Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has started working alongside a pair of subsidiaries to manufacture simple masks amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The setup here is for Bridgestone Chemitech Co. Ltd. to produce polyurethane, with Bridgestone Diversified Chemical Products Co. Ltd. then processing this into masks. Bridgestone is basing its work here upon expertise it has built up since 2017, when it…
