Bridgestone opens news tyre distribution centre in Australia

Despite Covid-19 restrictions preventing too much fanfare, Bridgestone has opened a new distribution centre in Truganina, Victoria, Australia. The official opening of Bridgestone’s Truganina hub sees the relocation of the company’s former warehouse, state office and store at Derrimut relocated to the new site, as well as the convergence of the state operations for Lube Mobile, Webfleet Solutions and the expansion of services into new segments – highlighted by the launch of an onsite truck wash.

Bridgestone Australia & New Zealand Managing Director, Stephen Roche commented:

“The Truganina site…points towards Bridgestone’s future direction, as we continue our evolution to become a global leader in providing sustainable mobility solutions – demonstrated by the coming together of Bridgestone’s operations, as well as those of our mobile mechanical provider Lube Mobile, and digital solutions partner Webfleet. It’s a practical demonstration of how Bridgestone will add value to our customers through solutions beyond tyres.”

With sustainability underpinning Bridgestone’s Mid-Long Term Business Strategy announced in 2020, the Truganina site will play a role in Bridgestone Australia’s contribution towards the company’s global target of becoming carbon neutral by 2050 and realising its ‘Milestone 2030’ targets of a 50 per cent reduction in CO2 emissions.

The entire site has a 4.5 green star rating under the Green Building Council of Australia’s framework, and utilises energy efficient LED lighting throughout the building, 50,000L of water storage from rainwater harvesting, and a 100kW solar array.

Bridgestone has also significantly bolstered the capacity of its Victorian warehouse with a dedicated 19,250m2 of storage – with an increase of 40 per cent compared to the former site translating to 50,000 more tyres in the new site. From the Truganina warehouse, Bridgestone services all of Victoria and parts of regional New South Wales, as well as Tasmania through a satellite warehouse in Hobart.