Bridgestone Outline Plans for Plant Refurbishment

On December 8 Bridgestone Firestone North America outlined its intention to invest at least US$33 million in its Aiken County, South Carolina tyre plant in the next four years as part of plans to purchase new production facilities and retool existing equipment.

This investment comes as part of Bridgestone’s plans to invest more than US$50 million in the South Carolina facility over a five-year period. While it is not thought that the upgrade to the plant will create any new jobs, plant manager Mike Rose stated that it would make the plant more productive and keep it on the cutting edge of technology.