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53
Ownership
(including
indirect
Country Company ownership) Capital (in thousands) Operations
Mexico Bridgestone/Firestone de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 100.0% MXP96,876 Manufacture and sale of tires
The Netherlands
Bridgestone/Firestone Benelux B.V.* 100.0% E2,515 Sale of tires
Bridgestone Finance Europe B.V. 100.0% E225 Finance
New Zealand Bridgestone/Firestone New Zealand Ltd. 100.0% NZ$42,349 Manufacture and sale of tires
Poland Bridgestone/Firestone Poland 100.0% Zl 558,058 Manufacture and sale of tires
Limited Liability Company*
Portugal Bridgestone/Firestone Portuguesa, Lda.* 100.0% E1,125 Sale of tires
Russia Bridgestone C.I.S. L.L.C. 100.0% RB68,474 Sale of tires
Singapore Bridgestone Singapore Pte., Ltd. 100.0% S$1,000 Purchase and delivery of
natural rubber
South Africa Bridgestone/Firestone South Africa 93.7% ZAR15 Holding company for tire
Holdings (Pty) Ltd. manufacturing and marketing
company
Spain Bridgestone/Firestone Hispania S.A.* 99.7% E56,726 Manufacture and sale of tires
Sweden Bridgestone/Firestone Sweden AB* 100.0% Skr8,600 Sale of tires and automotive
components
Switzerland Bridgestone/Firestone (Schweiz) AG* 100.0% S.Fr.8,850 Sale of tires
Taiwan Bridgestone Taiwan Co., Ltd.80.0% NT$810,000 Manufacture and sale of tires
Thailand Thai Bridgestone Co., Ltd. 67.2% B400,000 Manufacture and sale of tires
Turkey Brisa Bridgestone Sabanci Lastik 42.9% TL7,441,875,000 Manufacture and sale of tires
Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
United Kingdom
Bridgestone/Firestone U.K. Ltd.* 100.0% £28,035 Sale of tires and automotive components
Bridgestone Industrial Ltd. 100.0% £250 Sale of engineered products
U.S.A. Bridgestone/Firestone Americas Holding, Inc. 100.0% US$127,000 Holding company for operations
(renamed Bridgestone Americas Holding, Inc., in the Americas
on January 1, 2003)
Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire, LLC
100.0% US$1 Manufacture and sale of tires
BFS Retail & Commercial Operations, LLC 100.0% US$1 Sale of tires and automotive components
and automotive maintenance and repair
services
BFS Diversified Products, LLC 100.0% US$1 Manufacture and sale of roofing
materials, synthetic rubber and other
products
Morgan Tire & Auto, Inc. 58.5% US$1 Sales of tires
Bridgestone APM Company 100.0% US$15,000 Manufacture, marketing, and sale
of vibration-isolating rubber for
automobiles
Bridgestone Aircraft Tire (USA), Inc. 100.0% US$1 Retread and sale of aircraft tires
Venezuela Bridgestone/Firestone Venezolana C.A. 100.0% Bs66,700 Manufacture and sale of tires
(as of December 31, 2002; European companies indicated with an asterisk (*)
changed their names on January 1, 2003, to reflect the change of their parent
company’s name to Bridgestone Europe NV/SA, from Bridgestone/Firestone Europe S.A.)