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Bridgestone

Bridgestone
Company nameBridgestone Corporation
Company typePublic
SloganPASSION for Excellence (Japan),
It's Bridgestone or nothing! (Worldwide)
IndustryManufacturing
FoundedMarch 1, 1931 (Kurume, Fukuoka)
HeadquartersKyobashi, Tokyo
Key peopleShoshi Arakawa, CEO
ProductsMotor vehicle tires
Revenue(+) US$ 35.3 Billion (2010)
Net income(+) US$ 1.2 Billion (2010)
Employees139822

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|} in the city of Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan. The name Bridgestone comes from a calque translation and transposition of ishibashi, meaning "stone bridge" in Japanese.

As of the end of 2005, production facilities belonging to the Bridgestone Group have increased to 141 spread throughout twenty-four nations of the world. In order to attain this level of globalization, the company established a new set of corporate policies in the year 2001. In continuation of this, the company's Brand Vision was also established in 2003.


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