McPhee holds workshop on leadership, tours tire-manufacturing facility
MORRISON,
Tenn. — MTSU President Sidney A. McPhee extended congratulations Thursday (May
14) to senior managers and employees of Bridgestone’s Warren County plant on
the eve of the tire-making facility’s 25th anniversary.
McPhee, who visited the Morrison plant to present a workshop on
leadership, extolled the impact of the plant on the economy of Warren County
and the Middle Tennessee area, as well as MTSU’s continuing partnership with
Bridgestone.
“This plant and its employees have made a tremendous impact
throughout our region,” McPhee said. “I wish to offer my congratulations to all
of you for reaching this quarter-century milestone and all of your many
achievements in these years.”
The Warren County facility, which began operations in 1990,
manufactures 9,000 Bridgestone and Firestone truck and bus tires per day and
employs 990 people. In 2008, it was the first tire plant in the world to earn
certification from Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), which was
renewed last year.
Although the plant’s actual anniversary is Friday (May 15),
Bridgestone will mark the occasion formally with a ceremony next week in
Morrison.
MTSU and Bridgestone, along with automaker Nissan, are partners in
the university’s new and fast-growing Mechatronics Engineering degree program, which combines
mechanical, computer and electrical engineering along with systems integration
and technical project management.
John Stewart, Warren plant manager, and Brian Sears, human resources
division manager, toured McPhee through the facility after the workshop.
“What a wonderful presentation,” Sears told the crowd. “Dr. McPhee
really gets us.”
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