Bridgestone shuts its doors for last time

Yes, I feel a touch of sadness as I had a hand in the construction of the factory. It was back in 1964 and was then called "Uniroyal", a division of SA Rubber Mills.

So many of the places that I have worked in have vanished that I'm beginning to believe that I am the Kiss of Death!

Don't worry about it!!, everything is in great shape!!



Signed.

K R.



Cheers Axle.

And our lazy Governments allow this to happen and then Abbott wants to deny anyone under 30 any assistance, eg up here there were 1600 applications for 100 positions, So Mr Abbott where are the other 1500 jobs

overseas,of course

So is this an opportunity to pick up better quality Australian made tyres as they run out their local product, or isn't there any difference in the build quality?

My 265/75/16 Bridgestone 694LT's are from Japan and doing very well for me.

If I recall a fitter asked me on the phone if mine had raised white lettering, as the Aussie version does not so I guess they do make these in Australia, or DID make this model here up to today.

Tim

I walked out of there for the last time at 6pm last Friday, as did 2 other casual employees. It was a sad day, but not as sad as it would have been for the people who had been there for a number of years... As with any workplace, some of your work mates become like a second family, and you get comfortable working with these people... A very sad day indeed

Cheers, Brad

My heart goes out to Brad and his work mates.

At the end of the day, I am one of the people to blame. My tow truck has BF Goodrich Tyres and before that I had Coopers. When I was buying them, I studied the internet and looked for quality and price. It never entered my mind to ask where they were made.

I drive a truck made in Brazil, wear clothes made in China and are writing this on a computer made in..... one second while I turn it over......yes china. Thoshiba are made in china.... well I never.

That one day Brad would loose his job, was not important to me. He was someone nameless worker till this morning.

Now all I want is a politican and some voters with some guts and the ability to see a few years into the future. I have no children and in a few years, I will be dead. What happens to the world will not effect me but maybe, we should be considering Brad's children.

If the government keep taxing business out of existence then they will continue to close. How secure will mine jobs be after Sunday? One big employer that has shut was forced that way because of a new "Environmental levy" that is about to be imposed. Currently all their waste water is treated and reused but because there is potential environmental impact a levy is imposed. All the equipment has gone to China (except waste treatment) where waste water is put untreated back into the river.

Is this really looking after the environment or is it just an attempted tax grad?

Neil

Yes it is very sad that tyres will no longer be manufactured in Australia. I have seen 3 redundancy programs at a previous employer - I was on the receiving end (by choice) on the 3rd program. The 4th one was the one to end all redundancies...

But I think the title of this thread should be "Bridgestone TYRES shuts its doors for last time".

The ORIGINAL Bridgestone factory in Adelaide is still going at the ORIGINAL site in Adelaide's south at Edwardstown - since 1939. It's current name is Bridgestone TG. The tyre factory, Bridgestone Australia, north of Adelaide was a spin off from the original business in the mid 1960s.

I'm pleased to say the original Company still supplies steering wheels, airbag modules, and rubber products to the remaining Australian manufacturers and hopefully will be around for a few more years!