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Article: Slow and steady path Firestone Industrial Products expects bright future for air springs.
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- Rubber & Plastics News
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- November 17, 2008
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Byline: Bruce Meyer
Firestone Industrial Products Co. L.L.C. expects strong, long-term growth for its air springs products in India but is willing to take business there one step at a time.
The unit of Bridgestone Firestone Diversified Products L.L.C. has been selling product into India for more than 15 years, according to Arun Kumar, managing director of Asia businesses for Firestone Industrial Products.
Until last year, FSIP sold its line of air springs for transportation and industrial uses exclusively through an Indian-based distributor. But in early 2007 the company opened a sales office in Gurgaon, India, staffed with two engineers to ...