Bridgestone Car Tyres

Bridgestone Corporation was founded on March 1, 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi. This company has its headquarters in Kyobashi. The name Bridgestone comes from a  calque translation and transposition of ishibashi, meaning "stone bridge" in Japanese. In 2019, Bridgestone was named the world’s largest tire manufacturer for the eleventh straight year.

At present, it has a total workforce of above 143,616 employees worldwide. Its products are sold in more than 150 countries and nearly have 180 manufacturing plants and R&D facilities.

In 1988, Bridgestone purchased the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio. The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and Bridgestone Tire Company Ltd. USA were amalgamated in 1990 and became "Bridgestone Firestone North American Holdings Ltd".

Bridgestone, in a short stint of 20 years in India has grown to tremendous heights. It has become one of the major suppliers to almost all the reputed Original Equipment manufacturing (OEM) companies in India. 

Passenger Car Tyre

The company offers a large choice of car tyres to select from. The list of these popular tyre models are as follows: B-SERIES, S-SERIES, ECOPIA, DUELER, ALENZA, POTENZA, TURANZA, FIRESTONE etc. Bridgestone is a premium tyre maker and the prices are generally higher than the competitors. 

Bridgestone in India

To facilitate the ever increasing demand of the Indian market Bridgestone has set up its State-of-art manufacturing plants- one at Pithampur Industrial Area, near Indore in the year 1996 and set up its second plant in 2013 at Chakan Industrial area near the city of Pune, Maharashtra to further strengthen the supply system in India. 

Bridgestone Tyre Distribution

Bridgestone has a vast network of approximately 3,000 dealers spread across India, efforts are being constantly taken to increase this penetration level and make the quality tyres available even in the remotest corners of the country.