# Bridgestone Americas

> Bridgestone Americas is the Nashville-based regional arm of Bridgestone Corporation, spanning tire manufacturing, original-equipment supply, more than 2,200 retail and service locations, Bandag retreading, fleet software, payment products, industrial rubber and materials research. Its strategic wager is that a tire company can earn more durable customer relationships by managing the whole life of a tire - monitoring it, maintaining it, retreading it and recovering its materials - rather than relying only on replacement sales.

- **Founded:** 1931
- **Headquarters:** Nashville, United States
- **Founders:** Shojiro Ishibashi (Founder, Bridgestone), Harvey S. Firestone (Founder, Firestone Tire & Rubber Company)
- **Team size:** More than 45,000 people across Bridgestone Americas operations, according to 2026 company releases.
- **Products:** Bridgestone and Firestone tires, Firestone Complete Auto Care, Bandag retreads, Bridgestone Fleet Care and Fleet Portal, Azuga
- **Notable:** Bridgestone acquired Firestone in 1988, creating the historical and operating foundation of its Americas footprint., Bridgestone was recognized as a GM Supplier of the Year for 2025 - its 11th consecutive and 24th overall award., Firestone has been the sole tire supplier to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES since 2000 and has equipped more Indianapolis 500 winners than all other tire makers combined.

## Products & services

- **Bridgestone and Firestone tires** — Original-equipment and replacement tires for passenger vehicles, light trucks, commercial trucks and buses, agriculture, motorcycles, aircraft, mining and off-road equipment.
- **Firestone Complete Auto Care** — Tire installation, preventive maintenance and automotive repair through more than 1,800 Firestone locations, within a broader retail network of more than 2,200 centers.
- **Bandag retreads** — Commercial tire retreading and casing-management services intended to extend tire life and reduce fleets' cost per mile.
- **Bridgestone Fleet Care and Fleet Portal** — A tire-centric fleet offering that combines products, maintenance, retreading, service dispatch, billing, operational reporting and connected workflows.
- **Azuga** — Fleet-management software, GPS tracking, video telematics, driver behavior tools and analytics for commercial and government fleets.
- **CFNA payment solutions** — Private-label automotive credit and promotional financing distributed through more than 8,000 merchants and used by nearly five million cardholders.
- **Industrial rubber and materials** — Air springs, rubber tracks, polymers, natural rubber, fibers, textiles and specialized rubber-fabric components for transportation and industrial customers.
- **UltraWeather** — A 2026 all-weather premium grand-touring tire with ENLITEN technology, 3PMSF winter certification and a 60,000-mile limited warranty.
- **Potenza Sport EVO** — A 2026 ultra-high-performance tire offered in 124 sizes, designed for steering response, wet grip and longer wear.

## Achievements

- Bridgestone acquired Firestone in 1988, creating the historical and operating foundation of its Americas footprint.
- Bridgestone was recognized as a GM Supplier of the Year for 2025 - its 11th consecutive and 24th overall award.
- Firestone has been the sole tire supplier to the NTT INDYCAR SERIES since 2000 and has equipped more Indianapolis 500 winners than all other tire makers combined.
- Bridgestone Retail Operations runs more than 2,200 U.S. tire and vehicle service centers.
- Firestone Complete Auto Care reached its 100th anniversary in 2026 with more than 1,800 stores across 48 states.
- The company demonstrated an M870 waste-fleet tire supporting allocation of 70% recycled and renewable materials in 2025.
- Bridgestone ranked No. 20 on Forbes' 2026 Best Brands for Social Impact list, according to the company announcement.
- The Americas Technology Center in Akron earned LEED Gold certification.

## Latest updates

- **2026-07** — Bridgestone awarded $200,000 in grants to expand adaptive sports programming in 75 U.S. schools.
- **2026-06** — Bridgestone released its 2026 Integrated Report; launched the UltraWeather tire; and marked 100 years of Firestone Complete Auto Care.
- **2026-05** — The company launched Potenza Sport EVO, announced an exclusive tire fitment for the Lamborghini Fenomeno Roadster and received its 11th consecutive GM Supplier of the Year award.
- **2026-04** — Bridgestone and Penske published first-phase findings from their commercial-fleet Decarbonization Lab.
- **2026-03** — Bridgestone debuted a unified Fleet Portal with service dispatch, billing, asset data and reporting, with AI-assisted analytics planned for later upgrades.
- **2025-04** — Bridgestone introduced an M870 waste-collection demonstration tire supporting allocation of 70% recycled and renewable materials.
- **2024-10** — A U.S. Department of Energy grant backed a three-year Akron pilot plant project to convert ethanol into butadiene for synthetic rubber.

## Links

- Website: https://www.bridgestoneamericas.com/en/index
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bridgestone
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/Bridgestone
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@BridgestoneAmericas
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bridgestonetires/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bridgestone

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Last updated: 2026-08-13