Based in Japan, Bridgestone Corporation is the world’s largest tyre and rubber company.
Bridgestone is introducing the B-select retail concept in its home market of Japan. Around 700 company-owned and exclusive Bridgestone retailers have joined the B-select B2C network, while within the commercial segment some 400 B-select stores will be operating by the end of the year.
Next month, the Steinexpo raw materials and building materials industry trade fair returns after a long absence. Around 400 brands are expected to be present at the show in Germany from 23 to 26 August, including a number of familiar names.
Bridgestone is reporting a buoyant sales period to coincide with the start of summer, with its upgraded Duravis range credited for a significant share of success. Bridgestone says the Duravis Van tyre is gaining more traction than ever before, due to its impressive performance characteristics. In TÜV SÜD testing carried out on the request of Bridgestone in July-August 2022, the tyre secured best in class mileage against key premium brand competitors (the tests were conducted on a VW Caravelle 2.0 TDI with the tyre size 205/65 R16C). The testing organisation also found the Duravis Van to be ahead of the competition in dry and wet braking performance and fuel or energy efficiency when it pitted the tyre against premium competitors at ATP Papenburg, fitted to VW Caravelles and Mercedes-Benz Sprinters. Bridgestone says these performances have left a lasting impression on van fleets.
Bridgestone will sponsor the EV Rally 2023 for the first time, using its “EV Ready” tyre technologies on the 1,200 mile, five-day event. The rally spans the UK and Ireland between 3 and 7 July, commencing in Cardiff. The new Bridgestone Turanza 6 and Duravis Van tyres, designated ‘EV Ready’ by the manufacturer, will be in the spotlight as the rally demonstrates the countries’ charging infrastructure.
Those wishing to gain a better understanding of Bridgestone Corporation’s initiatives for enhancing corporate value over the medium to long term can find the needed information in the new Bridgestone 3.0 Journey 2023 Integrated Report. This document outlines changes made since 2020 and provides an update on transformational progress in the run-up to the company’s 100th anniversary in 2031.
Following Covid-related cancellations in 2021 and 2022, the Agritechnica show returns later this year. The Hannover, Germany-based exhibition bills itself as the “world’s leading trade fair for agricultural machinery,” and in 2023 expects to welcome more than 2,600 exhibitors, including many from the tyre industry. But two well-known manufacturers of agricultural tyres will be absent.
Tyre Stewardship Australia (TSA) has recognised Bandag as a Circular Economy Collaborator, acknowledging the retreader’s contribution to keeping tyre-derived products and materials circulating in the economy for as long as possible, thereby reducing reliance on raw materials. Announcing Bandag’s induction into the April 2022-launched program, TSA shares that the Bandag process contributes to the association’s vision for a national end-of-life tyre circular economy.
Nearly half of UK motorists will make the switch to an electric vehicle in the next five years despite heightened concerns about charging point infrastructure and range anxiety, a survey commissioned by tyre manufacturer Bridgestone suggests. The survey of 2,000 UK car owners was conducted online by Research Without Barriers (RWB) between 23 February 2023 and 28 February 2023. 40 per cent said they would buy an EV by 2028, up 11 per cent from a similar result in a 2022 survey conducted by YouGov for Bridgestone (29 per cent),. 67 per cent raised fears about the availability of charging stations, a rise of 1 per cent versus 2022, while half of all respondents continue to have range anxiety, an increase of 21 per cent over the 2022 survey.
There are many changes in our latest leading tyre manufacturers ranking. The 2023 table, which lists the world’s leading tyre companies according to their full-year 2022 financial results, particularly highlights the shifts that have taken place this year in the second half of the top 20. Meanwhile, the top nine tyremakers appear to be an increasingly stable group. Between places nine and 10, there is still a gap of some 1 billion euros, something that is clearly hard to overcome for newcomers. However, as insurmountable as it appears, the gap is obviously narrowing.
Following the closure of the Bridgestone (Huizhou) Tire Co., Ltd. (BSHZ) truck tyre plant in China late in 2021 and the relocation of its manufacturing to Shenyang, the former plant assets in Huizhou, Guangdong Province remained Bridgestone’s property. The company today agreed to sell all shares in BSHZ to Huizhou Zhongkai Xinye Development.
Bridgestone Corporation recently began producing oil and recovered carbon black through the pyrolysis of end-of-life tyres at a test facility in Japan. The tyre maker is operating this unit within the Bridgestone Innovation Park in Kodaira City, Tokyo as part of a joint project with Eneos Corporation.
The new Bridgestone Dueler All-Terrain A/T002 offers “improved adaptation and reaction over different types of terrain, excellent wet and dry grip, and improved mileage” based on internal benchmarks comparing the new tyre with its predecessor, the Dueler A/T001 in 265/65 R17. Specifically, that means 40 per cent better mileage compared with the Dueler A/T001, due to the tyre’s maximised footprint width and optimised contact patch.
S8 Capital, which recently acquired the Continental plant, is set to acquire the Bridgestone tyre plant in Ulyanovsk, Russia and become the country’s second-largest tyremaker. According to the Pravda newspaper, the acquisition marks the continuation of S8 Capital’s expansion into the tyre industry. Post-acquisition S8 Capital will be second only to Tatneft, which acquired a Nokian Tires plant in the Leningrad region earlier this year, in terms of tyre manufacturing capacity.
The Belgian motorcyclist Thierry Sarasyn set a new touring world record when he visited 15 countries in just 22 hours, surpassing his own milestone of 13 countries in a day. Sarasyn finished his route in the Netherlands at 19:59 on 23 May, just under 22 hours after starting in Poland. The rider achieved this feat on a pair of Bridgestone Battlax T32 tyres, the manufacturer’s next-generation sport touring motorcycle tyre. It is the third biking world record in three years in which the Battlax T32 has been used, all three achieved by different riders on different bikes, following different routes.
In a significant development building on the retreading brand’s pre-cure heritage, Bridgestone-owned Bandag is expanding its portfolio of mould-cured retread activities with the launch of Bandag Hotread.
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