Bridgestone Americas - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Bridgestone Americas M&A Summary

Bridgestone Americas has acquired 3 companies, including 1 in the last 5 years. A total of 1 acquisition came from private equity firms. It has also divested 4 assets.

Bridgestone Americas’ largest acquisition to date was in 2006, when it acquired Bandag for $1.1B. It’s largest disclosed sale occurred in 2021, when it sold Firestone Building Products Company to Holcim for $3.4B. Bridgestone Americas has acquired in 2 different US states, and 2 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include technology hardware (34%) and automotive (34%).

Bridgestone Americas Business Overview

Where is Bridgestone Americas headquartered?

Bridgestone Americas is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee.

What sector is Bridgestone Americas in?

Bridgestone Americas is an automotive company.

When was Bridgestone Americas founded?

Bridgestone Americas was founded in 1990.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity7
    • M&A Buy Activity3
    • M&A Sell Activity4
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 2
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 6

Bridgestone Americas

Bridgestone Americas, Inc.

535 Marriott Drive PO Box 140990,
Nashville, Tennessee 37214
United States,
(615) 937-1000
www.bridgestone-firestone.com

Bridgestone Americas engages in tire manufacturing and wholesale and original equipment sales operations across a broad line of products, including consumer, commercial truck and bus, agricultural, and off road tires.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (0.2/yr) # 2 - 1 - - - 3
vol $1.1B $391M $1.4B
Sell (0.2/yr) # 3 - 1 - - - 4
vol $3.4B $3.4B
  7

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Azuga, Inc. 2021-08-02 391M USD Add-on Acquisition
San Jose, California · www.azuga.com
Firestone Building Products Company LLC 2021-01-07 3.4B USD Divestiture
Nashville, Tennessee · www.firestonebpco.com
Truck PM Plus 2018-08-28 - Divestiture
Longwood, Florida · www.truckpmplus.com
Speedco, Inc. 2017-09-15 - Divestiture
Nashville, Tennessee · www.speedco.com
Bridgestone Firestone Venezolana CA 2016-05-23 - Divestiture
Los Guayos, Venezuela
TireConnect Systems 2015-10-22 - Add-on Acquisition
Richmond Hill, Ontario · www.tireconnect.ca
Bandag, Inc. 2006-12-05 1.1B USD Add-on Acquisition
Muscatine, Iowa
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Automotive 1 (33%) 1.1B (73%) 2 (50%) -
Software 1 (33%) - - -
Technology Hardware 1 (33%) 391M (27%) - -
Building Materials - - 1 (25%) 3.4B (100%)
Business Services - - 1 (25%) -
Total 3 $1.4B 4 $3.4B

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 2 1.4B 3 3.4B
  Tennessee - - 2 3.4B
  Iowa 1 1.1B - -
  California 1 391M - -
  Florida - - 1 -
Canada 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 - - -
Venezuela - - 1 -
Domestic 2 (67%) 1.4B (100%) 3 (75%) 3.4B (100%)
Cross-border 1 (33%) - 1 (25%) -
Total 3 $1.4B 4 $3.4B

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 1 $1.1B
$100M to $1B 1 $391M
TOTAL $1.4B
Largest Bandag, Inc.
$1.1B (2006-12-05)
sell # Total
> $1B 1 $3.4B
TOTAL $3.4B
Largest Firestone Building Products Company LLC
$3.4B (2021-01-07)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
33%
1 (33%)
Strategic(s)
33%
1 (33%)
Divested to
Strategic(s)
100%
4 (100%)

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