Firestone Tire and Rubber Company

The Firestone Tire and Rubber Company was founded by Harvey Firestone in 1900 to supply pneumatic tires for wagons, buggies, and other forms of wheeled transportation common in the era. Firestone soon saw the huge potential for marketing tires for automobiles. The company was a pioneer in the mass production of tires. Firestone used this relationship to become the original equipment supplier of Ford Motor Company automobiles, and was also active in the replacement market. In 1988 the company was sold to the Japanese Bridgestone Corporation

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Heiko Pääbo, MA: currently makes his PhD in Political Science at the University of Tartu. Earlier he has studied at St. Petersburg State University (Russia), Potsdam University (Germany) and the University of Delaware (USA). He works at the University of Tartu EuroCollege where he conducts the EU-Russia and Baltic Studies MA programmes.