OREANDA-NEWS. The Russian plant of company Bridgestone will be opened in Ulyanovsk region in the second half of 2016. As it was specified in the Corporation of development of the region, at present the company is built and there is installation of equipment, carried out commissioning.

"Commissioning of the facility will depend on many factors, including, on the authorities, who will hold a check. We have many customers, who are waiting for products produced in Russia, in Ulyanovsk. We also have potential customers - car makers, who are interested in our products”, - said the General Director of "Bridgestone Tyre MANUFACTURING CIS", Hiromi Tanigawa.

Deliveries will be implemented in the Russian market, and in future - to the markets of the CIS countries, writes "Rossiyskaya Gazeta". Investment agreement about the creation of production of tires in the Ulyanovsk region was signed in 2013. Bridgestone together with Mitsubishi Corporation will invest in the project 12.5 billion rubles. The production capacity of the plant, which was built in the industrial zone "Trans-Volga", is 2 million tires per year. In the future the production capacity of the enterprise may be doubled. We plan to create 800 new jobs.