Bridgestone: Higher sales, earnings in Jan-Sept 2021

Bridgestone Corporation reports revenues of 833.0 billion yen (£5.4 billion) in Q3 2021, a 12 per cent increase on the third quarter result a year earlier. Adjusted operating profit is up 54 per cent, to 101.7 billion yen (£644.4 million), with the margin increasing 3.3 percentage points, to 12.2 per cent. Profit attributable to owners of parent amounted to 70.5 billion yen (£460.6 million).