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Encyclopedia > Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Bridgestone Firestone, LLC
Type Subsidiary of Bridgestone
Founded 1900 (Akron, Ohio)
Headquarters Nashville, Tennessee
Key people Mark A. Emkes, CEO
Industry Manufacturing
Products Tires/Tyres
Revenue $2.09 billion USD (2004)
Employees 23,000
Website www.firestone.com

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era. Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tires for automobiles. The company was a pioneer in the mass production of tires. Firestone used this relationship to become the original equipment supplier of Ford Motor Company automobiles, and was also active in the replacement market. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... A subsidiary, in business, is an entity that is controlled by another entity. ... Bridgestone Corporation ) (TYO: 5108 ) is a Japanese rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi ) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. ... Äž: For the film, see: 1900 (film). ... Nickname: The Rubber Capital of the World Location within the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Summit Founded 1825 Incorporated 1835 (village) - 1865 (city) Government  - Mayor Don Plusquellic (D) Area  - City  62. ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: , Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... Manufacturing (from Latin manu factura, making by hand) is the use of tools and labor to make things for use or sale. ... Look up revenue in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Indian Ocean Territory,[1] the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 2. ... For the album by the Kaiser Chiefs see Employment (album) Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... Harvey Samuel Firestone was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth in the 20th century. ... Car redirects here. ... “Ford” redirects here. ...

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History

Early 20th century

Early Firestone Advertisement
Early Firestone Advertisement
The First Firestone Store
The First Firestone Store

Firestone was originally based in Akron, Ohio, also the hometown of its archrival, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. The company initiated operations in 1900 with 12 employees.[1] Together, Firestone and Goodyear were the largest suppliers of automotive tires in North America for over three-quarters of a century. In 1906 Firestone was chosen by Henry Ford for the first mass-produced automobiles in America.[2] Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Nickname: The Rubber Capital of the World Location within the state of Ohio Country United States State Ohio County Summit Founded 1825 Incorporated 1835 (village) - 1865 (city) Government  - Mayor Don Plusquellic (D) Area  - City  62. ... Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company was founded in 1898 by Frank Seiberling. ...


In 1919 The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Canada was incorporated in Hamilton, Ontario and in 1922 The first Canadian-made tire rolled off the line on September 15.[3]


The company sponsored The Voice of Firestone on the radio beginning on December 1928. The program was transferred to television as an NBC simulcast on 5 September 1949. The last broadcast was in 1963.[4] The Voice of Firestone was a weekly broadcast of the best in classical music, as performed by the nations most popular composers. ...

Defense contract

Corporal Missile

In 1951, Firestone was given the defense contract for the US Military MGM-5 Corporal Missile. Firestone was given a total of US$6,888,796 for the first 200 Missiles. This missile was known as the "Embryo of the Army" and was a surface-to-surface guided missile which could deliver a high explosive warhead up to 75 Nautical Miles. It was later modified to be able to carry a nuclear payload for use in the event of Cold War hostilities in Eastern Europe. This missile was replaced in 1962 by the MGM-29 Sergeant missile system.[5] Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 102 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Corporal Field Artillery Missile. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (1024 × 768 pixel, file size: 102 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Corporal Field Artillery Missile. ... The American-made MGM-5 Corporal missile was the first guided weapon authorised by the US to carry a nuclear warhead. ... The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ... For other uses, see Cold War (disambiguation). ... MGM-29 Sergeant in flight The MGM-29 Sergeant was an American short-range, solid fuel, surface-to-surface missile. ...

Restructuring and sale to Bridgestone

Bridgestone Logo

In late 1979, Firestone brought in John Nevin, the ex-head of Zenith Electronics as president to save the hemorrhaging company from total collapse. It was more than a billion dollars in debt at the time, and losing 250 million dollars a year. Nevin closed nine of the company's seventeen manufacturing plants, including six in one day. He moved the company from its ancestral home in Akron to Chicago. He spun off non-tire related businesses, including the Firestone Country Club. It was considered a deliberate plan to boost the stock price, and it paid off. In 1988 after discussions with Pirelli, Nevin negotiated the sale of the company to the Japanese company Bridgestone. Bridgestone Corporation Japan was able to buy the company for much less than it had been worth a decade and a half earlier.[6][7][8] The combined Bridgestone / Firestone North American operations are now based in Nashville, Tennessee. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Bridgestone Corporation ) (TYO: 5108 ) is a Japanese rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi ) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. ... Nickname: Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: , Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ...

