AKRON, Ohio — Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas is set to lay off a chunk of its workforce, and employees in Akron will be among those impacted.

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A Bridgestone Americas spokesperson said Akron employees are being laid off amid larger workforce cuts at various operations across the Americas but declined to give a number of affected area workers.

Bridgestone America announces the closure of LaVergne, Tennessee, Truck and Bus Radial Tire Plant. By July 31st, 700 ...

Bridgestone said it has been updating and optimising its US business footprint recently, including its national headquarters, the technology center in Akron, Ohio, its Bandag retreading sites and its ...

Japanese tyre manufacturer Bridgestone Corporation announced it plans to close its tyre manufacturing plant in LaVergne, in the US state of Tennessee, as part of its strategy to “optimize the ...

Bridgestone said the closure will help the ... preferential hiring rights at the company’s plants in Des Moines; Akron, Ohio; and Russellville, Arkansas, Weaver said.

Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas is closing its LaVergne, Tennessee, truck and bus radial tire plant and laying off 700 workers there, the company announced in a news ...