Kazuchika Higuchi
Head of IR Department
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Bridgestone Corp Ord (OTC: BRDCF) Q3 2024 earnings conference call, held 2024-11-11. Replay captured from the company's public earnings webcast.

Head of IR Department
Global CFO and Group Finance Executive Director
Global CEO and Representative Executive Officer
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WEBVTT 00:00:00.031 -- 00:00:04.274 Everyone, thank you very much for attending 00:00:04.437 -- 00:00:09.584 the financial results for the third quarter 2024 to be presented by Bridgestone 00:00:09.584 -- 00:00:11.584 Corporation. 00:00:11.888 -- 00:00:16.952 Before we start, let me introduce the members from the company. 00:00:17.936 -- 00:00:23.541 Global CEO and Representative Executive Officer, Shu Ishibashi. 00:00:24.162 -- 00:00:26.245 global CFO 00:00:26.245 -- 00:00:31.290 and group finance, Naoki Hishinuma, 00:00:33.776 -- 00:00:38.520 head of the IR department, Kazuchika Higuchi. 00:00:39.304 -- 00:00:44.552 So the three members from the Bridgestone Corporation are 00:00:44.552 -- 00:00:48.498 attending here. I would like to give the microphone over to Mr. 00:00:48.498 -- 00:00:52.060 Ishibashi, who is once again 00:00:52.242 -- 00:00:57.291 the group CEO and representative executive officer 00:00:57.291 -- 00:01:01.075 to give you the summary of the Q3 2024. 00:01:02.882 -- 00:01:04.882 Hello. 00:01:06.388 -- 00:01:12.439 I am Ishibashi, global CEO. I will now explain the summary of the third quarter. 00:01:12.439 -- 00:01:15.361 First, a global summary. 00:01:15.462 -- 00:01:20.570 Recent and urgent management priorities are to deal with structural changes in the 00:01:20.570 -- 00:01:25.637 automotive industry due to the rise of Chinese EVs, bringing about an increase 00:01:25.637 -- 00:01:31.303 in low-end imports and past negative legacies. 00:01:33.269 -- 00:01:38.337 In particular, Europe and Latin America are the deepest 00:01:38.337 -- 00:01:40.337 challenges. 00:01:40.420 -- 00:01:45.431 In response to these challenges, we are continuously improving our 00:01:45.431 -- 00:01:50.742 sales mix with a global premium focus and accelerating global busi...