Posted by meb at February 25th, 2009

Two major tire manufacturers halted production in Turkey on Tuesday due to problems stemming from the ongoing global financial crisis.

Brisa Bridgestone Sabancı Tire Manufacturing and Trading Inc, a joint venture between Bridgestone Corporation of Japan, one the world’s largest manufacturers of tires, and the Sabancı Group, Turkey’s leading industrial conglomerate, halted production at their two plants in Kocaeli. Pirelli, the world’s leading tire manufacturer, also suspended production in their Kocaeli plant. Manufacturing will be halted for a week at the two Brisa factories.

Around 2,200 workers, including 1,072 at Brisa Bridgestone and the balance at Turk Pirelli Tire Corporation, were compelled to take a leave of absence for a week but would remain on the payroll, said Hüseyin Çakar, the head of the Kocaeli branch of Lastik-İş (Tire Workers Union), which operates under the Confederation of Turkish Labor Unions (Türk-İş).
source: Today’s Zaman

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