NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 1, 2011)—Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations raised prices today in the U.S. and Canada on Bridgestone- and Firestone-brand truck and bus tire products, Bandag-brand retreads and related retreading materials by an average of 11 percent.
The company also will raise prices of Bridgestone, Firestone and Continuum OTR tire products and tread rubber by the same amount Aug. 1, according to Bridgestone Commercial Solutions, the company's business unit for commercial tire products.
This Bridgestone's second double-digit price increase this year on these products. The firm raised prices on truck tires in the U.S. on Feb. 1 by 12 percent and on OTR products in the U.S and Canada on March 1, also by 12 percent.