Business As Usual In South Africa – Ford And Bridgestone

In South Africa, Ford and Bridgestone/Firestone have announced that the split between the two companies in the USA will not affect their 50-year relationship. Ford SA’s director of corporate affairs Craig von Essen said that the recall problem was a matter for the US companies and that, as far as the South African company was concerned, it was “business as usual”. Bridgestone supplies South African companies with ATX and R45 Wilderness tyres, manufactured locally.