Formation of Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions Announced

Officials from Bandag announced on March 31 the organisation of Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions, a new business that will combine sales and marketing for Bandag and the Bridgestone truck tyre group. Saul Solomon, who has served as Bandag president, chairman and CEO since mid-2007, will become president of the new organisation, which will continue operating out of the Bandag Muscatine, Iowa headquarters.

According to Bandag spokesman Bill Block, the new organisation “gets all of the Bridgestone new truck tyres and Bandag retreads all under one business unit … It’s quite a large operation all together.” He added: “We’ll have to think about new tyres as well as retreads … That will affect the way employees do their jobs throughout almost every part of our operation in Muscatine.”

The change, which the company decided upon earlier this year, is customer driven, says Block. Customers reportedly sought a situation in which they could be supplied with both Bridgestone truck tyres and Bandag retreads by a single business.