arranged at 90 degrees to the direction of travel, or radially (from the center of the tire).