Bridgestone Announces Tire Plant Closure in Tennessee With 700 Layoffs and Other Reductions

A woman walks past the Bridgestone logo displayed at an entrance of the company's headquarters in Tokyo on May 17, 2021. Kazuhiro Nogi/ AFP via Getty Images

NASHVILLE, Tenn.—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 release.

Bridgestone said the closure will help the company “optimize its business footprint” and “strengthen its competitiveness.”