Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, LLC

Harvey S. Firestone, a fourth-generation farmer from Columbiana, Ohio, founded the Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in 1900, in Akron, Ohio - a city that would later become known as `Rubber City.` At a time when manufacturers were focused on building tires for automobiles, Harvey has something more in mind/ He dreamed of putting rubber tires on farm tractors. Firestone soon began producing its own tires, and by 1906, sales passed the million-dollar mark and the brand was on its way to becoming a household name. By 1918, Firestone`s `Ship by Truck` movement pioneered the trucking industry and forever changed the shipping industry.