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Bridgestone Launches Construction on "Plant" Plant

MESA, AZ-In its desire to study – and use – the Guayule plant as an alternative natural rubber source, the Bridgestone Americas affiliate broke ground on its 10-acre facility.

By Amy Wolff Sorter | Updated on May 22, 2013

MESA, AZ-Bridgestone Americas Inc., the Nashville, TN-based subsidiary of Bridgestone Corp., has broken ground on 10 acres, which will be its future Biorubber Process Research Center. The multimillion-dollar research center is anticipated to open sometime in 2014.

The purpose of the development at East Pecos and South Mountain Roads is to study and transform the native Guayule into tire-grade rubber. Guayule, which grows in the southwest desert, produces natural rubber in its roots and bark.

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