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- Tire Business
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- April 13, 2009
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BATO opens Fla. distribution center
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations (BATO) has opened its newest distribution center, a 1 million-plus-sq.-ft. warehouse in Jacksonville capable of handling more than 1 million tires.
The Jacksonville center will supply tires and automotive parts to Florida, Georgia and North and South Carolina, as well as tires imported from Latin America to the entire U.S. and tires imported from Asia to customers in the eastern half of the U.S., the tire maker said.
The Jacksonville center is BATO's seventh in North America and the largest of them. It boasts more than 200 dock doors and is capable of ...