# Bridgestone invests additional $180M in Wilson tire plant expansion

Bridgestone Americas announced an additional $180 million investment in its Wilson, North Carolina passenger tire plant, bringing total investment to $344 million. The expansion includes a new rubber mixer, 16 jobs, and will increase daily capacity by 3,000 tires to 35,000 by 2018.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2017-01-09
- Where: Wilson, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $180.0M
- Jobs: 16
- Starts operating: Sep 2018
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 3,000 tires per day additional; 35,000 tires per day total
- Products: passenger tires
- Sectors: [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Bridgestone Americas](https://endata.com/companies/21323.md)

## Sources

- [automotiveworld.com](https://www.automotiveworld.com/news-releases/bridgestone-announces-additional-180-million-investment-wilson-passenger-tire-manufacturing-plant/), 2017-01-09: "Bridgestone Americas (Bridgestone) today announced it will make an additional $180 million investment in its Wilson, North Carolina, passenger tire manufacturing facility."

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