Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions Honored by Hino Motors Manufacturing
MUSCATINE, IOWA (August 27, 2008) - Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) received the Delivery Achievement Award from Hino Motors Manufacturing for 100 percent on-time delivery and 100 percent delivery accuracy. The award recognizes BBTS truck and bus tire deliveries to Hino’s assembly plants in North America for 2007.
“We are proud to be recognized for our contributions,” said John Carr, North American Sales Manager, Truck and Bus Original Equipment. “Everyone on our team – from product distribution and inventory control, warehouse and distribution, customer service, sales, to our senior management – works hard to ensure the continuous and accurate supply of Bridgestone truck and bus original equipment tires to our customer.”
Hino Motors Manufacturing is a division of Hino Motors Ltd., which is the truck, bus and light commercial vehicle division of Toyota Motor Corporation. Hino Trucks is headquartered in Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
About Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions:
Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS), a division of Bridgestone Firestone North American Tire, LLC, manufactures, markets and sells medium and heavy duty truck tires for the original equipment and replacement markets in the United States and in Canada through Bridgestone Firestone Canada Inc. Bridgestone, Firestone and Dayton brand truck tires are available through more than 2,500 dealers and truck stops across the U.S. and Canada. Around the world, top truck fleets and original equipment manufacturers rely on Bridgestone and Firestone brand tires for long tread life and low cost per mile. In addition, through its Bandag brand, Bandag retreading dealers have access to industry-leading research and development, manufacturing, marketing and sales expertise. This combination of new and retread product offerings, combined with BBTS’ commercial retail operations doing business as TDS, GCR Tire Centers and White Tire, provides trucking customers with total tire solutions.