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Bridgestone Plants Receive Top Rating from Caterpillar’s Supplier Rating Program

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) and the Bridgestone Group have had seven plants receive a Platinum Level rating under Caterpillar Inc.’s Supplier Quality Excellence Process (SQEP) for 2020. This is the highest supplier rating provided by the U.S.-based manufacturer of construction and mining equipment. Four of the seven Bridgestone plants to receive this rating manufacture tires for construction equipment, including the Santo...

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Bridgestone to Invest 10.2B Yen Into Upgrading Flagship Plant for Mining and Construction Tires

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) is looking to improve a range of facilities at its Shimonoseki Plant, the company’s flagship production base for mining and construction vehicle tires. The investment here is set to total 10.2 billion yen ($93.64 million), with construction slated to begin in 2022 and be completed by the end of 2025. This project comes as part of Bridgestone’s...

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Bridgestone’s Conveyor Belt Business Sees Domestic Sales Slip Amid COVID-19

Sales revenue from Bridgestone Corp.’s (TYO:5108) domestic conveyor belt business fell slightly year-on-year for the first half of calendar 2020, the company has revealed. While conveyor belt sales to the iron and steel industry were largely unchanged from the previous year, those to more general users were down due to customers putting plans on hold amid COVID-19, causing the business’s...

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Bridgestone Launches Subscription Service for Passenger Car Tires in Japan

Bridgestone Retail Japan Co. Ltd. has launched Mobox in the Japanese market. Launched on April 1, the passenger car tire subscription service is now available at 353 Cockpit and Taiyakan locations throughout the country. The Mobox service provides customers with tires and maintenance for a monthly fee. Customers can choose between two plans – Standard and Light – with a...

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Bridgestone Completes Sale of Firestone Building Products

Bridgestone Americas Inc. has completed the process of selling subsidiary Firestone Building Products Co. LLC (FSBP) to LafargeHolcim Ltd. The transaction here saw FSBP valued at $3.4 billion. Based in Nashville, Tennessee, FSBP produces commercial roofing and building envelope products across 15 production bases. The company’s sales revenue for 2020 came to approximately $1.8 billion, and it manages roughly 1,900...

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Bridgestone Plants Hand Out Local Awards for Children’s Eco-Art Contest

Bridgestone Corp.’s (TYO:5108) Tochigi and Nasu plants are striving to reward participation in the company’s 18th Bridgestone Children’s Eco-Art Contest. With a focus on local elementary schools, each of these plants has selected contest entries to receive special regional awards, giving public recognition to these entries. The Bridgestone Group first held the Bridgestone Children’s Eco-Art Contest in 2003 as one...

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