Dow Jones reported, Bridgestone announced Nov

Dow Jones reported, Bridgestone announced Nov. 1 the company will increase tire prices in the United States, the highest increase of up to 8%. The price increases related to the company for trucks, buses, agricultural vehicles and construction machinery tires.

Bridgestone Americas Truck Tyre Tire Branch (Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, BATO) Chairman, CEO and President Eduardo Minardi, said at a news conference: "We face a series of market pressures, including rising energy, transportation and raw material costs , so we have to raise prices. "

But the company did not specify the rate of increase of each tire.