Bridgestone - another foreign investment lost?

Bridgestone has a tyre factory in Poznań, and two years ago said that it would invest $170 million in doubling its output. However, now it is said to be pondering building a new plant elsewhere in the region, making the excavator band factory merely a consolation prize for Poland. The latter factory will be built in Żarów near Wrocław and will employ 50 persons. Belka has yet to discuss the tyre plant issue with Bridgestone. (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 26) T.J.