Firestone employs 700 people at the Des Moines factory, where it makes tractor tires. The company tests new products in the ...

The major factors in the decision were the age and size of the plant, which was built as a tank factory in 1942 and was purchased by the then Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. and converted to making ...

TOKYO—A quarter century ago, the trend of foreign companies buying U.S. tire manufacturers hit its zenith. The date: Feb. 16, 1988. The deal: Bridgestone offered to buy a controlling interest in ...

Firestone will debut a new and eco-friendly natural rubber guayule race tire May 27 during the Miller Lite Carb Day IndyCar Pit Stop Challenge. The tire will make its competition debut as the ...

On February 7, 1938, a man by the name of Harvey S. Firestone died of coronary thrombosis—or, a blood clot in the heart. He was the founder of Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, which he kicked ...

Last week PBS’s Frontline aired a documentary investigating links between Firestone Tire & Rubber Company and the notorious Liberian warlord, Charles Taylor. The story essentially painted ...

Progress Through Preservation pitches idea of saving the iconic clock tower even if the rest of the building is torn down.

In 1926, the fledgling Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was looking for a way to reduce its dependence on British suppliers from Southeast Asia, as it tried to keep up with an explosion in the ...

The City of Memphis' industrial development board wants to purchase the 71-acre Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. site in New Chicago.