To respond to increasing global demand Bridgestone plans to build a new plant in Amata City Industrial Estate, Rayong, Thailand for the production of off-the-road radial tires for construction and mining vehicles (ORRs). Additionally the company wi|l start production of steel cord used in these tyres in its subsidiary for manufacturing steel cord in Thailand. Total investment for the new plant is said to be approximately JPY 50 billion; production will begin in the 1st half of 2015. Capacity at the new plant is expected to reach approximately 85 tonnes per day by the 1st half of 2019, when scheduled capacity increases are completed.
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