Japanese producer Bridgestone has announced that starting July 1 it would open sales offices in three new countries: Romania, Slovakia and Lithuania to coordinate marketing activities in order to improve services in those countries, a company press release informs.

Sales increased significantly over the past years, Bridgestone Europe Marketing and Sales Director Gerry Duffy declared. He added that it was time to enter the respective markets in order to improve services.

Bridgestone Europe, with headquarters in Brussels is a Bridgestone Corporation division with 17 subsidiaries in Europe. Globally, the company has over 133,000 employees.