Sector (GICS)
Consumer Discretionary
Bridgestone Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, manufactures and sells tires and rubber products in Japan, China, India, the Asia Pacific, the United States, the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The company offers passenger car, motorcycle, trucks, buses, construction and mining vehicles, agricultural machinery, and aircraft tires; automotive components; automotive maintenance and repair services; synthetic rubber; retreading materials; and raw materials for tires. It also provides hoses, rubber crawler MT pads, resin piping, seismic isolation rubber, rubber bearings for bridges, and block-type rubber-coated chain bridge collapse prevention device. In addition, the company offers golf equipment comprising golf balls and golf clubs; bicycles and power-assisted bicycles; and finance services, including lending, factoring and entrusted processing of accounting and payroll calculation. Further, it provides retail and service, fleet, aviation, industrial and construction machinery, agriculture mobility, mining, and building solutions. Additionally, it engages in shipping and warehousing activities. Bridgestone Corporation was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Chuo, Japan.
