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New chief John Lampe lays out agenda for Bridgestone/Firestone

...a fresh approach to business. That means better communication with the public, the government and automakers, said John Lampe, 53, who was elevated Tuesday from the No. 2 job to chief executive, chairman and president of Nashville-based...

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Firestone's top exec will retire

...chief executive and chairman of Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., is reported to be retiring from the troubled tire maker. John Lampe, an executive vice president, will be named as Ono's successor, according to a company source who spoke to The Associated...

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Ford, Firestone defend scope of tire recall

...5 million recalled tires show the current recall "was more than adequate to protect the public," chief executive John Lampe said Tuesday. A similar investigation by Ford Motor Co., whose Explorers came with the Firestone tires as standard...

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Firestone requests government investigate Ford Explorer safety

...chief, who claims a steering problem may be at fault in hundreds of rollover accidents involving his company's tires. John Lampe, the tiremaker's chief executive officer, gave Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta a lengthy report Thursday in...

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Bridgestone/Firestone: Ford tire pressure recommendation was part of problem

...Thursday that Ford Motor Co.'s recommended tire pressure apparently contributed to accidents. Executive vice president John Lampe told a House subcommittee investigating the recall that his company recommended the tires be inflated to 30 pounds per...

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Embattled tiremaker to lay off workers, temporarily idle plants

...produced many of the recalled tires. In his first major move since becoming Firestone's chief executive last week, John Lampe said the layoffs and production cutbacks were "necessary but painful first steps to ensure financial health and viability...

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Firestone recall creates nationwide shortage, tire replacement delays

...calling people back just as quickly as we can," said John Lampe, Bridgestone/Firestone executive vice president...said. "We're looking for tires around the world." John Lampe, executive vice president of Bridgestone/Firestone...

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House approves auto safety bill

...seen hundreds and hundreds of accidents, many serious injuries. And what this bill does is correct those problems." John Lampe, who took over Tuesday as chief executive of Bridgestone/Firestone Inc., said Wednesday he does not consider the...

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Dealers, drivers, scrambling for replacement tires

...consumers who get other brands, and is airlifting replacements from Japan. Nearly 2 million tires have been replaced, said John Lampe, Bridgestone/Firestone executive vice president in charge of after-market sales. The tiremaker originally hoped...

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Ford's tire recall to cost $3 billion

...Explorer. "No one cares more about the safety of the people who travel on our tires than we do," Chief Executive John Lampe said. "The real issue here is the safety of the Explorer. Ford refused to look at issues surrounding the Explorer...

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