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| firestone tire company history: The Firestone Story Alfred Lief, 1951 |
| firestone tire company history: Empire of Rubber Gregg Mitman, 2021-11-02 An ambitious and shocking exposé of America’s hidden empire in Liberia, run by the storied Firestone corporation, and its long shadow In the early 1920s, Americans owned 80 percent of the world’s automobiles and consumed 75 percent of the world’s rubber. But only one percent of the world’s rubber grew under the U.S. flag, creating a bottleneck that hampered the nation’s explosive economic expansion. To solve its conundrum, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company turned to a tiny West African nation, Liberia, founded in 1847 as a free Black republic. Empire of Rubber tells a sweeping story of capitalism, racial exploitation, and environmental devastation, as Firestone transformed Liberia into America’s rubber empire. Historian and filmmaker Gregg Mitman scoured remote archives to unearth a history of promises unfulfilled for the vast numbers of Liberians who toiled on rubber plantations built on taken land. Mitman reveals a history of racial segregation and medical experimentation that reflected Jim Crow America—on African soil. As Firestone reaped fortunes, wealth and power concentrated in the hands of a few elites, fostering widespread inequalities that fed unrest, rebellions and, eventually, civil war. A riveting narrative of ecology and disease, of commerce and science, and of racial politics and political maneuvering, Empire of Rubber uncovers the hidden story of a corporate empire whose tentacles reach into the present. |
| firestone tire company history: The Firestone Story Alfred 1901-1971 Lief, 2021-09-09 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| firestone tire company history: Men and Rubber Harvey Samuel Firestone, Samuel Crowther, 1926 |
| firestone tire company history: Strikes, Scabs and Tread Separations Alan B. Krueger, Alexandre Mas, 2002 |
| firestone tire company history: Gum-Dipped Joyce Dyer, 2003-07 Gum-Dipped: A Daughter Remembers Rubber Town tells the story of growing up in the rubber community of Firestone Park in Akron, Ohiothe former Rubber Capital of the World. The book begins with the rededication of the bronze Harvey Firestone statue on August 3, 2000, at the Centennial celebration for the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company. The statueperched high on a hill at the entrance to Firestone Park, the residential community Harvey built for his workers in 1915was sacred to the author, Joyce Coyne Dyer, and her father, Tom Coyne, during the fifties, a time when the Coynes worshipped the company and thought themselves members of the Firestone family. |
| firestone tire company history: Blood Highways Adam L. Penenberg, 2014-01-07 Blood Highways is the heart-wrenching account of the biggest product liability case in history: the Ford-Firestone fiasco. At the center of the story are two people: Tab Turner, a charismatic trial attorney from Arkansas, who has made a career out of forcing Ford and other automakers to own up to knowingly trade human lives for profits; and Donna Bailey, a single mother and outdoor enthusiast who fought back from the brink of death to confront those ultimately responsible for her accident. Weaving together harrowing depictions of the accidents and their consequences with the stories of the men and women who labor to police the auto industry and its reckless cost-cutting, Blood Highways will transform the way you view corporations, the government, the courts, and the media. Above all, this book shows the price the public pays in wrecked and mangled lives when companies focus more on shaving costs than making quality products. |
| firestone tire company history: Where the Rubber Meets the Road: The Bridgestone/Firestone Conspiracy of Death & Destruction A True Story Joseph Louis Lisoni, Gail Landtbom Lisoni, 2019-02-12 An Open Message to Bridgestone Corporation Absent government or judicial intervention, if Bridgestone/Firestone Corporation does not abandon its use of substandard component parts and does not take immediate remedial measures in its tire manufacturing process, and does not terminate its unlawful business practices or cease its human rights violations at its rubber plantation in Liberia, Africa, the end result will be a multi-national corporation with manufacturing plants all over the world, populated by thousands of employees who make millions of tires, that nobody wants to buy! Lisoni & Lisoni February 1, 2019 |
| firestone tire company history: The Romance and Drama of the Rubber Industry Harvey Samuel Firestone, 1932 |
| firestone tire company history: A Centennial History of Akron, 1825-1925 Historical Committee (Akron, Ohio), 1925 |
| firestone tire company history: The Armstrong Rubber Company James Aloysius Walsh, 1982 |