Firestone roofing products

Firestone manufacture a roofing product under the brand name "Firestone Coverdeck", this product is widely used in North America on low sloping roofs. It is manufactured from 54% recycled product. Another product, "Firestone RubberGard" was chosen by the Denver International Airport for its roof. The roofing products division Firestone Building Products has over 20 manufacturing facilities in North America as well as global presence in over 6 countries. Firestone Building Products. ...


TV Advertisement jingle

Where the Rubber Meets the Road[9] is an advertisement jingle that was frequently used in the 1960s and 1970s, especially on televised sporting events. A jingle is a memorable slogan, set to an engaging melody, mainly broadcast on radio and sometimes on television commercials. ...

Wherever wheels are rolling,
No matter what the load,
The name that's known is Firestone
Where the rubber meets the road

Firestone's corporate troubles

  • Firestone 500 tread separation problem
Radial tires were introduced to the US market by rivals Goodrich and Michelin in the late 1960's, and Firestone lacked one. The first radial tire developed and produced by Firestone was the ill-fated Firestone 500 Radial. Manufacturing of the new tire was performed on equipment designed to manufacture bias-ply tires.
During the 1970s, Firestone experienced major problems with the Firestone 500 radial. The Firestone 500 steel-belted radials began to show signs of separation of the tread at high speeds. While the cause was never proved, it is believed that the failure of bonding cements used by Firestone to hold the tread to the tire carcass, may have allowed water to penetrate the tire which in turn may have caused the internal steel wire to corrode. In March 1978, NHTSA announced publicly a formal investigation into defects of the Firestone 500. The NHTSA investigation found that the tread separation problem was most probably a design defect affecting all Firestone 500's.
A Firestone Radial
In 1973, only two years after the 500's debut, Thomas A. Robertson, Firestone's director of development wrote an internal memo stating "We are making an inferior quality radial tire which will subject us to belt-edge separation at high mileage".[10] Firestone introduced strict quality control measures in an attempt to fix the inherent problems, however they were not successful in totally eliminating the basic faults. In 1977 a recall of 400,000 tires produced at the problematic Decatur plant was initiated. Firestone was considered to be less than cooperative with the NHTSA during the agency's investigation into the Firestone 500. Firestone blamed the problems on the consumer, stating underinflation and poor maintenance.
On October 20, 1978, Firestone recalled over 7 million Firestone 500 tires[11], the largest tire recall to date. Congressional hearings into the 500 also took place in 1978. The tire was found to be defective and the cause of 34 deaths. Firestone was fined $500,000 USD, which at that time was the largest fine imposed on any American corporate entity. Multiple lawsuits were settled out of court and the constant negative publicity crippled the company's sales and share price.[12]
Harvard Business School and Wharton School taught classes and wrote papers on the issues of misjudgments and poor decision making by the management of Firestone.[12][13] After years of bad publicity and millions paid out in compensation to victims, Firestone was losing vast amounts of money, and its name was severely damaged.[14][15][16][17]
  • Liberian rubber plant problem
Main article: Firestone Liberian controversy
In 1926, Firestone opened one of the world's biggest rubber plantations in Liberia, West Africa. A case against Firestone[18] brought by the International Labor Rights Fund states,
“ The Plantation workers allege, among other things, that they remain trapped by poverty and coercion on a frozen-in-time Plantation operated by Firestone in a manner identical to how the Plantation was operated when it was first opened by Firestone in 1926 ”
Firestone's management rejects these allegations citing that the corporation has provided employment and pensions to thousands of Liberians as well as health care. The company also provides education and training opportunities to employees and their children.[19]
Latex Collection
Latex Collection
In May 2006, the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) released a report detailing the state of human rights on Liberia's rubber plantations. According to the report, Firestone managers in Liberia admitted that the company does not effectively monitor its own policy prohibiting child labor. UNMIL found that several factors contribute to the occurrence of child labor on Firestone plantations: pressure to meet company quotas, incentive to support the family financially, and lack of access to basic education. The report also noted that workers' housing provided by Firestone has not been renovated since the houses were constructed in the 1920s and 1930s.[20]
Dan Adomitis, President of Firestone Natural Rubber Company, made the following statement on CNN in reference to the production quotas and child labor: OKE: The individual workload is reasonable, says Dan Adomitis, president of Firestone Natural Rubber.

