Bridgestone to manufacture environmentally friendly tires in Wuxi New District

On November 2nd, Bridgestone Corporation, the giant of the world's tire manufacturing industry, signed an agreement with Wuxi New District to invest in the implementation of the “green song companion” energy saving and environmental protection tire project. The Mayor Mao Xiaoping attended the signing ceremony and met with Mr. Takeda Bunton, Chairman of Bridgestone China Investment Co., Ltd., and his delegation.

At present, Bridgestone has formed a base development pattern integrating the manufacture, development and sales of tires in Tin, with a total investment of nearly 300 million U.S. dollars. The signing of the new project "green song companion" energy-saving environmental protection tires, is the company's flagship product, a total investment of 98 million US dollars, reaching production after the annual output will reach 1.34 million, sales are expected to be 480 million yuan.

Mao Xiaoping said at the meeting that he hopes Bridgestone will not only manufacture green products in Wuxi, but also realize energy conservation and environmental protection in the production process, accelerate the transformation and upgrading, and become the vanguard enterprise in Wuxi to implement low-carbon environmental standards.