| firestone tire company history: The Michelin Men Herbert R. Lottman, 2003-10-23 This is the remarkable story of how two brothers - Edouard and Andre Michelin - turned a sleepy, family tyre firm in the heart of rural France into one of the most innovative and successful industrial empires in the world. Edouard, a landscape painter at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, displayed an engineering genius for tyre-making and product innovation, whilst Andre, trained as an engineer, displayed a creative genius for advertising and marketing. Together they kick-started the world motor industry and created a tourist industry around the motor car and their now legendary Michelin Guides. The Michelin history, as described here by Herbert Lottman, reveals insights into the development of this remarkable business. |
| firestone tire company history: Lead and Disrupt Charles A. O’Reilly III, Michael L. Tushman, 2016-03-30 In the past few years, a number of well-known firms have failed; think of Blockbuster, Kodak, or RadioShack. When we read about their demise, it often seems inevitable—a natural part of creative destruction. But closer examination reveals a disturbing truth: Companies large and small are shuttering more quickly than ever. What does it take to buck this trend? The simple answer is: ambidexterity. Firms must remain competitive in their core markets, while also winning in new domains. Innovation guru Clayton M. Christensen has been pessimistic about whether established companies can prevail in the face of disruption, but Charles A. O'Reilly III and Michael L. Tushman know they can! The authors explain how shrewd organizations have used an ambidextrous approach to solve their own innovator's dilemma. They contrast these luminaries with companies which—often trapped by their own successes—have been unable to adapt and grow. Drawing on a vast research program and over a decade of helping companies to innovate, the authors present a set of practices to guide firms as they adopt ambidexterity. Top-down and bottom-up leaders are key to this process—a fact too often overlooked in the heated debate about innovation. But not in this case. Readers will come away with a new understanding of how to improve their existing businesses through efficiency, control, and incremental change, while also seizing new markets where flexibility, autonomy, and experimentation rule the day. |
| firestone tire company history: Academic Reading - Second Edition Janet Giltrow, 2002-03-21 This reader has been designed to accompany Giltrow’s Academic Writing, one of the key principles of which is that there is a close connection between the processes of reading and of writing academic prose. Each reading is preceded by introductory commentary, questions, and suggestions for discussion, and the book also includes a brief general introduction. As with Giltrow’s Academic Writing, her Academic Reading is a challenging text. At its core are examples of actual academic writing of the sort that students must learn to deal with daily, and to write themselves. As newcomers to the scholarly community, students can find that community’s ways of reading and writing mysterious, unpredictable and intimidating. Academic Reading demystifies the scholarly genres, shedding light on their discursive conventions. Throughout, Academic Reading respects the student writer; it engages the reader’s interest without ever condescending, and it avoids entirely the arbitrary and the dogmatic. The second edition is expanded to include twenty-one selections, nineteen of which come from scholarly publications, and more than half of which are new to this edition. |
| firestone tire company history: Tires and Passenger Vehicle Fuel Economy , 2006 |
| firestone tire company history: The Hard Way on Purpose David Giffels, 2014-03-18 Award-winning author and journalist David Giffels explores the meaning of identity and place, hamburgers, hard work, and basketball in this collection of wry, irreverent essays reflecting on the many aspects of Midwestern culture and life from an insider’s perspective. In The Hard Way on Purpose, David Giffels takes us on an insider’s journey through the wreckage and resurgence of America’s Rust Belt. A native who never knew the good times, yet never abandoned his hometown of Akron, Giffels plumbs the touchstones and idiosyncrasies of a region where industry has fallen, bowling is a legitimate profession, bizarre weather is the norm, rock ’n’ roll is desperate, thrift store culture thrives, and sports is heartbreak. Intelligent, humorous, and warm, Giffels’s linked essays are about coming of age in the Midwest and about the stubborn, optimistic, and resourceful people who prevail there. |
