The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
Manufacturing Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products And Other Non-Metallic Mineral Products Manufacture Of Rubber And Plastic Products 22.11 - Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
800 jobs Number of planned job creations
Announcement Date
30 May 2006
Employment effect (start)
1 December 2008
Foreseen end date
28 February 2009
Description
Bridgestone of Japan will invest almost EUR 300 million in a new tyre factory in Stargard Szczeciński. Construction will begin in 2007; the plant is expected to be finished in late 2008 to early 2009, and it will hire 800 workers.
Bridgestone already has a tyre factory in Poznań, where it employs 1290 people.
Sources
30 May 2006: Puls Biznesu
Citation
Eurofound (2006), Bridgestone, Business expansion in Poland, factsheet number 63583, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://restructuringeventsprod.azurewebsites.net/restructuring-events/detail/63583.
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