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

The Bridgestone VT-Tractor is a high-horsepower tire with embedded VF technology and integrates multiple tread and compound features to improve traction and on-road wear while reducing fuel costs and ...

Most motorist complaints about Bridgestone/Firestone tires involved failures on the rear wheels, which are particularly treacherous in sport-utility vehicles traveling at highway speeds, a Times ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Bridgestone Americas Inc. has developed a line of agriculture tires, dubbed the Firestone Maxi Traction, designed to deliver improved traction and treadwear versus previous ...

More than one farmer has aired up tractor tires once and forgotten about them, but that could be costing you money, said Dusty Hininger, sales training manager at Firestone Ag. Appropriate tire ...

Bridgestone-Firestone’s Des Moines plant, maker of most of the company's tractor tires, confirmed Thursday it would be cutting jobs.

As I learned when I moved from California to Colorado, winter tires make a miraculous difference when driving on the slippery stuff. Back in the 1960s, big Detroit sedans with rear-wheel-drive and ...

Local farm tire dealers say shortages of large radial rear tractor tires, smaller front-wheel assist tires and rubber for other implements is a problem.

The Des Moines Register is reporting another round of ag-related layoffs in Iowa. This time its at the Bridgestone-Firestone tire plant where tractor tire production is a primary focus. The ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Bridgestone Americas has developed a line of agriculture tires, dubbed the Firestone Maxi Traction, designed to deliver improved traction and treadwear versus previous R1-category ...

Bridgestone-Firestone’s Des Moines plant, maker of most of the company's tractor tires, confirmed Thursday it would be cutting jobs.