Nashville-based Bridgestone Americas plans to shutter its tire plant located in La Vergne, Tennessee, later this year, which will leave 700 workers based in Rutherford County without jobs.

Bridgestone Americas has announced that it's slashing 700 Tennessee jobs to "optimize its business footprint." ...

LA VERGNE, Tenn. (WKRN) — The La Vergne community has started to prepare after Bridgestone announced the closure of its Truck and Bus Radial Tire Plant effective July 31. According to ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tire manufacturer Bridgestone Americas is closing its LaVergne, Tennessee, plant and laying off 700 workers there. The company said in a news release the closure will help it ...

and customers including Discount Tire, Bridgestone and Walmart. "We will manage about 215 million tires this year," said Steve Callahan, vice president, inbound sales for Liberty. "That is in western ...