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Revision as of 01:13, 30 August 2003 by Jburati (talk | contribs) (corrected type)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)The Bridgestone Tire Company was founded in 1930 by Sojiro Ishibashi in the city of Kurume, Japan. The name Bridgestone come from the literal translation of 'ishibashi' from japanese to english.
After WWII Bridgestone started manufacturing motorcycle, but its main income was from supplying tires to its rival motorcycle makers such as Honda, Suzuki and Yamaha and it was later decided to cease motorcycle manufacturing.