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BridgestoneRisks
- Increases in the costs, or reduced availability, of raw materials and manufactured components may adversely affect our profitability.
- Disruptions in the supply chain could have an adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
- A disruption in, or the inability to successfully implement upgrades to, our information technology systems, including disruptions relating to cybersecurity as well as data privacy concerns, could adversely affect our business and financial performance.
- An inability to effectively manage the timing, quality and costs of new program launches could adversely affect our financial performance.
- Our success depends in part on our development of improved products, and our efforts may fail to meet the needs of customers on a timely or cost-effective basis.
- We may incur material losses and costs as a result of product liability and warranty and recall claims that may be brought against us.
- Our commitment to drive value through culture, innovation and results is dependent on our ability to identify, attract, develop and retain a skilled, engaged and diverse workforce.
- Our financial condition and results of operations have been previously, and may in the future be, adversely affected by public health events.
- We are highly dependent on the automotive industry. A prolonged or material contraction in automotive sales and production volumes could adversely affect our business, results of operations and financial condition.
- We may not realize sales represented by awarded business, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
- Pricing pressures may adversely affect our business.
- Our business could be adversely affected if we lose any of our largest customers or significant platforms.
- We operate in a highly competitive industry and efforts by our competitors to gain market share could adversely affect our financial performance.
- The benefits of our continuous improvement programs and other cost savings plans may not be fully realized.
- We may continue to incur significant costs related to manufacturing facility closings or consolidation which could have an adverse effect on our financial condition.
- We are subject to other risks associated with our international operations.
- A portion of our operations are conducted by joint ventures which have unique risks.
- Any acquisitions or divestitures we make may be unsuccessful, may take longer than anticipated or may negatively impact our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.
- The ongoing situations in Ukraine and Russia and the Middle East and related disruptions could adversely affect our liquidity, business, and results of operations.
- We have a substantial amount of indebtedness, which could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and our ability to obtain financing in the future and to react to changes in our business.
- Our variable rate indebtedness subjects us to interest rate risk, which could cause our indebtedness service obligations to increase significantly.
- Our debt instruments impose significant operating and financial restrictions on us and our subsidiaries.
- Our expected annual effective tax rate and cash tax liability could be volatile and could materially change as a result of changes in many items including mix of earnings, debt and capital structure and other factors.
- Our working capital requirements may negatively affect our liquidity and capital resources.
- Impairment charges relating to our goodwill, long-lived assets or intangible assets could adversely affect our results.
- Certain of our pension plans are currently underfunded, and we may have to make cash contributions to the plans, reducing the cash available for our business.
- Significant changes in discount rates, the actual return on pension assets and other factors could adversely affect our liquidity, results of operations and financial condition.
- Failure to maintain effective controls and procedures could adversely impact our business, financial condition and results of operations.
- We operate as a holding company and depend on our subsidiaries for cash to satisfy the obligations of the holding company.
- We may not be able to procure insurance at reasonable rates to fully meet our needs.
- We are involved from time to time in legal and regulatory proceedings, claims or investigations which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition.
- If we are unable to protect our intellectual property or if a third party challenges our intellectual property rights, our business could be adversely affected.
- We may be adversely affected by laws and regulations, including environmental, health and safety laws and regulations.
Management Discussion
- * Net of customer price adjustments, including recoveries and the impact of work stoppages initiated by certain labor unions in North America in 2023.
- Sales for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased 11.5%, compared to the year ended December 31, 2022. The increase in sales was driven by volume and mix, mainly higher vehicle production volume due to the stabilization of the supply environment, elimination of prior year COVID-19 related restrictions in China and net customer price adjustments including
- recovery of cost increases. This increase was partially offset by the negative impact of work stoppages initiated by certain labor unions in North America in 2023, foreign exchange and the divestitures of our European technical rubber products business and a joint venture in the Asia Pacific region. See Note 4. “Divestitures and Deconsolidations” to the consolidated financial statements included in Item 8. “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Report for additional information.