Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) announced its business results for the first half of calendar 2020 on Aug. 7, revealing sales revenue of just under 1.36 trillion yen ($12.76 billion) to mark a 22.1 percent year-on-year drop. The company’s adjusted operating profit for the half came to a little below 48.27 billion yen, down by 68.3 percent, and it posted a net...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) recently published its 2019–2020 Sustainability Report, making this available via a dedicated page on its company website. The report includes Milestone 2030, which lays out a set of new medium-term environmental targets for the Bridgestone Group to achieve by 2030. This comes as part of the broader effort to achieve long-term environmental goals for 2050. As a...
Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) has disclosed its business results estimates for the first half along with its forecast for the full business year through December. The forecast through end of June anticipates first-half sales revenue of 340 billion yen ($3.22 billion), down 20.8 percent from the first half of the previous year; business losses of 2.5 billion yen compared...
Having boosted its market presence in recent years with its all-season tire options, Sumitomo Rubber Industries Ltd. (TYO:5110) sees ample potential for continuation of recent annual increases in the percentage of vehicles running on such tires. As part of this product growth strategy, Sumitomo Rubber launched sales last October of the All Season Maxx AS1. Sales have been on the...
Toyo Tire Corp. (TYO:5105) is planning an Aug. 1 launch in Japan for the Delvex M935, a studless tire model to be made available in 14 sizes. In designing the Delvex M935, Toyo Tires strove for high levels of both ice performance and wear resistance for use with light trucks running on winter roads, where conditions are continually changing. The...
Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) recently revealed the new tagline “Solutions for your journey” for its global brand. This comes in service of the company’s new medium- to long-term business strategy framework, which was announced at the same time. As part of this framework, Bridgestone is touting a particular vision for 2050 – one that would see it providing ongoing value as...
