Bridgestone-Firestone Des Moines plant offers buyouts as agricultural downturn continues
With the agricultural economy still in a funk, the Bridgestone-Firestone ag tire plant in Des Moines is following up a layoff ...
Firestone offers severance deal if 130 Des Moines workers voluntarily quit
The downturn in the agriculture manufacturing industry is leading to a reduction in workforce at Firestone in Des Moines. On ...
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Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing ... World War II and produced millions of tires for military vehicles and planes. Firestone was also an early advocate for the creation of ...
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Captured on Film: Fire at Firestone, 1935
A fire shortly before noon on Monday, Dec. 23, 1935, threatened the Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. station at the southwest corner of Main and Independence streets. One man was seriously burned on ...
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Firestone Extends Sponsorship For St. Petersburg IndyCar Race
Bridgestone Americas, the company that makes Firestone tires, recognizes that ... NTT IndyCar Series cars will race on guayule natural rubber, featuring a green sidewall, as the alternate tire ...