Bridgestone Firestone is now debating about renovating or relocating [ohio.com] their North American Technical Center, which is currently located in Akron, Ohio.
The facility, which employs almost 1000 people, is located in a building that is nearly 100 years old. One of the options is an extensive renovation of the current facility. Or, a completely new facility could be built somewhere else in Akron, or near Nashville, where the corporate headquarters of North American operations are located.
Earlier, Goodyear had threatened to move its technical center out of Akron, allowing it to negotiate a ton of incentives from the city and state [ohio.com] to keep the jobs in Northeast Ohio. So, it is possible that Bridgestone Firestone is attempting to get the same sort of deal. On the other hand, if they are going to build a new facility, you could see how it might make sense to build it near the corporate headquarters.
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