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Bridgestone Transfers Carbon Black Operations in Thailand to Tokai Carbon

on July 14, 2025 in Industry

Bridgestone has signed an agreement to transfer ownership of its group company Bridgestone Carbon Black (Thailand) to Tokai Carbon and its Thai subsidiary, Thai Tokai Carbon Product. Bridgestone is restructuring its in-house carbon black operations by focusing on areas where collaboration with partners who possess specialized expertise, global networks, and resources can add value. Tokai Carbon, a global partner whose...

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Bridgestone to Transfer 66.6% Stake in Bridgestone Logistics to SBS Holdings

on July 8, 2025 in Industry

Bridgestone has signed an agreement to transfer 66.6% of the shares of its wholly owned subsidiary, Bridgestone Logistics, to SBS Holdings, a leading logistics group in Japan. The move is part of Bridgestone’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its global business structure and accelerate the foundation for growth with enhanced quality. In Japan, the company is pushing forward with business restructuring...

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Bridgestone Launches Full-Scale Tire-to-Tire Recycling

on June 23, 2025 in Tires

Bridgestone has recently unveiled its latest initiatives for advancing tire-to-tire recycling. The company publicly introduced its precision pyrolysis demonstration unit, a core technology in its chemical recycling efforts, for the first time. Recovered materials such as recycled carbon black and pyrolysis oil were also showcased. Bridgestone outlined its resource circulation vision toward 2050 and detailed its roadmap to achieve it....

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Bridgestone to Raise Japanese Prices of Seismic Isolation Rubber

on June 17, 2025 in Products

Bridgestone on June 10 announced a 14% average price increase for its seismic isolation rubber for Japanese domestic manufacturers, effective from June. “In recent years, rising raw material prices, coupled with domestic social and economic conditions, have driven up logistics and energy costs for production and supply. Despite efforts to improve productivity, we determined that absorbing these costs through internal...

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Bridgestone Receives Industrial Property Rights Award

on April 21, 2025 in Industry

On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the establishment of Japan’s industrial property rights system, Bridgestone was presented with the 2025 Prime Minister’s Certificate of Appreciation as a company that has made extremely significant contributions and achievements in the diffusion and development of the industrial property rights system. Industrial property rights are the collective name for four types of...

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Bridgestone to Reduce Capacity at Two Tire Factories in Spain

on April 9, 2025 in Industry

Bridgestone Hispania Manufacturing said that it will begin discussions with labor unions regarding production capacity reduction and associated collective layoffs at two tire factories in Spain. The affected factories are the Puente San Miguel plant (Cantabria), which produces radial tires for agricultural machinery and trucks and buses, and the Basauri plant (Basque Country), which manufactures radial tires for trucks and...

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