[Bangkok] (March 21, 2019) – Bridgestone Sales (Thailand) Co., Ltd., arranged 2019 Cockpit Annual Meeting for over 200 dealers from nationwide, demonstrating thankfulness for the forces driving their continual success. This meeting, which was held on February 12-27, also clarified vision and operations strategies, reinforced distribution potential, and further modernized services to confidently serve customers’ needs.

Mr. Hiroyuki Saito, Marketing and Strategy Group Director of Bridgestone Sales (Thailand) Co.,Ltd., said: “Amidst the challenging situation of competitors in Thailand’s tire service centers, Bridgestone continues to drive business fowards due to its selling point of raising standards for its COCKPIT tire service centers. This is a continuation of the success of business operations run by reinforcing strengths, cooperation with  A.C.T., which is Auto Care and Tire service center under Bridgestone, improving COCKPIT’s image and service standards, by enhancing to the technical and service knowledge for local dealers to serve the customers’ needs in these regions at increased efficiencies.”

Bridgestone will push sales and marketing strategies for COCKPIT throughout 2019 through its high-quality and products and equipments. In addition, it will be fully provided with professional mechanics to elevate the service centers’ status as high-standard tire service centers encompassing every need.

About Bridgestone:

Bridgestone Corporation, headquartered in Tokyo, is the world’s largest tire and rubber company.  In addition to tires for use in a wide variety of applications, it also manufactures a broad range of diversified products, which include industrial rubber and chemical products and sporting goods.  Its products are sold in over 150 nations and territories around the world.

In Thailand, Bridgestone has managed to achieve sustainable growth and success through a great confidence from end-users, dealers, and automotive manufacturers since its production 50 years ago. Through our history, the company has shown a great determination to research, invent, and create excellent products that are suitable for domestic use.  Additionally, together with well selected raw materials, state-of-the-art production facilities and machines, and highest standard of quality control, these enable Bridgestone to journey on the same path with corporate mission – “Serving Society with Superior Quality.”