Bridgestone, founded in 1931 in Kurume, Japan, is the world's largest tire and rubber company, producing tyres for cars, trucks, aircraft and construction vehicles across more than 150 countries.
Bridgestone Corporation is the world's largest tire and rubber company. Founded in 1931 by Shojiro Ishibashi in Kurume, Japan, the group now operates in more than 150 countries and regions, running some 72 tire plants and around 130 manufacturing and research facilities worldwide. Production amounts to approximately 1m tires a day, and annual revenue exceeds ¥3trn ($22bn).
The product range spans passenger car, commercial truck, motorcycle, aircraft and construction vehicle tyres. Technical work covers rubber technology, run-flat systems that allow continued driving after a puncture, and fuel-efficient lines such as Ecopia. Research and development increasingly focuses on sustainable materials and carbon-neutral mobility.
Employees work against the founder's mission of "Serving Society with Superior Quality" and the E8 Commitment, a set of eight values: Energy, Ecology, Efficiency, Extension, Economy, Emotion, Ease and Empowerment. The company cites a culture of continuous improvement rooted in a Japanese heritage of creative pioneering, alongside community engagement programmes and partnerships with Formula 1 and the Olympics.
