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THE BRIDGESTONE GROUP
The World’s Largest Manufacturer of Tire and Rubber Products
Since its founding in 1931, the Group has steadily expanded its operations,
centered on tire production, and today, the Group has over 180 manufacturing
plants and R&D facilities around the world.
OUR BUSINESS
The Group provides tires for passenger
cars, trucks, buses, motorcycles,
construction and mining vehicles,
aircraft, etc. Its tire operations extend
across a wide range of elds, from raw
material production to sales and
maintenance, as well as retread
solutions businesses.
TIRE BUSINESS
CONTENTS
1 FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS
2 SEGMENT HIGHLIGHTS
4 MANAGEMENT TASKS
8 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
11 CORPORATE GOVERNANCE,
COMPLIANCE, AND
RISK MANAGEMENT
14 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
AND CORPORATE AUDITORS
15 SHAREHOLDER INFORMATION
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
The descriptions of projections and plans that
appear in this publication are “forward-looking
statements.” They involve known and unknown
risks and uncertainties in regard to such
factors as product liability, currency exchange
rates, raw material costs, labor-management
relations, and political stability. These and
other variables could cause the Group’s actual
performance and results to differ from
management’s projections and plans.
The Group makes and sells a range of
rubber products and other products.
In recent years, Bridgestone has drawn
on its original technologies to launch
a number of environment-friendly
products, such as adhesive lm for
solar modules.
DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS BUSINESS