Bridgestone Corporation is a Japanese multinational auto and truck parts manufacturer founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan.
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34 Facts About Bridgestone
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The name Bridgestone comes from a calque translation and transposition of, meaning 'stone bridge' in Japanese.
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Bridgestone Group has 181 production facilities in 24 countries as of July 2018.
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The first Bridgestone tire was produced on 9 April 1930, by the Japanese "Tabi" Socks Tire Division .
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In 1951, Bridgestone was the first company in Japan to begin selling rayon cord tires, and a five-year project to modernize production facilities was started.
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Bridgestone has major manufacturing plants in many countries around the world.
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In 1980 Bridgestone took over the Australian plants which were at that time operated by the Uniroyal Tyre Company.
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Bridgestone Australia had a major manufacturing tire factory in Australia: located in Salisbury, South Australia .
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Bridgestone has State Offices in all states of Australia, and has a large number of retail outlets across the country.
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In 2006 Bridgestone purchased Bandag Incorporated, which is a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation.
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Bridgestone has a steel cord plant in Clarksville, Tennessee, named Bridgestone Metalpha.
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Bridgestone started to invest in motorsport in the 1980s by developing race tires for feeder series like Formula 2, Formula 3, Formula Ford, Formula Opel Lotus and karting.
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Bridgestone has supplied tires in Formula One since 1997, although the company one-off produced Formula One tires at the 1976 and 1977 Japanese Grand Prix for Japanese entrants such as Kazuyoshi Hoshino's Heros Racing and Kojima.
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From 2008 to 2010 Bridgestone was due to be the sole tire supplier to the FIA Formula One World Championship.
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On 2 November 2009 Bridgestone announced that they would not be renewing their contract to supply tires to Formula One teams after 2010.
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Bridgestone said it was "addressing the impact of the continuing evolution of the business environment".
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In 2002, Bridgestone entered the Grand Prix motorcycle racing's main class MotoGP.
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In May 2014, Bridgestone announced they would leave Moto GP at the end of the 2015 season.
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Bridgestone is the official tire of the National Football League, National Hockey League and the Olympic Games.
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In 2010, Bridgestone acquired the naming rights to the home venue of the NHL's Nashville Predators calling it Bridgestone Arena.
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Predecessors of Bridgestone began making diversified products in the 1930s, soon after they started making tires.
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On 31 May 2007, the agreement was consummated and Bridgestone Americas acquired the outstanding shares of Bandag stock for US$50.
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Until 1986, Bridgestone models were numbered in multiples of 100, with the higher numbers indicating a higher end bike.
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Bridgestone is currently building frames in Japan for keirin track racing under Nihon Jitensha Shinkokai approved standards.
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Bridgestone motorcycles were a division of the company that produced mopeds and motorcycles from 1952 to 1970.
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Bridgestone Aircraft Tire is a manufacturer of aircraft tires as well as retread servicing.
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Now in its fifth year, Bridgestone e-reporter continues to provide up-and-coming writers with first hand experience, interviewing GP2 drivers and issuing race reports from a European GP2 race weekend.
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Bridgestone was the sole tire supplier for the GP2 series, an open-wheeled racing championship that is widely regarded as the feeder series for Formula One.
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In 2008, Bridgestone ran an advert during the Super Bowl XLII showing a car-driver avoiding several hazards while driving at night, including threatening to run down Richard Simmons, who was embodying a homophobic sissy stereotype, with Ad Ages critic Bob Garfield describing the advert as "grounded in homophobia".
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Bridgestone said it regretted the actions that led to the plea deal and said it would take disciplinary action against certain employees.
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