Hungarian Investment Promotion Agency

Bridgestone Tatabánya achieved with a multi-stage investment that today its manufacturing capacity amounts to 6.5 million tires per year. Premium summer, winter and all-season tires of 230 different sizes are made on the production lines of one of the largest employers of Komárom-Esztergom county mainly for European and overseas markets, but significant supplies are delivered directly to international and domestic automotive players as well.

The company signed a strategic partnership agreement with the Hungarian government in 2013. Accordingly, developments have been very active lately which resulted in substantial capacity expansion. A new factory unit was set up in 2017, whereas in 2018 a HUF 9.2 billion investment led to an increased warehouse capacity of 600,000 tires. Besides a tire building equipment for manufacturing high-performance tires was purchased for EUR 1.46 million under the subsidy to improve competitiveness launched during the pandemic which further enhanced the company’s competitiveness.

– Melinda Topolcsik, managing director of Bridgestone Tatabánya Termelő Kft. said in the event.

The plant in Tatabánya is planned to be transformed into a fully smart factory by 2023, and apart from tire production semi-finished product manufacturing, energy provision, maintanance, production follow-up and design would be all fully digitized as a result.