BFNA Closes Warehouse

Bridgestone Firestone North America has closed its south-eastern distribution centre in Georgia in anticipation of the opening of a new warehouse in Jacksonville, Florida. The new facility is twice as big as its Georgia counterpart, which held up to 480,000 tyres and employed 100.

Local news sources have reported that three of the Georgia warehouse’s employees applied for jobs at the new facility, but were told that “they wouldn’t be a good fit” in Florida. Meanwhile a manager at the original plant reportedly moved his office to Florida without telling anybody.