Bridgestone to Boost Capacity at Wuxi, China PCR Factory

In the medium to long term, demand for passenger car radials in China is expected to increase. To meet this growing demand, Bridgestone announced on April 13 that it will increase production capacity at its Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd. facility in China’s Jiangsu Province. The company reports that it will receive government funding to facilitate a capacity increase at the five-year-old plant.

Production at the Wuxi plant, which produces passenger car and UHP tyres, will begin to be ramped up in the second half of 2011, Bridgestone says. The company plans a total investment of US$98 million, which will enable it to increase daily production by 4,200 units. Total daily output at the facility will be 12,000 units once production capacity has been increased.