| firestone tire company history: The Andersonville Trial Saul Levitt, 1961-10 THE STORY: As told by Chapman from the NY Daily News: Wirz, a Swiss immigrant and a doctor, had enlisted in the rebel army, had been severely wounded and, a semi-invalid, had been put in command of this military prison. It was merely a stockade wi |
| firestone tire company history: Uncommon Friends James Draper Newton, 1987 Newton engagingly recalls a lifetime of friendship with five giants of the twentieth century. Foreword by Anne Morrow Lindbergh; Index; photographs. |
| firestone tire company history: Corporations and Counterinsurgency William Rosenau, Peter Chalk, Renny McPherson, Michelle Parker, Austin Long, 2009-08-18 Multinational corporations can be significant actors in zones of violent conflict. Corporate actions to shape their environment can sometimes mitigate conflict, but as the authors show in their case studies, corporate activities can help generate and sustain violence. |
| firestone tire company history: Flyboys James Bradley, 2003-09-30 Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. Flyboys, a story of war and horror but also of friendship and honor, tells the story of those men. Over the remote Pacific island of Chichi Jima, nine American flyers-Navy and Marine pilots sent to bomb Japanese communications towers there-were shot down. One of those nine was miraculously rescued by a U.S. Navy submarine. The others were captured by Japanese soldiers on Chichi Jima and held prisoner. Then they disappeared. When the war was over, the American government, along with the Japanese, covered up everything that had happened on Chichi Jima. The records of a top-secret military tribunal were sealed, the lives of the eight Flyboys were erased, and the parents, brothers, sisters, and sweethearts they left behind were left to wonder. Flyboys reveals for the first time ever the extraordinary story of those men. Bradley's quest for the truth took him from dusty attics in American small towns, to untapped government archives containing classified documents, to the heart of Japan, and finally to Chichi Jima itself. What he discovered was a mystery that dated back far before World War II-back 150 years, to America's westward expansion and Japan's first confrontation with the western world. Bradley brings into vivid focus these brave young men who went to war for their country, and through their lives he also tells the larger story of two nations in a hellish war. With no easy moralizing, Bradley presents history in all its savage complexity, including the Japanese warrior mentality that fostered inhuman brutality and the U.S. military strategy that justified attacks on millions of civilians. And, after almost sixty years of mystery, Bradley finally reveals the fate of the eight American Flyboys, all of whom would ultimately face a moment and a decision that few of us can even imagine. Flyboys is a story of war and horror but also of friendship and honor. It is about how we die, and how we live-including the tale of the Flyboy who escaped capture, a young Navy pilot named George H. W. Bush who would one day become president of the United States. A masterpiece of historical narrative, Flyboys will change forever our understanding of the Pacific war and the very things we fight for. |
| firestone tire company history: Dun's Review , 1913 |
| firestone tire company history: The Weapons Acquisition Process Merton J. Peck, Frederic M. Scherer, 1962 |
| firestone tire company history: The Tire Rate Book ... , 1921 |
| firestone tire company history: How the Rubber Meets the Road Dick Erickson, 2020-10-02 Dick Erickson started his business career managing a tire store in Panama City, FL. He opened the first Sun Tire in Orange Park, FL, in 1981, added ten more stores over the next several decades, and sold the business to a large national chain of tire stores in 2018. How the Rubber Meets the Road documents Dick's journey from growing up in rural North Dakota, to flying helicopters in the Marine Corps in Vietnam, to his remarkable success in the retail tire business. The book also covers four key business topics.Customer Service: It's nearly impossible to have ongoing profitable growth in business without providing excellent customer service. From the friendly greeting a person gets when entering a business to being treated with respect after the sale, every element of customer service plays a part in how the customer feels about a business. Profit-sharing: Dick closely observed a very successful chain of tire stores in Oregon. One of the keys to their success was profit-sharing. It motivated employees to cut costs and improve profits. Dick incorporated much of what he saw in that organization in the Sun Tire program.Mentoring: Dick sought out and received excellent mentoring throughout his career in business. Many people in business have wisdom and are willing to share it. An entrepreneur can learn a great deal simply by asking the right person the right questions. Profitable Growth: Growth is important for any organization, but it has to be at the right pace with the right people to be profitable. Business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs who are looking for ways to improve their bottom lines and their impact on their communities will benefit from reading How the Rubber Meets the Road. |
