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Bridgestone Launches New Retail Service Solution Network

on July 13, 2023 in Tires

Bridgestone subsidiary Bridgestone Tire Solutions Japan is developing a new retail service solution network called B-select. Consisting of tire retail partners in Japan, B-select is a network of stores that can provide differentiated solutions while retaining the concept of tire dealerships. The objective is to deliver high-quality service solutions anywhere in Japan. In the future, Bridgestone will expand services and...

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Report: Rubber Industry Faces Changes, Including Weak Yen, Naphta Prices

on July 11, 2023 in Industry

The environment surrounding the Japanese rubber industry has been changing due to the ongoing depreciation of the yen, the decline in naphtha prices and the slump in China. These changes are a mixture of good and bad news for the rubber industry, but since they are all external factors, it is difficult for individual companies to influence them. Japan Rubber...

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Rubber Companies Expanding Into Food Sector – Part 2

on June 27, 2023 in Industry

This article is part 2 in a series of 2. Bridgestone made a splash at this year’s Fooma Japan by exhibiting for the first time. The company, which until now has had little to do with food, exhibited a soft robotic hand that contributes to labor savings and automation of food conveyance. Soft Robotics Ventures, an in-house venture, is promoting...

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Bridgestone Launches Effort to Generate Carbon Black From Used Tires

on June 12, 2023 in Industry

Bridgestone has installed a demonstration unit at the Bridgestone Innovation Park in Kodaira City, Tokyo, for precision pyrolysis (oilification) of used tires. The move is part of an initiative to generate decomposed oil and recycled carbon black from used tires by thermally decomposing them. The project is one of two R&D themes under the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development...

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Bridgestone Selected as Digital Transformation Stock 2023 by METI, TSE and IPA

on June 6, 2023 in Industry

Bridgestone has been selected for the fourth consecutive year as “Digital Transformation Stock (DX Brand)”, an initiative by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), the Tokyo Stock Exchange, and the Information-technology Promotion Agency, Japan (IPA). DX Stocks are companies listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange that are engaged in Digital Transformation (DX), a process of drastically transforming their...

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Bridgestone and Kyushu University Partner up to Resolve Apparent and Latent Issues

on June 1, 2023 in Industry

Bridgestone and Kyushu University signed an organization-responsive collaboration in March and will begin a comprehensive collaboration aimed at solving apparent and latent issues. Both parties have been engaged in advanced joint research on rubber materials for tires, and are now partnering up to implement comprehensive initiatives including joint research and human resource development. They will work together to realize the...

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