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It's hard to believe that it is already the middle of November and Christmas will be here in less than six weeks.  We've already had a sprinkling of snow, it is starting to get dark by 5:00 pm, and the cold weather is setting in.  If I didn't know better I'd think it was already wintertime.

From the plant perspective the months of November and December are very difficult months for a couple of reasons.

First off, we have two separate shutdowns in these two months.   The first…

The month of October is Disaster Prevention month.  Here at Bridgestone we take this month to focus on fire prevention both at work and at home.  Each week different topics have been covered including car fires, pet fire safety, and other topics.  The fire that occurred at the Tochigi plant in Japan brought light to fire prevention and the need for proactive activities that are required to reduce severity and occurrences of thermal events.…