BFS integrates commercial operations with Bandag unit.(News)

Tire Business, April, 2008

Byline: Kathy McCarron

Bridgestone/Firestone promised its truck tire dealers and retreaders at its Bizcon12 commercial tire conference that the recent merger of its commercial tire operations with its Bridgestone Bandag L.L.C. retreading unit will provide more selling synergies and increased fleet business.

"You asked for it. We listened,'' Mark Emkes, chairman and CEO of Bridgestone Americas Holding Inc., told a record crowd of more than 1,000 tire dealers, truck stop operators and company employees during the April 21-22 conference in New York City.

The company said creating Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) is its answer to dealers' requests for more integration of commercial tire operations, more field sales people and more fleet...

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