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(Bridgestone) -- Bridgestone
Corporation announced today that it will add a new production line for EVA
(ethylene vinyl acetate) film in the company"s Polish subsidiary, Bridgestone
Diversified Products Poland Sp. z o.o.(“BSDP”). This will be Bridgestone"s first
EVA film production facility in Poland, and this additional production will help
BSDP better respond to the growing international demand for EVA film, a product
used in the manufacture of solar modules. An investment of 165 mln zloty will be
used to fund the installation of this line, and production is scheduled to begin
during the first half of 2013. At full capacity, the line will be capable of
producing 1.080 tons per month.
Currently, EVA film is produced at Bridgestone"s Iwata Plant in Iwata
City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and additional production is scheduled to begin at
the company"s Seki Plant in Seki City, Gifu Prefecture in the second half of
2011. With expectations of rapidly increasing demand for solar modules around
the world, Bridgestone is investing in additional EVA film manufacturing
capacity to enhance its business in European markets.
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