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News - 2021
Bridgestone Consolidates its Manufacturing Footprints of Truck and Bus Radial Tires in China; Progress of Manufacturing Footprint Restructuring Based on Mid Term Business Plan (2021-2023)
2021/12/07
Tokyo (December 7, 2021) ― Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) announced today that it consolidates its manufacturing footprints of truck and bus radial tires in China.
Bridgestone has been considering manufacturing footprint restructuring globally, including tire, diversified product and material manufacturing sites, over a mid-long term in order to rebuild the company's earning power. This initiative is a part of the Mid Term Business Plan (2021-2023), aiming to rebuild earning power to allow the company to enhance strategic growth investment. By executing these strategies, Bridgestone is transforming to a "strong" Bridgestone capable of adapting to the changing business environment.
The overview of the consolidation is as follows.
| Manufacturing Products |
Outline of consolidation |
| Truck and bus radial tire |
Before Consolidation (Current) : 2 plants Bridgestone (Shenyang) Tire Co., Ltd. (BSSY) Bridgestone (Huizhou) Tire Co., Ltd. (BSHZ) |
| After Consolidation : 1 plant Manufacturing footprint to be consolidated into BSSY, BSHZ to be closed by the end of December, 2021 ＜Overview of BSHZ＞ Country and Area : Huizhou, Guangdong Province, China Production Volume : Approx. 2,800 tires/day Number of Employees : 518*1 |
*1 As of November 30, 2021
The Bridgestone Group has optimized its manufacturing footprints of tires, which is the Group's core business, in order to support the needs of society and customers in every period of its 90 years history since its foundation.
Based on the philosophy mentioned above, Bridgestone considered thoroughly and comprehensively, including optimization of tire manufacturing in China, maintaining and increasing competitiveness, and impact to the local communities, based on the Mid Term Business Plan (2021-2023). Thus, the Company decided to close BSHZ and consolidate production of truck and bus tire into BSSY. For employees and local communities who will be affected by the closure of BSHZ, Bridgestone is taking appropriate actions to minimize the impact as much as possible, following local laws and regulations, as well as labor agreements. For customers and suppliers, Bridgestone maintains to provide products and services with high quality mainly from BSSY, but also from other sites in other regions.
The Bridgestone Group will reinforce its portfolio management in line with the changing business environment, to evolve to a sustainable solutions company which aims to continuously provide social value and customer value.
Bridgestone expects the impact on its consolidated financial results for 2021 to be minor.
For more information on the Bridgestone Group's Mid Term Business Plan (2021-2023),click here.
＜For reference: Progress of business portfolio / manufacturing footprints restructuring＞
*Business portfolio restructuring
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| November 1, 2021 | Conveyor Belt | Bridgestone Announces its Progress of Restructuring Diversified Products Business Based on Mid Term Business Plan (2021-2023) Withdrawing from Conveyor Belt Business |
*Manufacturing footprints restructuring
