Tire producer Bridgestone Americas is last its LaVergne, Tennessee, plant and shedding 700 staff thereNASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tire producer Bridgestone Americas is last its LaVergne, Tennessee, truck and bus radial tire plant and shedding 700 staff there, the corporate introduced in a information liberate.Bridgestone mentioned the closure will assist the corporate “optimize its trade footprint” and “toughen its competitiveness.”As well as, Bridgestone introduced capability and body of workers discounts at its Des Moines, Iowa, agriculture tire plant and extra body of workers discounts in U.S. gross sales and operations. In Latin The united states, it plans discounts in body of workers and manufacturing capability in Argentina and Brazil. A spokesperson for Bridgestone didn’t straight away reply to questions about Friday morning concerning the extent of the ones discounts. The LaVergne plant was once the primary tire-producing facility in North The united states for the Bridgestone Company. The corporate stopped making tires for automobiles and lightweight vans on the plant in 2009, shedding more or less part of the employees on the time.
