Bridgestone to hike prices on Firestone farm tires in US, Canada

Nashville, Tennessee — Bridgestone Americas Inc. is planning to raise prices by up to 4% on "select" Firestone-brand agriculture tires sold in the US and Canada, effective 1 Oct.

Firestone said the price hikes are in response to rising material costs and "other market dynamics."

Bridgestone did not specify what "select" means but said members of its Firestone ag sales and account teams are contacting customers to provide more details about the changes.

The price increase is the second announced this month by a tire manufacturer. Goodyear said it intends to raise prices on "select consumer tire lines" in the US, most up to 3%, effective 1 Sept.

Other tire makers that have raised prices this year include:

Superior Tire & Rubber Corp. — 6 to 12%;

Alliance Tire Americas Inc. — up to 6%;

Yokohama (OTR only) — as much as 6%; and

Trelleborg Wheel Systems SpA (ag, industrial tires) — up to 10% in North America.