MADRID: Japanese tyremaker Bridgestone said it plans to cut jobs at two factories in northern Spain in reaction to an adverse evolution of the European market and the rise of non-European products.

The company plans to cut 546 jobs at two factories making tyres for tractors, other farm vehicles, buses and trucks in Cantabria and the Basque Country in northern Spain, local union UGT said on Tuesday.

UGT and other unions have said they will call for a strike at the two factories, without providing details.