Bridgestone UK has secured the company’s biggest ever commercial fleet partnership across Europe, after putting pen to paper on a five-year agreement with Stagecoach.
The operatorn serves more than 100 communities in the UK and up to three-million-passengers each day.
Stagecoach was attracted to Bridgestone’s ‘best in class’ UAP-001 premium product and holistic Total Tyre Care package of tyre husbandry support. In negotiating the contract, Bridgestone had to demonstrate flexibility to meet the specific needs of Stagecoach’s fleet, which will run almost entirely on the UAP-001, which offers many significant benefits.
Firstly, the UAP-001 provides a high level of safety all-year round thanks to its improved grip and braking performance in all conditions, including winter, mud and fresh or melting snow, which have granted the M+S marking and Alpine symbol.
The announcement represents a huge success for Bridgestone, who secured the Stagecoach contract from a previous long-term supplier of more than two decades and confirms Bridgestone’s status as the largest tyre provider in the UK bus and coach sector.
