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270. Bridgestone

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Rank: 270 (Previous rank: 276)
CEO: Shoshi Arakawa
Employees: 137,981
Address: 1-10-1 Kyobashi
Tokyo, 104-8340
Country: Japan
Website: www.bridgestone.com

	$ millions	% change from 2007
Revenues	31,292.5	8.7
Profits	100.7	-91.0
Assets	30,540.1	—
Stockholders' equity	13,216.9	—

Profits as % of
Revenues	0.3
Assets	0.3

Industry: Motor Vehicles and Parts

Rank	Company	Global 500 rank	Revenues ($ millions)
1	Toyota Motor	10	204,352.3
2	Volkswagen	14	166,579.1
3	General Motors	18	148,979.0


4	Ford Motor	19	146,277.0
5	Daimler	23	140,327.9
6	Honda Motor	51	99,652.4
7	Fiat	64	86,913.6
8	Nissan Motor	67	83,982.0
9	Peugeot	75	79,560.1
10	BMW	78	77,863.7
11	Hyundai Motor	87	72,541.8
12	Robert Bosch	98	66,051.7
13	Renault	130	55,314.1
14	Volvo	163	46,057.2
15	Johnson Controls	198	38,062.0
16	Continental	222	35,477.8
17	Bridgestone	270	31,292.5
18	Denso	271	31,282.2
19	Suzuki Motor	290	29,910.8
20	Mazda Motor	352	25,242.5
21	Shanghai Automotive	359	24,882.2
22	MAN Group	368	24,275.2
23	Michelin	376	24,016.1
24	Magna International	384	23,704.0
25	China FAW Group	385	23,664.4
26	Aisin Seiki	417	22,043.2
27	China South Industries Group	428	21,675.4
28	Delphi	453	20,383.0
29	Mitsubishi Motors	470	19,645.0
30	Goodyear Tire & Rubber	472	19,488.0

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