AKRON — Bridgestone Americas Inc.'s Cara Adams, a Northeast Ohio native, talked with passion as she described the pride of seeing "made in Akron" stamped on the side of Firestone Firehawk racing tires.
And Ms. Adams, the director of Race Tire Engineering and Production at Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations and Firestone Racing, wasn't alone.
Heritage was a common theme on Nov. 11 when Bridgestone opened its doors for a tour of progress being made at the firm's new Advanced Tire Production Center, under construction on a site a few blocks west of the company's Americas Technical Center in south AKron.
The 80,000-sq.-ft. facility is expected to be finished by year-end, with production scheduled before year-end 2020.