Bridgestone Americas has selected Steve Hoeft as president of its commercial truck group, the company announced Dec. 1.

Bridgestone Americas is adding 380 new manufacturing jobs as part of an expansion of its tire plant in Morrison, Tenn., the tiremaker announced Aug. 25.

Bridgestone Corp. is renewing its collaboration with Microsoft to accelerate advanced tire analytics integration, the company announced Aug. 4.

Bridgestone Americas and Pilot Co. announced select travel center locations will offer Bridgestone Fleet Care mobility solutions to provide actionable fleet tire intelligence.

Bridgestone will increase prices up to 15% on tread, cushion and some ancillary items from its subsidiary Bandag Inc., the tire company announced July 1.

Bridgestone Americas announced the launch of a new drive tire tread that is engineered to increase retread value for fleets.

Tire company Bridgestone and Einride, which develops electric and autonomous freight mobility solutions, formed a partnership designed to create sustainable mobility solutions for electrified and autonomous Class 8 trucks.

Bridgestone Americas broke ground on a $51 million expansion to its air springs production facility in Williamsburg, Ky., the company said recently. 

Einride plans to expand its range of podlike self-driving trucks and launch a pilot program in the U.S. with tire manufacturer Bridgestone.