Bridgestone

Type
Business expansion
Country
Poland
Region
Makroregion północno-zachodni; Zachodniopomorskie; Szczeciński
Location of affected unit(s)
Starogard Szczeciński
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
550 jobs
Number of planned job creations
Job creation
Announcement Date
1 August 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 January 2009
Foreseen end date
31 December 2010

Description

750 new jobs (including 150 for university graduats) will be created at new Bridgestone factory in Starogard Szczeciński, with an investment of EUR 200 million by the Japanese tyre manufacturer. Recruitment and training at the new plant, which will produce tyres for trucks and buses, will start in spring 2008 and production will commence in 2009. Currently the company employs 200 people and plans to create 550 new jobs by the end of 2010.

Sources

  • 28 May 2008: Wirtualny Nowy Przemysł Webside
  • 1 August 2006: Gazeta Wyborcza
  • 1 August 2006: Rzeczpospolita

Citation

Eurofound (2006), Bridgestone, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63856, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/63856.