Bridgestone to further increase tire capacity in Aiken, SC

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Bridgestone to further increase tire capacity in Aiken, SC

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3 d, i4 g8 @+ |! y! A8 M3 hTokyo, Japan - Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations is increasing production capacity of passenger car radial tires and light truck radial tires at its Aiken, SC, plant. The total investment will be approximately $211 million (approximately 18 billion yen). Plans call for increasing the plant's production capacity by approximately 8,000 tires per day to approximately 37,750 tires per day during the third quarter of 2015. BATO announced in July it will increase the Aiken plant production capacity by approximately 4,750 tires per day. BATO plans to complete this expansion by the first quarter of 2013. BATO decided that a further increase in production capacity was necessary in order to cater to the steady growth in demand for PSR and LTR tires in North America.