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<\/p>\nYesterday in Tokyo, Bridgestone issued an outline of the group\u2019s mid-term management plan for 2017\u00a0which will cover five years from 2018 to 2022. It aims towards a goal of achieving leadership in each\u00a0industry in which it competes.
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Updated to reflect changes in the operating environment since last year, the latest plan will serve as a\u00a0process guide for Bridgestone in optimising its management structures and strategic activities, according to\u00a0their announcement yesterday.<\/p>\n
It also plans to accelerate the pace of its management reforms with a continuing focus on \u00a0their three priority goals.<\/p>\n
It wishes to consistently deliver growth exceeding the industry average; return on asset (ROA) of 6 per cent; operating profit (OP) of 10 per cent and return on equity (ROE) 12 per cent; and by each strategic business unit (SBU) operating profit of 10 per cent.
\nIn the 2017 medium term plan, the Bridgestone Group continues its focus on the three subjects that have been its priority since the\u00a02013MTP: (1) Cultivating global corporate culture, (2) Developing human resources capable of global management,\u00a0and (3) Upgrading the global management structure.<\/p>\n
The Bridgestone Corporation advance brand strategy includes becoming an\u00a0Olympic TOP partner, various select paralympic partnerships, Team Bridgestone, and activities for Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018.<\/p>\n
Recent innovative technologies included developing next-generation bicycle tyres, designed using the “Air Free\u00a0Concept\u201d. It continues with the programme to move from “Product” to \u201cSolution\u201d with a new aircraft tyre solutions base in Thailand<\/p>\n
Good Design Award wins 2017<\/strong> Its handling capabilities allow\u00a0even bikes of nearly 300kg to turn smoothly at both low and high speeds, minimizing fall-in\u00a0characteristics in turns. By reducing the transmissions of vibration of V-Twins, it provides a\u00a0comfortable ride. With the BattleCruise H50, they want you to savor the laid-back cruising of the\u00a0V-Twin.<\/p>\n The second Good Design Award 2017 win was for the bikke POLAR e, an electric assist bicycle to ride with children which developed lower frame, smaller 20 inch tyres and\u00a0new child seat. It was designed to meet both demand from child’s safety and comfortableness and\u00a0driver’s stable riding and usability.<\/p>\n Finally, Bridgestone Corporation points to its ongoing contribution to the creation of a sustainable society. Last March, it formulated a CSR structure “Our Way to Serve\u201d, and in July, it was named to two new ESG indexes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Yesterday in Tokyo, Bridgestone issued an outline of the group\u2019s mid-term management plan for 2017\u00a0which will cover five years from 2018 to 2022. It aims towards a goal of achieving leadership in each\u00a0industry in which it competes. Updated to reflect changes in the operating environment since last year, the latest plan will serve as a\u00a0process […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18426,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[649,20,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-brands","category-bridgestone","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nThe Good Design Award 2017 also yielded two wins for Bridgestone.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Bridgestone-BattleCruise-H50-Award-Winners.jpg\")
\nThe first was the BattleCruise H50 tyres, which was designed specially for big-displacement American cruisers motorbikes. It promises long life,\u00a0smooth hsndling and comfortable ride as the key features that H50 offers. The rear tyre can\u00a0claim a long life as much as 2.7 times of our predecessor product.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.tyretrade.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Bridgestones-bikke-Polar-e-award-winner.jpg\")
This bicycle has stylish body design and various colors. Optional\u00a0color parts can enjoy original coordinates only for your families.<\/p>\n