Recently, the introduction of the Group's most advanced automated production line to the green technology to create the Bridgestone plant in Wuxi three put into production. It is reported that three factories after the completion of production, Nissan, Bridgestone's Wuxi plant capacity of 13,200.

    Bridgestone (Wuxi) Tire Co., Ltd. is a Bridgestone Corporation and Bridgestone (China) Investment Co., Ltd. jointly funded the establishment of wholly foreign-owned enterprise, mainly produces 14 to 19 inches of passenger cars with radial tires for Dongfeng Nissan, Guangzhou Toyota, Guangzhou Honda, Shanghai GM, BMW and other manufacturers supporting.

    Since the plant construction stage, Bridgestone (Wuxi) Company Group, the introduction of the advanced philosophy of environmental protection, to build from product planning, manufacturing, waste re-use to a full range of "green factories." In June 2010, Wuxi plant has to achieve "zero discharge of waste completely."

    Bridgestone's Wuxi plant is a "garden-style factory": southern-style pavilions, lush green vegetation tightly around the plant. According to the person in charge of the factory in Wuxi, Wuxi factory in the early stages of construction, it will be "trusted by the community, emphasis on the environment factory" established for the construction of the fundamental, the introduction of the latest equipment, and vigorously promote clean production processes: the use of clean energy fuel boiler liquefied natural gas plant in the deodorizing unit installed equipment such as environmental protection, reducing the emissions impact on the community; install COD on-line monitoring equipment, real-time monitoring of waste water, industrial water and water plant in the region after the recovery of purified recycled. In particular, sulfur process in Canada is set to speed up the cooling pipes underground ventilation, even in the hot summer months can ensure the smooth flow of air and indoor temperature control.

    Wuxi plant three tire production lines, divided into refining, extruding, cutting, shaping, plus sulfur, inspection six processes.

    First, the refining process is through the mixer to natural rubber, synthetic rubber and carbon black, and refining the process of mixing medicines.

    After refining the refining process to become the next process of rubber raw materials. In order to ensure that only qualified raw materials to the next process, refined through the sampling device for sampling a good rubber, and sent to the laboratory for examination materials analysis, in order to ensure high-quality raw materials.

    Secondly, the mixing out of the film to be most pressing out process. The main production process bead and the upper triangle of the triangular rubber sidewall, tread rubber three kinds of semi-finished products. The processes of production out of the size and physical properties of semi-finished products, there are strict requirements, under the influence of a direct molding process made the tire quality. Reporters saw on the tread extruder equipped with measuring weight, the width of the sensor, each batch of semi-finished materials will be sent to laboratories for material sampling analysis.

    Next is finding process, the major part of production constitutes the skeleton ply tire and belt. Ply, belt, etc. are all wire-line, they form the skeleton part of the tire. Here, the reporter saw the workers will be rubber-coated steel cord handle, and then cutting into the different types of tires to the required size. Each device are equipped with sensors measuring the width, strict quality management.

    Forming process is through the machine to press out and cutting the production process to form the tire shape semi-finished products. The process is called semi-finished green tire. Technical staff for the completion of each green tire is affixed bar code and enter the computer, so that for each product can be tracked.

    Completion of the above four processes, the sulfur into the process. Sulfur into the green tire machine, through a certain time of heating, pressure, so that the rubber chemical reaction with the sulfur and rubber molecules to become one solid, a real usable tires. At the same time in Canada during the use of sulfur in the tire mold surface pattern. Because the process produces sulfur heat, water vapor and smoke, and sulfur in the Wuxi plant processes and the addition of cord cut off underground ventilation ducts, to help speed up the heat and ensure the smooth flow of air.