Bridgestone, a major tire manufacturer, has announced that it has begun to consider withdrawing from the production business in Russia due to the lack of prospects for local parts procurement due to the Russian military invasion.
Bridgestone has been producing passenger car tires since 2016 at its plant in Ulyanovsk, central Russia, but production has been suspended since March this year due to the impact of the Russian military invasion.
The company has begun to consider transferring the factory and sales company to a local operator and withdrawing from the production business in Russia, as it is difficult to procure parts locally and there is still no prospect of resuming production. I was.
We plan to hand over the employment of about 1,000 employees working at the factory and the sales company to the transferee company.
According to the company, sales from the Russian business account for about 2% of the group's total.
Among Japanese manufacturers, Toyota Motor Corporation has decided to close its plant in St. Petersburg, and Mazda has entered into discussions with a local joint venture partner to end production at its plant in Vladivostok. There is a series of moves to review business in Russia.