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 |  2001, Bridgestone is regarded by the car manufacturers as one of the leading companies in Runflat Tyre technology with its Bridgestone Potenza RE040 RFT. As a result of that, BMW and Lexus fit the RE040 RFT to their respective sport cars, Z8 and SC430. |
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| July 2001
July 2001, BFE officially opens its 6th plant in Europe which is located in Poznan, Poland. |
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| 2002, Bridgestone and Continental annouce at the Geneva Motorshow a
technical cooperation on joint Runflat Tyre development. |
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| In July 2002 in France, Michael Schumacher once again helped Bridgestone to clinch its fifth consecutive Driver's championship. And two races later, thanks to a 1-2 Ferrari podium finish driving the Scuderia Marlboro Ferrari, Bridgestone was able to celebrate the win of the all-important Constructors' title again for the 5th consecutive time. |
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| Bridgestone and Ferrari,
successful partners in F1 |
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| September 2002
Bridgestone introduced in September 2002 at the IAA Truck Show in Hanover,its new revolutionary safety system called Aircept. It's used in Greatec extra wide tyres, replacing dual drive tyres on trucks and buses. The Aircept system supports the loads on the tyre on certain loss of the airpressure.
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