Bridgestone.

Bridgestone, Tokyo, Japan, will construct a plant in Japan to produce large and ultralarge radial tires for mining and construction vehicles in response to growing global demand for those tires. Plans are to build the plant in the Hibikinada Industrial Area in Kitakyushu Kitakyushu (kētä`ky

), city (1990 pop. 1,026,455), Fukuoka prefecture, N Kyushu, Japan, on the Shimonoseki Strait between the Inland Sea and the Korea Strait., Fukuoka Fukuoka (f

`ōkä), city (1990 pop. 1,237,062), capital of Fukuoka prefecture, N Kyushu, Japan, on Hakata Bay. Prefecture.

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Title Annotation:	Acquisitions, expansions
Publication:	Rubber World
Geographic Code:	9JAPA
Date:	Jan 1, 2007
Words:	45
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