Bridgestone alters senior management responsibilities

Bridgestone has announced the approval by its board of directors of three vice presidents’ changes of position and responsibilities. Yoshiyuki Morimoto is now responsible solely for products development in his senior officer role, with Tatsuro Hamada taking over responsibility for tyre research and material development. Hamada’s previous position as internal manufacturing management officer has been transferred to Masahito Tsuji, who has added this responsibility to his role as procurement officer.