1936
Noblesville Indiana Plant Is Purchased By Firestone Tire & Rubber
Company
1938
Firestone Patents Pneumatic Suspension Device
1939
Firestone Trademarks Airide™ springs
1950's
Air springs put on buses as OEM fitment
1957
1X parts on steel stamped pistons for automotive applications
Early 1960's
Firestone Industrial Products begins making 1T style air springs
(completely sealed unit with crimped plate and cured-in enclosure)
Rail air springs first produced
1968
First Industrial Distributor for FSIP
Early 1970's
Firestone begins making W02 springs for cabs and seats
1972-73
Firestone Purchases Ride-Rite
First Aftermarket Distributor for FSIP
1977
London Sales Office Opens
1978
Manufacturing Plant in Sao Paulo, Brazil produces its first part
Late 1970's
Firestone introduces the plastic piston
1981
Firestone Industrial Products Developed FEA software for air springs
1988
FSIP joins the Bridgestone family
1989
Firestone begins making the next generation of automotive air springs
Firestone patents ultrasonic internal height sensor
Firestone develops air spring for front air suspension
Manufacturing plants in Williamsburg, KY & Dyersburg, TN open
1990
Firestone Industrial Products divested its molded rubber goods business to
focus only on air spring products
1997
Firestone Industrial Products achieved ISO 9000 and QS 9000 certification
1998
DIVINE Technical report highlighting many Benefits of Air Suspension was
published
(Dynamic Interaction Between Vehicles and Infrastructure Experiment)
2002
Firestone Industrial Products begins manufacturing IntelliRide™ systems
2004
Manufacturing Plant in Wolsztyn, Poland produces the first part
FSIP Headquarters moves to
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
2005
Beijing Firestone Air Spring, LLC starts assembly in China
2006
Delhi, India Sales Office Opens for Firestone Industrial Products Inc
2008
Firestone TVS Private Limited is created
http://www.fsip.com/firestonetvs/
