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Firestone
Opens New Plant in Turrialba
Amidst the announcement over the last
several months of plants closing down and
reducing their staff in Costa Rica, one
company, the Firestone tire manufacturer,
has opened a new plant. Located in Turrialba,
southeast of San Jose, the tire manufacturer
raises hopes for the Costa Rican economy.
The new plant 124.000 square feet plant,
costing the company some us$8 million
dollars, adds some 100 jobs to the area.
Firestone's total investment in the area
will be us$14 million, according to Alvaro
Murillo, the plant manager, at the plant's
inauguration which was attended by the Costa
Rican president, Oscar Arias and Foreign
Trade minister, Marco Vinicio Ruiz.
The Turriabla plant will be manufacturing
vehicle springs, moving from Indianapolis,
for lower production costs in Costa Rica.
The Firestone move may be the tip of the
wave of many US businesses looking south to
cut their operating costs.
Firestone, a subsidiary of Bridgestone
Americas, Inc, which already operates a tire
manufacturing plant located in La Ribera de
Belén, minutes east of the San Jose airport.
Bridgestone Firestone de Costa Rica's Belén
operation centres on manufacture of tires
and inner tubes and rubber products.
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