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Bridgestone to invest $98m more in China plant

(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-04-13 17:15

Bridgestone Corp, Japan's largest tyre maker, said on Monday it planned to invest $98 million in an east China plant to expand its capacity.

The investment, scheduled to start in the second half of 2011, will enable the plant in the city of Wuxi to make an additional 4,200 tyres per day, increasing its total daily capacity to 12,000 tyres, it said in a statement.

Bridgestone has 48 tyre plants in 22 countries globally.