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Bridgestone Acquires iTrack Solutions Business from UK Tire Management Firm Transense

on June 29, 2020 in Industry, Tires

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) announced on June 25 that it has finished acquiring the iTrack Solutions Business of U.K.-based company Transense Technologies PLC. Transense’s iTrack Solutions Business provides mining companies with solutions that contribute to both tire maintenance as well as the optimization of vehicle operations. Through this, the business has built up an excellent reputation for itself over the years....

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Bridgestone Corporate Officers Lower Their Pay for Remainder of Year Due to COVID-19

on June 24, 2020 in Tires

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) has announced that in response to the tough business conditions brought about by the novel coronavirus, it will reduce its compensation for corporate officers. This will extend to all executives responsible for management – including those stationed overseas – but will exclude overseas business executives who are also serving as executives in Japan. The reduced pay will...

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Bridgestone to Withdraw From Tennis Business at End of 2020

on June 22, 2020 in Products

Bridgestone Sports Co. Ltd. and wholly-owned subsidiary Bridgestone Sports Sales Japan Co. Ltd. have decided to withdraw from operations for tennis-related sporting goods at the end of 2020. Following its full-fledged entry into the tennis goods business in 1984, Bridgestone has been designing, manufacturing and selling tennis products in Japan, primarily under the Bridgestone brand. The company has also served...

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Bridgestone Tires Selected as OE for 2020 Models of Yamaha’s Super Sports Bikes

on June 19, 2020 in Industry, Tires

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) is supplying its Battlax Racing Street RS11 tires as OE for the 2020 models of Yamaha Motor Co. Ltd.’s (TYO:7272) YZF-R1 and YZF-R1M super sports bikes, which the automaker unveiled on May 28. A flagship model in Bridgestone’s lineup of road-legal sports tires, the Battlax Racing Street RS11 was designed to provide sporty performance on public roads....

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Bridgestone Puts Tire Wear Prediction Technology to Use in New Maintenance Program With JAL

on June 18, 2020 in Industry, Tires

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) and Japan Airlines Co. Ltd. (JAL; TYO:9201) recently announced that as of May, they have used tire wear prediction technologies to start up a more accurate, systematic program for aircraft tire replacement. This is being targeted toward use on the aircraft of J-Air Corp., a JAL subsidiary that operates regional routes for the JAL Group out of...

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Bridgestone’s Ecopia RD613 Selected as OE Tire for Toyota Hiace

on June 16, 2020 in Tires

Bridgestone Corp. (TYO:5108) recently announced that it has begun supplying the Ecopia RD613 as an OE tire for the newly updated Toyota Hiace, which was launched by Toyota Motor Corp. (TYO:7203) in May. The Ecopia brand of tires offers impressive capabilities when it comes to various tire performance metrics – including wet performance and driveability – while also making targeted...

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