The Bridgestone Corporation is a multinational tyre manufacturing company founded in Japan in 1931. Bridgestone was one of the very first companies to forego technology from Europe and North America, solely relying on the technology in Japan to manufacture their tyres. They were one of the early pioneers of the rayon cord tyres in the early 1950’s and after sales figures soared to over 10 billion Yen, they were undoubtedly the largest tyre manufacturing company is Asia.

The Firestone purchase

In 1988 Bridgestone purchased another leading tyre manufacturing company, Firestone. The acquisition of the American company transformed Bridgestone into one of the largest tyre manufacturers in the world. This purchase gave Bridgestone access to a number of manufacturing sites across North America, Europe, Central and South America, making their team grow considerably. With Firestone’s rich history in automotive racing, Bridgestone continued that bond and has regularly produced tyres for Formula 1 racing as well as the Indy Car Racing.

High Quality Products

There are many reasons why one would want to buy Bridgestone tyres. They’re a specialist manufacturer that always places safety above any other features in all of their products. Years of research goes in to every detail of the tyre and it is thoroughly tested before being launched in to the market. For their tyre design and development, Bridgestone believes in focusing on three key elements; safety, comfort and environmental friendliness. They invest a lot of time and money to achieve all of these three features and strive to make constant improvements and innovations.

Cutting edge technologies

Bridgestone is one of the pioneering companies in both the ‘Runflat’ and ‘Retread’ technologies. The ‘Runflat’ technology ensures that drivers are able to drive an addition 50 miles after obtaining a flat tyre. This provides every driver with a certain sense of security as they know that they will never be stranded in the middle of nowhere with a flat tyre. The ‘Retread’ technology involves removing used tyre treads and applying new, vulcanised tyre treads so that the body of the tyre can be used safely. This means that the overall cost of purchasing Bridgestone tyres is considerably less as the its main body can be re-used. In an environmental context, this means that there is less rubber being produced as there is a more effective utilisation of natural resources.

Large range of tyres

Bridgestone manufactures tyres for all sorts of cars, motorcycles commercial vehicles and even heavy duty vehicles such as large trucks. The variety of different series of tyres they have available in their inventory takes in to account every personal whim and requirement. For instance their ‘Blizzak’ series focuses completely on producing the safest tyres possible for winter conditions. This series of tyres focuses on increased braking and handling ability during icy and wet conditions. The ‘Ecopia’ series on the other hand helps reduce fuel consumption by lowering the rolling resistance of the tyres. This makes it extremely eco-friendly and will save every customer a large amount of money on their monthly fuel consumption.

Bridgestone is one of the leading manufacturers of tyres worldwide. Their strong commitment to excellence in research and development has ensured that all of their products are the safest in the market. Bridgestone’s constant innovation in the field of tyre related technologies has kept the company at a benchmark level that all other tyre manufacturers strive to achieve.