Bridgestone

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion północno-zachodni; Zachodniopomorskie; Szczeciński
Location of affected unit(s)
Stargard Szczecinski
Sector
Manufacturing
(22 - 23) Manufacture of rubber, plastic and non-metallic minerals
22.1 - Manufacture of rubber products
22.11 - Manufacture, retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres and manufacture of tubes
800 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
30 May 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2008
Foreseen end date
28 February 2009

Description

Bridgestone of Japan will invest almost EUR 300 million in a new tyre factory in Stargard Szczeciński. Construction will begin in 2007; the plant is expected to be finished in late 2008 to early 2009, and it will hire 800 workers.

Bridgestone already has a tyre factory in Poznań, where it employs 1290 people.

Sources

  • 30 May 2006: Puls Biznesu

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Bridgestone, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63583, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63583.