Bridgestone to close Australia, NZ tire plants

Saturday 24th October, 04:51 AM JST

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neverknow2 at 08:05 AM JST - 24th October

You can only move companies to China, where people work for slave labor prices, for so long. Eventually things like this will come back and bite Japan in the bum.
rajakumar at 09:31 AM JST - 24th October

Bridgestone China probably doing more to cover for AUS/NZ market. China and Japan alliance will go bigger and bigger until,China and rest of world get saturated.

Other nations outside China, now need to manufacture/produce exports for China,things China is weak in producing.

Things like food and niche market high quality non-china quality products/services.

Keep the trillions circulating both ways and in every way possible.
presto345 at 01:05 PM JST - 24th October

You can only move companies to China, where people work for slave labor prices, for so long. Eventually things like this will come back and bite Japan in the bum.

You never know indeed before you know. Bridgestone, the largest tyre manufacturer in the world, still has plants in about 30 other countries, quite a few of which are developing, which make them competitive for quite some time to come.
neverknow2 at 05:53 PM JST - 24th October

still has plants in about 30 other countries

Sorry. Only 24 countries. Soon to be 22.

The Australian wage prices and value of the dollar is driving them away in search of even larger profits. The demand for their product has increased signifigantly. As has their greed.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgestone
elbudamexicano at 09:53 PM JST - 24th October

Too bad for them Aussies and Kiwis, no more tires for them??
TumbleDry at 07:46 AM JST - 25th October

neverknow2: you can move to NK. They still are the real true communists. Greed? It is called the capitalism.
presto345 at 03:13 PM JST - 25th October

Greed? Bwahahahaha.
SebastianFlyte at 11:28 AM JST - 26th October

Good timing. I am in the market for some new tyres, so will scratch Bridgestone et al. from the list.
TSRnow at 01:05 PM JST - 26th October

SebastianFlyte, they're the ONLY tire manufacturer in Australia. Who's left in your list?
mygrain at 11:49 PM JST - 27th October

"Australia and New Zealand—was no longer internationally competitive."

Huh ??? And the 11 factories in Japan are ? Ooohhh ,Aussie- Aussie- Aussie OI-OI-OI !