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Mazda pivot story

Cork products turned into zoom-zoom engineering.

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Cork -> cars

Before

Cork manufacturing.

to

After

Automobiles.

The pivot story

Mazda began as Toyo Cork Kogyo before shifting into machine tools and vehicles.

Why it worked

The company evolved its manufacturing base into higher-value engineering.

Known for

Automobiles

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