| firestone tire company history: Wheels of Fortune David Giffels, Steve Love, 2019-03-15 Wheels of Fortune is the story of the rise and fall and transformation of the rubber industry in Akron, a book rich in anecdotes and photographs. This is history told by people who lived it, on the factory floors and in executive offices, their voices ringing through a narrative that has all the heroes and villains and epic sweep of a Steinbeck novel. For more than a century after Dr. Benjamin Franklin Goodrich came to town, in 1870, Akron, Ohio was the rubber capital of the world. The city prospered along with the tire factories, becoming a model for Middle America's industrial success. Its people worked in the rubber shops and lived in neighborhoods fostered by companies like Goodyear and Firestone. Even the air they breathed was heavy with the odors of rubber. But by the 1980s, most of the rubber industry had gone south, first the plants and then the company headquarters, a result of stubbornness in the union ranks, intransigence in the corporate boardrooms, and takeovers by foreign competitors. Akron began an awkward metamorphosis from a stronghold of blue-collar labor to a research and development center, finding its new identity in the broader fields of polymer science and technology. |
| firestone tire company history: Like a Family Jacquelyn Dowd Hall, James L. Leloudis, Robert R. Korstad, Mary Murphy, Lu Ann Jones, 2012-12-30 Since its original publication in 1987, Like a Family has become a classic in the study of American labor history. Basing their research on a series of extraordinary interviews, letters, and articles from the trade press, the authors uncover the voices and experiences of workers in the Southern cotton mill industry during the 1920s and 1930s. Now with a new afterword, this edition stands as an invaluable contribution to American social history. The genius of Like a Family lies in its effortless integration of the history of the family--particularly women--into the history of the cotton-mill world.--Ira Berlin, New York Times Book Review Like a Family is history, folklore, and storytelling all rolled into one. It is a living, revelatory chronicle of life rarely observed by the academe. A powerhouse.--Studs Terkel Here is labor history in intensely human terms. Neither great impersonal forces nor deadening statistics are allowed to get in the way of people. If students of the New South want both the dimensions and the feel of life and labor in the textile industry, this book will be immensely satisfying.--Choice |
| firestone tire company history: The End of Detroit Micheline Maynard, 2003-09-23 An in-depth, hard-hitting account of the mistakes, miscalculations and myopia that have doomed America’s automobile industry. In the 1990s, Detroit’s Big Three automobile companies were riding high. The introduction of the minivan and the SUV had revitalized the industry, and it was widely believed that Detroit had miraculously overcome the threat of foreign imports and regained its ascendant position. As Micheline Maynard makes brilliantly clear in THE END OF DETROIT, however, the traditional American car industry was, in fact, headed for disaster. Maynard argues that by focusing on high-profit trucks and SUVs, the Big Three missed a golden opportunity to win back the American car-buyer. Foreign companies like Toyota and Honda solidified their dominance in family and economy cars, gained market share in high-margin luxury cars, and, in an ironic twist, soon stormed in with their own sophisticatedly engineered and marketed SUVs, pickups and minivans. Detroit, suffering from a “good enough” syndrome and wedded to ineffective marketing gimmicks like rebates and zero-percent financing, failed to give consumers what they really wanted—reliability, the latest technology and good design at a reasonable cost. Drawing on a wide range of interviews with industry leaders, including Toyota’s Fujio Cho, Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn, Chrysler’s Dieter Zetsche, BMW’s Helmut Panke, and GM’s Robert Lutz, as well as car designers, engineers, test drivers and owners, Maynard presents a stark picture of the culture of arrogance and insularity that led American car manufacturers astray. Maynard predicts that, by the end of the decade, one of the American car makers will no longer exist in its present form. |
