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FISCAL 2009 MAJOR NEwS FLOw
JANUARY
• Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations
announces the suspension of the
production of passenger and light
truck tire manufacturing at the LaVergne
Plant in LaVergne, Tennessee.
FEBRUARY
• Bridgestone starts operations
at the Retread Learning Center in
Kodaira, Tokyo.
MARCH
• Bridgestone introduces the third
generation of runat tires.
APRIL
• Bridgestone announces it will increase
the radial passenger tire production
capacity at its Wuxi Plant in Jiangsu
Province, China.
• Bridgestone responds to the decision of
the European Commission regarding an
alleged cartel in marine hoses.
MAY
• Bridgestone ofcially opens its truck
and bus tire plant in Stargard, Poland.
• Bridgestone announces ECOPIA
eco-friendly tires will be tted as standard
equipment on the Toyota Prius.
JUNE
• Bridgestone starts production at its
Kitakyushu Plant ahead of schedule.
• Bridgestone starts the full-scale
commercialization of electronic paper.
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The process of manufacturing retread tires Opening ceremony for Stargard Plant in Poland Opening ceremony for Kitakyushu Plant
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