ADOMITIS: Well, I think the work is fairly balanced, we - each tapper will tap about 650 trees a day, where they spend perhaps a couple of minutes at each tree. OKE: But listen again to what Adomitis told CNN. ADOMITIS: Each tapper will tap about 650 trees a day where they spent perhaps a couple of minutes at each tree. OKE: Six hundred and fifty trees a day, at two minutes per tree, it's 1,300 minutes, or more than 21 hours of work a day. It's that kind of workload that has caught the attention of human rights groups.[21]}} Firestone Tire Source: [1]: Copyright Notice For All Information: Unless otherwise indicated, this information has been authored by an employee or employees of the University of California, operator of the Los Alamos National Laboratory under Contract No. ... Firestone Tire Source: [1]: Copyright Notice For All Information: Unless otherwise indicated, this information has been authored by an employee or employees of the University of California, operator of the Los Alamos National Laboratory under Contract No. ... The Decatur Transfer House in the background with a newly completed fountain in the foreground. ... is the 293rd day of the year (294th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Harvard Business School, officially named the Harvard Business School: George F. Baker Foundation, and also known as HBS, is one of the graduate schools of Harvard University. ... The Wharton School Wharton School is the business school of University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ... Logo of the International Labor Rights Fund The International Labor Rights Fund (ILRF) is a nonprofit advocacy organization headquartered in Washington, DC that describes itself as an advocate for and with the working poor around the world. ILRF was founded in 1986. ... This does not cite any references or sources. ...  Western Africa (UN subregion)  Maghreb[1] West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of the African continent. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 527 KB)Latex dripping out a rubber tree. ... Download high resolution version (1920x2560, 527 KB)Latex dripping out a rubber tree. ... UNMIL is the acronym for the United Nations Mission in Liberia, a peace-keeping force for Liberia, which was established by Resolution 1509 of the United Nations Security Council in 2003. ... Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ...

In response to the accusations of child labor and poor housing in the UN report, Dan Adomitis; President of Firestone Natural Rubber Company Liberia; stated:
“ Well, in addition to the devastation that 15 years of civil war has caused, I think you need to understand another point -- during the 2003 fighting, we had thousands of refugees come to Harbel for the safety that it provided. When those people came, they occupied any open area of land that was available. They put up temporary housing made out of mud, out of bamboo, out of thatch, out of tarpaulin, out of corrugated steel. Anything that they could do to get shelter. And those conditions still exist. They are not Firestone housing, but they are on our property.[21] ”
“ We have very strict policies about child labor. We do not hire anybody under 18 years of age, and we discourage parents from bringing their children to the fields with them. We have a program with the Ministry of Labor in Liberia to - and also the union that represents our employees -- to educate parents about why they should not bring children with them into the field. And if we see incidents of this, we will cancel those employees, and if necessary, ultimately discipline them over such issue.[21] ”
  • Ford Explorer rollover problem
Main article: Firestone and Ford tire controversy
In 1996, several state agencies in Arizona began having major problems with Firestone tires on Explorers. According to news reports, various agencies demanded new tires, and Firestone conducted an investigation of the complaints, tested the tires and asserted that the tires had been abused or under-inflated.
On September 6, 2000, in a statement before the US Senate Appropriations Transportation subcommittee the president of the consumer advocacy group Public Citizen, Joan Claybrook, stated:
“ ...There are a number of parallels between this recall in 2000 and the 1978 recall of the Firestone 500....there was a documented coverup by Firestone of the 500 defect, spurred by the lack of a Firestone replacement tire. When the coverup was disclosed, the top management of the company was replaced as Firestone was severely damaged in reputation and economically. But a key difference is that the Firestone 500 was used on passenger cars, which rarely rolled over with tire failure. NHTSA documented 41 deaths with the 500, a recall, involving seven million tires.[22] ”
The report went on to indicate that Ford also had a major role in the problems stating that The Ford Motor Company had instructed Firestone to add a nylon ply to the tires it manufactured in Venezuela for additional strength and that Ford had made suspension changes to the Explorer model available in Venezuela. Ford did not specify adding the nylon ply for U.S.-made Firestone tires nor did it change the Explorer suspension on US models at this time.
Ford Explorer
Ford Explorer
In July 2006, Bridgestone Firestone Corporation released a new advertising campaign in an attempt to reach the 5% of customers that still had not acted on its voluntary recall program of August 2000 and voluntary replacement program of September 2001. The recall/replacement program was supported by a comprehensive advertising and consumer outreach campaign and over 6.3 million tires were replaced of the total 6.5 million affected. This still leave approx 200,000 tires out there somewhere. While the company believes that most of those tires unaccounted for have probably been scrapped long ago it is still trying to locate as many as possible.
The vice president of Quality Assurance for Bridgestone Firestone North America Tire, LLC; Mike Kane, stated "Even though there are only a small percentage of these tires believed to be still in use, we are continuing to put safety first and are implementing this campaign to try and reach a group of consumers whose tires have not been recovered".[23]
An abnormally high failure rate in Firestone's Wilderness AT, Firestone ATX, and ATX II tires resulted in multiple lawsuits, as well as an eventual mandatory recall. In 2001 Bridgestone/Firestone severed its ties to Ford citing a lack of trust. The lack of trust came about concerns that Ford had not heeded warnings by Bridgestone/Firestone relating to the design of the Ford Explorer.[24] In 2006, Firestone announced renewed efforts to recall tires of the same model recalled in 2000 after the tires were linked to recent deaths and injuries. Although Firestone estimates 97% of the tires were replaced in the 2000 recall concern existed over spare tires that many owners did not think to replace during the 2000 recall.[25]

