Bridgestone builds CB plant in Mexico.Bridgestone, Tokyo Tokyo (tō`kēō), city (1990 pop. 8,163,573), capital of Japan and of Tokyo prefecture, E central Honshu, at the head of Tokyo Bay. , Japan, will build a plant in Altamira, Tamaulipas Altamira is a municipality and city in Tamaulipas, Mexico. It is located immediately to the north of the municipalities of Tampico and Ciudad Madero, at the southern tip of the state of Tamaulipas, on the Gulf of Mexico. , Mexico Mexico, city, Mexico Mexico or Mexico City, Span. Ciudad de México (Méjico), city (1990 pop. 8,236,960; 1991 met. area est. 20,899,000), central Mexico, capital and largest city of Mexico. , to ensure reliable supplies of high quality carbon black, which is said to be in increasingly high demand due to expansion of the company's tire plants worldwide. The plant will be operated by Mexico Carbon Manufacturing S.A. de C.V., a wholly-owned member of the Bridgestone Group. Approximately $81 million has been earmarked for investment in the plant, which is scheduled to begin production in June 2008. Annual capacity is expected to be around 35,000 tons. Bridgestone also plans to invest between $256 million and $384 million in Poland to build a tire factory in the northern city of Stargard Szczecinski Stargard Szczeciński (stär`gärt shchĕchēN`skē), formerly Stargard in Pommern (ĭn pô`mərn), town (1994 est. pop. 72,000), Zachodniopomorskie prov., NW Poland. . |
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