Bridgestone begins latest expansion at Polish car tyre plant

摘要

Almost 18 months ago, Bridgestone announced it would invest at least 160 million euros in its passenger car tyre plant in Poznan, Poland. A stage in this factory expansion project began on 20 January with the laying of a foundation stone for additional production buildings. "All of the already completed and ongoing projects make up a very important investment for our plant, which we commenced in autumn of 2017," says Roman Staszewski, managing director of Bridgestone Poznan. "To our satisfaction, we have completed the previous stages smoothly. We are currently able to achieve an astounding production capacity of 35,199 tyres per day - with this record set on January 4 this year." The new facilities will have a floorspace of more than 50,000 square metres and will house the plant's rolling mill and vulcanisation operations. Bridgestone says the buildings will be completed and operating at full capacity by 2022, helping the plant to reach its target production capacity of 40,000 tyres a day.