Kolkata, Nov (EPC News): Bridgestone Corporation, has announced an investment of Rs259 crore for expansion of it's production facility at Pithampur near Indore in Madhya Pradesh. The company has identified India as a significant growth market in the Asia-Pacific region and wants to capture a third of the growing passenger car market in India.
The company will increase production capacity by over 40% to 15,000 tyres per day by the middle of next year. Bridgestone will also hire 300 more people as part of the expansion plan in the country.