Brisa dismisses senior staff in secrecy row

Following a visit to the BRISA factory

in Turkey, by an international group of dealers and journalists, a couple of months ago, two

senior staff have been dismissed on grounds of “technological

espionage.”

Ertugrul Yilmaz, Brisa Technology

Manager and Haldun Kuran, Chief of Technology were dismissed after a

picture of a recently-developed piece of equipment appeared in French

magazine, Le Pneumatique.

The equipment is currently used to make

only Bridgestone brand tyres; but the picture caption

implied it is used to make Lassa brand tyres. This added to the

damage caused by the incident.

As a result, BRISA management has

banned mobile telephones from the factory. Employees now have to

leave them in a box at the gate.