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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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Technologies and Products that Will Win in 2030: Bridgestone

on March 31, 2025 in Industry

Japan Rubber Weekly – Gomu Hochi Shimbun in Japanese – is commemorating its 3,000th weekly print newspaper issue with a special report on Technologies and Products that Will Win in 2030. This article takes a closer look at Bridgestone. Bridgestone’s product design foundation technology, Enliten, and its supporting manufacturing foundation technology, BCMA (Bridgestone Commonality Modularity Architecture), are two core technologies...

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Bridgestone to Raise Prices of Commercial Tires in Japan

on March 27, 2025 in Tires

Bridgestone announced that it will raise the manufacturer’s shipping prices for tires marketed in Japan. The price increase will take effect for summer tires starting June 1 and for winter tires starting September 1. The price increases will be applied to domestic aftermarket tires (summer and winter), tubes, and flaps, and will range from 6 to 8% (average for each...

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Bridgestone, Ueshima Co-Develop Lab-Scale Wear Testing Machine to Accelerate TRWP Research

on March 19, 2025 in Industry

Bridgestone and Ueshima Seisakusho have jointly developed the FPS Wear Testing Machine: Wear Particle Collection Model, capable of generating and collecting wear particles from rubber samples with the same composition as tires at a laboratory scale. Leveraging Bridgestone’s expertise as a tire manufacturer in rubber products and their wear characteristics, and Ueshima Seisakusho’s proficiency as a physical testing equipment manufacturer...

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Bridgestone Develops On-Vehicle Collection Method for Tire and Road Wear Particles

on March 19, 2025 in Tires

Bridgestone has developed a unique on-vehicle collection method to assess the environmental impact of tire and road wear particles (TRWP). TRWP is dust generated by the friction between tires and road surfaces, consisting of a mixture of tire tread and road pavement materials. The company visualized the dispersion of particles like TRWP using a combination of high-speed cameras and laser...

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Bridgestone Posts Fiscal 2024 Results

on March 4, 2025 in Tires

Bridgestone’s results for the fiscal year ended December 31,2024, showed revenue of 4.430 trillion yen ($29.85 billion), up 2.7% year-on-year; adjusted operating income of 483.30 billion yen, up 0.6%; and net income (including discontinued operations) of 284.99 billion yen, down 14.0%. “The company’s sales and income increased due to a tailwind from exchange rates, despite new threats from structural changes...

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