Bridgestone Brand
Returns to Concorso Italiano
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Concorso Italiano is pleased to announce that long–time friend and Supporting Sponsor Bridgestone Americas’ Tire Operations is returning for their 3rd year as one of our Supporting Sponsors. Bridgestone has been a large part of Concorso since 2007. We urge you to stop by the Bridgestone Pavilion at the event, only a few paces from the Stage, to speak with the experts and learn more about the array of Bridgestone brand products. |
Bridgestone Corporation, is the world’s largest tire and rubber company. The Bridgestone family of companies, which include Bridgestone Americas, is a world leader in tire and related technologies. The collective entities utilize the tri–polar research and development centers in Tokyo, Akron and Rome to produce advanced tire technologies for products that meet consumers’ needs. Bridgestone Americas’ corporate family (BSAM) traces its roots to the establishment of The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company in August 1900. It was then that 31–year–old Harvey S. Firestone (1868–1938) started tire production with 12 employees in Akron, Ohio.
Since 1952, the Bridgestone Americas’ Trust Fund has supported charitable and philanthropic endeavors in three major categories: education, the welfare of children, and environment and conservation. This annual, multi-million dollar effort has provided innumerable benefits. Bridgestone Americas’ adheres to the Bridgestone Way, the global Bridgestone group’s corporate philosophy to build not just better products, but better communities.
Concorso Italiano will be held on August 14, 2009 at the Laguna Seca Golf Ranch.
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