| firestone tire company history: Made in Ohio: A History of Buckeye Invention & Ingenuity Conrade C. Hinds, 2023-02-27 American Know How in the Heart of It All Ohio was and remains tailor made for commerce, transportation, invention, and manufacturing. Located between Lake Erie and the Ohio River, it was perfect for canals, railways, and, ultimately, highways, which allowed coal, iron ore, and oil into industrial centers such as Cleveland, Dayton, Akron, Youngstown, and Cincinnati. These powerhouses fostered the ingenuity and practical inventiveness that made Ohio a mecca for manufacturing. Beyond heavy industry, the state also nurtured the growth of All-American goods and brands like Quaker Oats and Smucker's jellies and jams, Diamond matches and Sherwin Williams paints, the Etch-A-Sketch and Play-Doh, and many, many more. Author Conrade C. Hinds places a spotlight on dreamers and builders in the Buckeye State. |
| firestone tire company history: Monster Trucks Marty Garza, 2019-03-15 For the past four decades there have existed a variety of debates concerning the creation of the monster truck. Most of the arguments are flawed, as they are largely based on the fundamental presumption that the monster truck is a static concept in terms of both construction and purpose. This book delineates how the monster truck is not a singular creation but instead the sum of many technologies orchestrated in a manner to achieve purposes that, like the vehicles, have evolved over time. Author Marty Garza takes the reader on a journey through various phases of monster truck development and occasionally provides evidence of the existence of variations of the concept that predate the establishment of the term. Monster truck fans will be provided with not only the nuts and bolts of individual technological developments but also the context in which they were created. Monster Trucksdepicts unique images that are true to the very nature of the developments themselves. The imagery may be dated, but it's vitally important for the preservation of the heritage of the monster truck industry and serves to recognize those individuals whose contributions have been largely overlooked though they played a significant role in achieving the spectacular level of technology observed today. |
| firestone tire company history: Ebby Mel B., 2013-11-05 This is both a fascinating history of the formative years of Alcoholics Anonymous, as well as the bitter-sweet tale of the troubled man Bill W. always referred to as my sponsor. In 1934, Ebby Thatcher called an old drinking buddy to tell him about the happiness he was finding in sobriety. His friend's name was Bill Wilson, and this book is the story of their life-long friendship. Deeply informative and moving, a valuable contribution to the history of A.A. A 'must' reading for anyone interested in one of the more fascinating chapters in A.A.'s history.--Nell Wing, Retired A.A. Archivist and Bill Wilson's Secretary |
| firestone tire company history: Goosetown Joyce Dyer, 2010 The Mayor of Goosetown is a story about recovering times in our lives that have nearly vanished. We realize we can't remember everything about our past. We search for signs and symbols to jar our recollections. Joyce Dyer weaves her story around the shadows that remain of her first five years. Her uncle, the self-proclaimed mayor of Goosetown, accompanies her as they travel to unearth lost years. She takes the reader on an erratic and unpredictable process. Is the excursion a wild goose chase or can she really find home? |
| firestone tire company history: Gbagba Robtel Neajai Pailey, 2012-10-30 Sundaymah and Sundaygar are two siblings who live in Grand Bassa County in Liberia. On the way to visit their Auntie Mardie's house in Monrovia, they encounter various characters in the big city and have an experience that introduces them to a very important word. |
| firestone tire company history: Ford Motor Company's Recall of Certain Firestone Tires United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection, 2001 |
| firestone tire company history: Encyclopedia of History of American Management Morgen Witzel, 2005-05-15 Containing more than 250 entries, this unique and ambitious work traces the development of management thinking and major business culture in North America. Entries range from 600 words to 2500 words and contain concise biographical detail, a critical analysis of the thinkers' doctrines and ideas and a bibliography including the subject's major works and a helpful listing of minor works. |
| firestone tire company history: The Legend of Discount Tire Co., Inc Jeffrey L. Rodengen, Richard F. Hubbard, 2002 In 1960 Ann Arbor, Michigan, entrepreneur Bruce Halle launched a tire business venture called Discount Tire Co. in an old storefront. Since then, Halle has become a legendary figure in the tire industry, yet he remains as humble as his beginnings. |
