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FIRESTONE DOUBLES TIRE EXPORTS.

Firestone subsidiary Llantas de Centroamerica S.A. (LLACASA) has inaugurated a US$37.5 million, 210,000 square foot plant here that will increase yearly production capacity from 750,000 to 1.5 million tires, bound for the U.S. market alone, and another

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1 million tires for Central America and the Caribbean, says Firestone Costa Rica General Manager John O'Grady, reports The Tico Times (April 30, 1999). Tokyo-based Bridgestone Corp. purchased Firestone Tire & Rubber in 1988 and acquired controlling shares in Firestone Costa Rica last year.

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Subject: Tires
Company: Llantas de Centroamerica S.A.
Product: Tires
Location: Costa Rica
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