Venture Award Recipient in 1989
Nominated by Muscatine Power & Water

When Roy J. Carver began his retreading business in Muscatine, Iowa, in 1957, he revolutionized the tire industry. His company, Bandag, Incorporated, provided commercial truck drivers with a new option: rather than throwing away a tire after the original tread wore down, the company could reuse the tire casing by retreading the tire, giving truck drivers thousands of more miles. In 2007, Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM) acquired Bandag, Incorporated, forming Bridgestone Bandag, LLC. By April 2008, the sales and marketing teams of Bridgestone Bandag, LLC and the truck and bus division of BSAM’s subsidiary tire company joined forces to deliver their fleet and dealer customers total tire solutions as a single integrated package. The new group is known as Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS). With this new organization, BBTS has the largest truck tire distribution footprint in the nation.

Today, Bridgestone Bandag Tire Solutions (BBTS) is a division of Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO), allowing the two groups to better service their customers by offering a comprehensive tire maintenance solution backed by a complete line of new and retread truck tire offerings.

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