Tag: Bridgestone Americas

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Bridgestone expands OTR tire production with $12M infusion to Ill. plant

Bridgestone says its Bloomington, Illinois, tire plant will soon be expanded to support the manufacturing of more off-the-road tires for mining & construction.

July 20, 2018

Construction Equipment

PHOTOS: How Bridgestone builds giant off-road tires at its South Carolina plant

[imagebrowser id=154] Bridgestone’s Aiken County, South Carolina, location will now be the home of the company’s North American giant off-road radial tire production, as the company opened a new 1.5-million-square-foot facility purpose-built to manufacture the company’s largest tires. Previously manufactured only at Bridgestone’s Shimonoseki and Kitakyushu plants in Japan, the company says manufacturing large and […]

December 2, 2014

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Bridgestone hikes off-road tire prices

Bridgestone Americas’ Off Road Tire division says it will increase list prices by 2 to 7 percent on all mining, construction and industrial tires marketed by BAOR. The price increases are scheduled to begin Sept. 1 in North America. Bridgestone cited rising material, energy and transporation costs as reasons for the price increase.

August 31, 2010