Bridgestone to raise Japanese tyre prices

ERJ staff report (DS)

Tokyo -- Bridgestone Corp. is to raise prices on March 1, 2011 for truck and bus tyres sold in the replacement market in Japan. The company blamed rhe move on increased raw material prices.

Specific price increases will be 7.0 percent for truck and bus replacement tyres (both summer and winter tyres)

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Press release from Bridgestone (Japanese language)

Press release from Bridgestone (Auto translated into English from Japanese)