A Bridgestone tire is made of rubber. Recently, the company announced a new initiative to use more synthetic rubber as a way of being environmentally friendly.
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Bridgestone's estimated tire-manufacturing-related sales of $28.6 billion which has made Bridgestone the largest tyre corporation in the world for 5 years running.
Fusion tires are made by Bridgestone/Firestone Tire Company in the U.S. and Mexico.
Someone can purchase a Bridgestone Turanza EL400 from a number of companies such as Canadian Tire. Canadian Tire carries a large selection of Bridgestone tires.
The country of manufacture is written on the sidewall of every tire.
You have the choice beetween cooper Tires, carlisle Compagnies, Goodyear, Hoosier Racing Tire, Coker Tire, Titan Tire Corporation , Bridgestone and Michelin
At the bottom of their website, http://thefuzionzone.com/, it is copyrighted to Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC. Also says in their media specification the tire uses "UNI-T" technology which is a Bridgestone proprietary technology.
"Firestone is in reality a subsidiary of Bridgestone, a Japanese company. Bridgestone made about 1.2 billion dollars in profit for the 2010 fiscal year."
The Bridgestone Blizzak is a model of snow tire. These tires can be purchased from the official Bridgestone website. Alternatively, they can be purchased at Firestone or Sears.
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Bridgestone is the parent company of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company. Bridgestone / Firestone market the following tires in the United States and Canada: -- Bridgestone -- Firestone -- Transforce (also called Firestone Transforce - a heavy duty truck tire)
No, Bridgestone and Michelin are competitors.