Bridgestone opens Thai center

Bridgestone opens Thai center

TOKYO (DPA): Japan's Bridgestone Corporation has opened a sales training center at the Nong Khae plant of Thai Bridgestone Company Ltd, a spokesman said on Tuesday.

The new facility, Bridgestone/Firestone Training and Communication Center, will train personnel from throughout Asia and Oceania, the spokesman for the world's largest manufacturer of tires and other rubber products said.

The center is the company's first facility in the region for providing sales personnel with practical and systematic training. Trainees from Bridgestone sales companies as well as independent distributors in Asia and Oceania are to take part in the program.

The 1,500-square-metre center is in Nong Khae, 82 kilometers north of Bangkok.