Bridgestone Corporation opens second India plant

Bridgestone India Private Limited has opened its second plant in Chakan, Pune. Prithviraj Chavan, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, along with Kazuhisa Nishigai, COO and Representative Board Member, Bridgestone Corporation and Kiyoshi Asako, Consul General of Japan in Mumbai inaugurated the plant which is an outcome of an MOU signed between Bridgestone India Pvt. Ltd. and Government of Maharashtra in April 2010 for an estimated investment of Rs 2600 Cr. The plant is spread across an area of approximately 187 acres of land. When all the phases of expansion are complete the plant will have a capacity to manufacture around 10,000 passenger car radial tyres and 3000 truck bus radial tyres per day that will cater to the growing needs of the Indian market. It will generate an employment to approximately 1800 people. Bridgestone India established its first plant in India in Kheda, MP which started the production in 1998 and within a short span of 14 years became one of the leading tyre companies in both the OEM & Replacement market, with 2500 dealership network across the nation.