| firestone tire company history: Noble Obsession Charles Slack, 2002-08-07 A riveting work of history that reads like enthralling fiction, Noble Obsession tells how Goodyear, a single-minded genius, risked his own life and his family's in a quest to unlock the secrets of rubber, and how Thomas Hancock, the scholarly English inventor who raced against Goodyear, ultimately robbed him of fame and fortune. Taking readers from the jungles of Brazil to the laboratories of Europe and the courtrooms of America, this fascinating book tells one of the strangest and most affecting sagas in the history of human discovery. |
| firestone tire company history: Marks of Excellence Per Mollerup, 1997 The core of the book is a full classification of all the trade marks covering pictures, names and abbreviations. The author analyses and describes the history of trademarks and shows how they have transcended barriers of language and time. |
| firestone tire company history: Vulcanization of Elastomers Glen Alliger, Irvin J. Sjothun, 1964 |
| firestone tire company history: Mergers and Productivity Steven N. Kaplan, 2007-12-01 Mergers and Productivity offers probing analyses of high-profile mergers in a variety of industries. Focusing on specific acquisitions, it illustrates the remarkable range of contingencies involved in any merger attempt. The authors clearly establish each merger's presumed objectives and the potential costs and benefits of the acquisition, and place it within the context of the broader industry. Striking conclusions that emerge from these case studies are that merger and acquisition activities were associated with technological or regulatory shocks, and that a merger's success or failure was dependent upon the acquirer's thorough understanding of the target, its corporate culture, and its workforce and wage structures prior to acquisition. Sifting through a wealth of carefully gathered evidence, these papers capture the richness, the complexity, and the economic intangibles inherent in contemporary merger activity in a way that large-scale studies of mergers cannot. |
| firestone tire company history: The Recent Firestone Tire Recall Action, Focusing on the Action as it Pertains to Relevant Ford Vehicles United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection, 2001 |
Firestone’s Tire Recall - Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
In 1978, Firestone recalled 14.5 million tires—the largest tire recall in history— because the excess application of the adhesive that binds the rubber and steel had caused 500 tread …
The Firestone Archives and Library
The Firestone Tire Of Rubber Company Archives Department of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. was established in March 1943 in Akron, Ohio, for sev-eral reasons, both immediate and long …
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (1972) - Archive.org
During the year, the Radial V-1 tire and the 500 Steel Belt, a belted bias tire, were introduced and readily ac- cepted by motorists. In the original equipment market, Firestone’s steel radial …
Tire Plant, Plastics Company In Eastern Pennsylvania Area
Located in a huge bend on the Schuylkill River is the Pottstown plant of The Firestone -^ire & Rubber Company and the Firestone Plastics Company. The building which houses the tire …
FIRESTONE FAMILY PAPERS, 1804-1991 Accession 82 - The …
Firestone moved to Akron, Ohio in 1900, where he established the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and soon was providing Henry Ford with rubber tires for his automobiles. Sales to …
Tire Bargaining HISTORY ACHIEVEMENTS
stone Firestone, including exten-sive protests such as the Black Flag campaign at racing events and work stoppages by global allies from Brazil to South Africa. Akron police clash with …
Fate of Firestone Tyres - claritycompass.net
Harvey Firestone founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in 1900 and it was originally an American based company. When it was launched it dealt with the production of tires for …
FIRESTONE TIRE AND RJ3BER CO. POTTSTOWN, …
SITE OPERATIONS AND HISTORY At Pottstown, Firestone operates both a tire manufacturing plant and a chemical plant which produces plastic resins. They are proceeding with plans to …
Empire of Rubber: Scenes from Firestone’s Scramble for Land …
To solve its conundrum, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company turned to a tiny West African nation, Liberia, founded in 1847 as a free Black republic.
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber and …
In the decades prior to the advent of radial tires, Firestone Tire and Rubber was viewed by some observers as the best managed U.S. tire company.9 Despite its historical leadership, however, …
Bridgestone Firestone Collection - mchistory.org
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company became Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire in 1995. The plant in Normal, Illinois, manufactures off-the road Tires.