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See also

Bridgestone Corporation ) (TYO: 5108 ) is a Japanese rubber conglomerate founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi ) in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. ... Tyres in Formula One play a significant role in the performance a Formula One car. ...

References

  1. ^ History of Bridgestone/Firestone, Bridgestone/Firestone Canada, 2002.
  2. ^ Firestone 8000 Tire Order by Ford Ford Chooses Firestone for Model T
  3. ^ Canada manufactures firt Firestone tire Firestone Canada Incorporated
  4. ^ VOICE OF FIRESTONE, THE U.S. Music Program. museum.tv. Retrieved on 2006-09-05.
  5. ^ Corporal. Redstone Arsenal. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  6. ^ Old & Dangerous?. Tire Review Online. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  7. ^ Tire industry loses two giants. Tire Business (2006-06-05). Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  8. ^ Stephen Koepp. "The Companies", Time, 1997-02-16. Retrieved on 2007-03-22. 
  9. ^ Firestone Jingle (QuickTime). Firestone. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  10. ^ "Forewarnings of Fatal Flaws", Time, 1979-06-25. Retrieved on 2007-03-22. 
  11. ^ "Timeline of key events in the history of Ford and Firestone", St. Petersburg Times. Retrieved on 2007-03-22. 
  12. ^ a b Firestone’s Second Big Tire Blowout. Wharton School of University of Pennsylvania (2000-08-30). Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  13. ^ Donald N. Sull (2000-11-27). The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and the Radial Revolution. Harvard Business School. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  14. ^ "Joint Committees Deliver Opening Statements at Congressional Hearing on Firestone Recall", CNN, 2000-09-06. Retrieved on 2007-03-22. 
  15. ^ Keith Bradsher. "Stricter Rules for Tire Safety Were Scrapped by Reagan", The New York Times, 2000-09-04. Retrieved on 2007-03-22. 
  16. ^ Al Tompkins. Total Recall. RTNDA. Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  17. ^ "A bumpy road for the radial-ply tire", USA Today, 2000-12-26. Retrieved on 2007-03-22. 
  18. ^ Firestone Claim. socialfunds.com.
  19. ^ Firestone Briefing. lantos.house.org.
  20. ^ Human Rights in Liberia's Rubber Plantations: Tapping into the Future pp. 45-46. United Nations Mission in Liberia. Retrieved on 2007-03-23.
  21. ^ a b c Is Firestone Exploiting Liberian Workers?. cnn.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.
  22. ^ Statement of Joan Claybrook On Firestone Tire Defect and Ford Explorer Rollovers Before the Transportation Subcommittee United States Senate Committee on Appropriations. Public Citizen (2000-09-06). Retrieved on 2007-03-21.
  23. ^ Firestone Still Looking For recall Tires. Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC (2006-07-21). Retrieved on 2007-03-22.
  24. ^ Isidore, Chris (May 21 2001). "Firestone severs ties to Ford". CNN. 
  25. ^ Firestone tires recall linked to recent deaths. cnn.com. Retrieved on 2006-07-30.

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External links

  • Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Homepage. Retrieved on 2006-07-18.

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Harvey Firestone: Definition and Much More from Answers.com (756 words)
Harvey Samuel Firestone was the founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, one of the first global makers of automobile tires and an important contributor to North American economic growth in the 20th century.
Firestone was born in his family's farm house in the small town of Columbiana, Ohio, the second of three children, to Benjamin Firestone, a farmer, and A. Catherine Flickinger.
Firestone was concerned both with the manufacture of tires and with securing supplies of rubber from trees: At one point, the company had a rubber plantation in Liberia that covered more than 4,000 square kilometers (1 million acres).
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (828 words)
The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone at the turn of the 20th century to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era.
Firestone was originally based in Akron, Ohio, also the hometown of its archrival, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company.
Firestone first asserted that only 400,000 tires produced at the Decatur plant were defective.
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