Bridgestone wins 2020 Regional Overall Outstanding Performance Award from Toyota
• Bridgestone wins 2020 Regional Overall Outstanding Performance Award at Toyota’s Annual Supplier Awards
• This is Bridgestone’s second time receiving this award
• Bridgestone is committed towards building strong partnerships and creating long term shared value with its customers
Singapore (April 8, 2021) — Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd., a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation, a global leader in sustainable mobility and advanced solutions, has won the 2020 Regional Overall Outstanding Performance Award at Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd.’s (TDEM) Annual Supplier Awards. This is the second time Bridgestone is receiving this award, the last time being in 2014.
The award was presented by Mr. Apinot Suchewaboripont, Executive Vice President of TDEM to Mr. Keiji Chuma, Managing Director of Thai Bridgestone Co., Ltd. at the award ceremony held at TDEM’s head office in Thailand on 23rd March 2021.
Left to right: Mr. Rungsun Lttisirikoonchai, Vice President, TDEM, Mr. Apinot Suchewaboripont, Executive Vice President, TDEM,
Mr. Keiji Chuma, Managing Director, Thai Bridgestone Co., Ltd, Mr. Yasunori Nakamura, Leader Vice President, TDEM
Plaque presented by Toyota Daihatsu Engineering & Manufacturing Co., Ltd. to Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte., Ltd.
The TDEM Supplier Awards is organized annually by TDEM to give recognition to its suppliers in the ASEAN region. A total of 10 awards were given out to both local and regional suppliers based on their performance in various aspects such as Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Development. Bridgestone clinched the most prestigious Regional Overall Outstanding Performance Award for showing strong support towards Toyota’s activities across the region through its extensive sales, manufacturing, and service network in the ASEAN region.
“Bridgestone is proud and honored to receive this prestigious award from Toyota. We are committed to identifying and developing solutions that are market-leading, effective and sustainable both for our customers’ business and our own, ultimately creating long-term shared value.” said Mr. Keiji Chuma, Managing Director of Thai Bridgestone Co., Ltd.
“We would like to thank Toyota for their trust in Bridgestone and we look forward to many more years of strong partnership and collaboration”, he added.
About Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.:
Headquartered in Tokyo, Bridgestone Corporation is a global leader providing sustainable mobility and advanced solutions. In Singapore, its regional headquarters Bridgestone Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd. (BSCAP) oversees the operations of tyre production and sales facilities, and supplies its products to more than 20 countries in the region. BSCAP and its subsidiaries across the region offers a diverse portfolio of original equipment and replacement tyres, tyre-centric solutions and mobility solutions that deliver social value and customer value. Guided by its global corporate social responsibility commitment, Our Way to Serve, Bridgestone is dedicated to shaping a sustainable future of mobility and improving the way people move, live, work and play.