Tires & Tribulations: A Moral Evaluation of Firestone’s Actions …
This study provides a moral assessment of Firestone—a multinational rubber manufacturer—and its operations in Liberia during the Liberian civil war. It examines Firestone’s history, especially …
FOURTH FIVE YEAR REVIEW REPORT FOR FIRESTONE TIRE
The 329-acre Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Albany Plant) site is located in Albany, Georgia. The facility was used for manufacturing pneumatic tires from 1968 to 1986. In 1985, Firestone Tire …
ELIZABETH PARKE FIRESTONE - Akron-Summit County Public …
Elizabeth Parke Firestone was the daughter-in-law of Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr., the founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and the wife of Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr., chairman …
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Salinas Plant) -- Region 9 - US EPA
Jun 15, 2000 · Description: The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Salinas Plant) site consists of a 43-acre former tire manufacturing plant on a 256-acre parcel of land. The site is an industrial park …
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Civil
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company had been operating a large rubber plantation about forty miles outside of the capital city Monrovia since 1926 and had long played a critical role in the …
National Priorities List FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Conditions at proposal (October 15, 1984): Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. operated a tire-manufacturing plant in a rural area of Salinas in Monterey County, California, from 1965 until …
Five-Year Review Report
In 1988, the Bridgestone Group bought the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. The Site was proposed for listing on the National Priorities List …
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Superfund Site
Between 1963 and 1980, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (now Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.), owned and operated a tire manufacturing facility at this location. During the facility’s …
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In the meantime the Company had developed a considerable business in rims, growing out of a demountable rim perfected by Firestone in 1907. The rim division took over the entire original …
Firestone’s Tire Recall - Raymond J. Harbert College of Business
In 1978, Firestone recalled 14.5 million tires—the largest tire recall in history— because the excess application of the adhesive that binds the rubber and steel had caused 500 tread …
The Firestone Archives and Library
The Firestone Tire Of Rubber Company Archives Department of the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. was established in March 1943 in Akron, Ohio, for sev-eral reasons, both immediate and long …
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (1972) - Archive.org
During the year, the Radial V-1 tire and the 500 Steel Belt, a belted bias tire, were introduced and readily ac- cepted by motorists. In the original equipment market, Firestone’s steel radial …
Tire Plant, Plastics Company In Eastern Pennsylvania Area
Located in a huge bend on the Schuylkill River is the Pottstown plant of The Firestone -^ire & Rubber Company and the Firestone Plastics Company. The building which houses the tire …
FIRESTONE FAMILY PAPERS, 1804-1991 Accession 82 - The …
Firestone moved to Akron, Ohio in 1900, where he established the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company and soon was providing Henry Ford with rubber tires for his automobiles. Sales to …
Tire Bargaining HISTORY ACHIEVEMENTS
stone Firestone, including exten-sive protests such as the Black Flag campaign at racing events and work stoppages by global allies from Brazil to South Africa. Akron police clash with …
Fate of Firestone Tyres - claritycompass.net
Harvey Firestone founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company in 1900 and it was originally an American based company. When it was launched it dealt with the production of tires for …
FIRESTONE TIRE AND RJ3BER CO. POTTSTOWN, …
SITE OPERATIONS AND HISTORY At Pottstown, Firestone operates both a tire manufacturing plant and a chemical plant which produces plastic resins. They are proceeding with plans to …
Empire of Rubber: Scenes from Firestone’s Scramble for Land …
To solve its conundrum, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company turned to a tiny West African nation, Liberia, founded in 1847 as a free Black republic.
The Dynamics of Standing Still: Firestone Tire & Rubber …
In the decades prior to the advent of radial tires, Firestone Tire and Rubber was viewed by some observers as the best managed U.S. tire company.9 Despite its historical leadership, however, …
Bridgestone Firestone Collection - mchistory.org
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company became Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire in 1995. The plant in Normal, Illinois, manufactures off-the road Tires.
Tires & Tribulations: A Moral Evaluation of Firestone’s Actions …
This study provides a moral assessment of Firestone—a multinational rubber manufacturer—and its operations in Liberia during the Liberian civil war. It examines Firestone’s history, especially …
FOURTH FIVE YEAR REVIEW REPORT FOR FIRESTONE TIRE
The 329-acre Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Albany Plant) site is located in Albany, Georgia. The facility was used for manufacturing pneumatic tires from 1968 to 1986. In 1985, Firestone Tire …
ELIZABETH PARKE FIRESTONE - Akron-Summit County Public …
Elizabeth Parke Firestone was the daughter-in-law of Harvey Samuel Firestone Sr., the founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and the wife of Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr., chairman …
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Salinas Plant) -- Region 9 - US …
Jun 15, 2000 · Description: The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. (Salinas Plant) site consists of a 43-acre former tire manufacturing plant on a 256-acre parcel of land. The site is an industrial park …
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company Civil
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company had been operating a large rubber plantation about forty miles outside of the capital city Monrovia since 1926 and had long played a critical role in the …
National Priorities List FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Conditions at proposal (October 15, 1984): Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. operated a tire-manufacturing plant in a rural area of Salinas in Monterey County, California, from 1965 until …
Five-Year Review Report
In 1988, the Bridgestone Group bought the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Bridgestone/Firestone Inc. The Site was proposed for listing on the National Priorities List …
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company Superfund Site
Between 1963 and 1980, the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company (now Bridgestone/Firestone, Inc.), owned and operated a tire manufacturing facility at this location. During the facility’s …
