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 ...
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Former Firestone rubber executive and board member Kimball C. Firestone dies at 90
His father was president of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. of California and served ... In 1969, Firestone moved to his company’s government affairs office in Washington, D.C., as associate ...
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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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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Harvey S. Firestone, Jr.
Firestone inaugurated the company’s Liberian manufacturing operations and developed ... Firestone was also an early advocate for the creation of the synthetic rubber industry.
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Bringing up butadiene: 5 entities investing in a more sustainable monomer
Petrochemical companies, tire makers and synthetic rubber producers alike are investing in sourcing more sustainable ...
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Firestone Extends Sponsorship For St. Petersburg IndyCar Race
Bridgestone Americas, the company that makes Firestone tires ... cars will race on guayule natural rubber, featuring a green sidewall, as the alternate tire on all street circuits.