In April 1956, Bridgestone celebrated his 25th birthday with a grand ceremony. In the new memorial hall of Jiuliumi Factory, the Bridgestone song composed by president Masayiro Shiqiao and group Yi Jiumo was also unveiled. As a result, Bridgestone actively ushered in the rapid development after the war with a new look.
In Bridgestone's history, May 1, 1961 is another day worth commemorating and writing. On the same day, Bridgestone was listed on the stock exchange in Tokyo and Osaka, and the stock price of Bridgestone, which was issued at 330 yen, rose to 1200 yen at the peak. Bridgestone's healthy business operation, good enterprise capability and considerable market development prospects have become the fundamental reasons for attracting many smart candidates.
After listing, Bridgestone began to enter a seven year long reform period. Since 1962, Bridgestone has started to establish a standardized and perfect enterprise system, and plans to implement extraordinary quality management. In 1964, Bridgestone introduced the "Deming Plan" and launched a challenge to the "Deming Implementation Award" for the third time. Bridgestone still unswervingly maintained its momentum. The huge time, manpower, material costs and pain costs for reform will be proved to be very worthwhile in the future.
In 1968, after Bridgestone won the "Deming Implementation Award", "scientific methods into quality management" became an important reason for Bridgestone to maintain its position as a good player in the industry today; In the same year, the company's purpose of "contributing to society with higher quality" written by President Mashiro Shiqiao was also determined, which also means that Bridgestone has created more value for the whole society, not just tires.
Looking at the development history of Bridgestone, we can find that this is actually a history of tire technology reform. Bridgestone has always been able to seize the market opportunity and invest high R&D funds, from the man-made fiber tires that were first developed and sold in 1951, the nylon tires that were vigorously promoted in 1959, the radial tires that were specially developed for high-speed cars in 1967, to the special racing tires provided for F1 competitions, and even the "low fuel tire ECOPIA" that was developed to protect the environment and reduce energy consumption, We are committed to creating high-quality tire products for consumers and making ourselves a long-term market leader.
In 1976, Masayoshi Ishihashi, who had created Bridgestone's "tire empire", completed a glorious life, while Bridgestone, which had already completed the transition from old to new, continued to move steadily along the established development path. In 2006, Mashiro Ishihashi, the "Mr. Tire" who enjoys a high reputation in Japan and was included in the Japanese Automobile Hall of Fame, was included in the American Automobile Hall of Fame. This is not only because of his influence and forward-looking achievements in the rubber and tire industries, but also because his efforts and contributions in many fields such as philanthropy have been praised and remembered by more people.
