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The GroupThe GroupThe GroupThe Group

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80 years of successful development• 1930 First tire made at Ishibashi’s footwear company

• 1931 Shojiro Ishibashi establishes Bridgestone Tire CO., Ltd in Kurume

• 1937 Headquarters moved to Tokyo

• 1953 Becomes Japan’s largest tire manufacturer (>1 Billion Yen)

• 1962 Develops Japan’s first steel radial tire for Truck and Bus

• 1964 Develop Japan’s first radial tire for Passenger cars

• 1988 Acquire Firestone, second largest tire manufacturer in the USA

• 1990 Establishes Bridgestone/Firestone Europe S.A.

• 1997 Enters F1 competition

• 2002 Enters MotoGP competition

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Bridgestone Group Key Facts

Bridgestone CorporationHead office 10-1, Kyobashi 1-chome,

Chuo-ku,Tokyo 104 - 8340, Japan

Established in March 1, 1931

President and CEO

Employees at headquarters 13,027Employees, worldwide 123,727

Paid-in capital 126,354 million YenConsolidated subsidiaries 435 companies

Financial results 24,470 million US $Net earnings 1,643 million US $

Shoshi ARAKAWA

Founder : Shojiro Ishibashi

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Global organization with 3 continental HQBridgestone CorporationHead Office: Tokyo, Japan

Bridgestone America

HoldingRegional HQ in Nashville, USA

Bridgestone Europe NV/SARegional HQ in Brussels

4 technical centres Tokyo in Japan (2), Rome in Italy, Akron in USA

45 tyre factories worldwide

89 plants for other products

Sales network in more than 150 nations and territories around the world

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Tire focused activities

Tires (>80% of total activity)

Passenger cars andrecreational vehicles

Trucks and buses, heavy and light

Commercial vans

Agriculture (Global leader)

Off-the-road vehicles (Global leader)

Motorcycles and scooters

Aircraft

Subways and monorails

Racing, go-karts

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45 tire plants in 23 countries (2005)

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Non-tire (<20%)

Automotive parts: wheels, noise absorbers,cushions, ...

Industrial rubber products: belts, hoses,marine products, rubber dams, dock fenders,roofing and insulation materials, ...

Chemical products: building products, foams, ...

Sporting goods: bicycles, golf balls and gear,tennis balls, surf boards, boats, ...

...

Other activities and products

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Bridgestone

In Europe

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Headquarters : Brussels (1990)> 11,000 Employees,> 2.7 Billions  €

www.bridgestone-eu.com

Chairman, CEO and President:Takashi URANO

SALES

14 fully owned SubsidiariesAustria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,France, Germany, Ireland, Italy,Portugal, UK, Spain, Sweden,Switzerland, Netherlands

3 Companies in joint ventureCzech Republic, Hungary, Poland

2 Exclusive DistributorsGreece and Norway

PRODUCTION

6 Factories3 in Spain,1 in France1 in Italy1 in Poland2 projects in EEU

Bridgestone Europe NV/SA: Integrated operations

R&D

1 Technical Centre with Proving Ground1 Training Center with Proving GroundRome

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Technical Centre Europe (TCE): Rome, ItalyEmployees

350 engineers, chemists, test drivers, technicians:develop tyres of outstanding performance & quality 

for OE & Replacement markets 

Facilities

Extending over 32 hectares

• 16,000 m² of covered floor-space • pilot manufacturing plant

• indoor drum tyre-testing complex.

• fully-equipped proving ground: > 8 km of 

test track surfaces all-year testing.

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Functions & CapabilitiesFunctions & CapabilitiesFunctions & CapabilitiesFunctions & Capabilities

 All phases of design and development:- of tyres, processes and equipments- for passenger, commercial van, truck/bus

and agricultural tyres- Targeting European and African markets

manufacturing facilities, including:

 – 2D & 3D CAD & engineering for curing moulds& tyres. – Chemical, physical & technical analysis of materials.

 – Pilot plant for prototype/experimental tyre building.

 – Indoor tyre testing complex for drum evaluations.

 – Proving ground test tracks for tyres and vehicles.

 – Quality systems:ISO-9001, QS-9000, ISO/TS 16949 certified andenvironmental management system ISO14001.

Technical Centre Europe (TCE): Rome, Italy

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European Proving Ground

European Proving Ground (EUPG):at Aprilia, near Rome, Italy,

Inaugurated on 11th June 2004,  €40 millonfacility.

Covering 144 hectares

4 km oval circuit

the most modern year-round testing assetsin Europe.

A modern training facility

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Manufacturing

Products

Each of the 6 plants specialises in

particular types of tyres,covering the full range.

QS Certification

Bridgestone Europe tyre plants are certified to the ISO9001quality standard since 1993 and QS9000 starting in 1997.

All of these approvals have been granted by Lloyds RegisterQuality Assurance Limited.