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Bridgestone/Firestone to build tire plant in SC.


Nashville, TN-based Bridgestone/Firestone announced plans to build a $435 million passenger and light truck tire manufacturing plant in Aiken County Aiken County can refer to
  • Aiken County, South Carolina
  • Aiken County, Minnesota: former name of Aitkin County, Minnesota
, SC. The 1.5 million square foot plant will be constructed on a 550-acre site near I-20 in Aiken County, centrally located between Aiken and North Augusta North Augusta, city (1990 pop. 15,351), Aiken co., SW S.C., on the Savannah River opposite Augusta, Ga.; settled c.1860, inc. 1906. Located in an agricultural region, it is mostly residential.  in South Carolina South Carolina, state of the SE United States. It is bordered by North Carolina (N), the Atlantic Ocean (SE), and Georgia (SW). Facts and Figures


Area, 31,055 sq mi (80,432 sq km). Pop. (2000) 4,012,012, a 15.
. Site preparation will commence immediately. Production of tires is slated to begin in the spring of 1999. The plant is expected to reach production of 25,000 radial radial /ra·di·al/ (ra´de-al)
1. pertaining to the radius of the arm or to the radial (lateral) aspect of the arm as opposed to the ulnar (medial) aspect; pertaining to a radius.

2.
 passenger and light truck tires per day in the year 2000. It will employ 300-400 team members when production begins, and employment will reach approximately 800 in the year 2000.
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Title Annotation:Aiken County, South Carolina
Publication:Rubber World
Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Sep 1, 1997
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