CHONBURI, Thailand — Prinx Chengshan Tire Co. Ltd. has inaugurated production of truck tires at its $300 million plant in Chonburi a year after breaking ground and a few months ahead of schedule.

BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec — Unimax Tire Ltd., one of Canada's largest wholesale tire distributors and retail network promoters, plans to both consolidate and expand this year.

LIAONING, China — Sailun Group Co. Ltd. plans to double capacity for radial truck and bus tires at its plant in Liaoning to 6 million units a year by 2022, the company disclosed Feb. 28.

ZHAOYUAN CITY, China — Shandong Linglong Tire Co. Ltd. plans to raise about $285 million through a public placement on the Shanghai Stock Exchange, the proceeds of which will go toward various expansion projects.

FINDLAY, Ohio — Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. will ramp up its capital spending in 2020 in large part to upgrade and expand plants in Mexico and Serbia, where work already is under way to prepare them for additional production and product lines.

PITTSBURGH — Discount Tire has opened its first retail store in Pennsylvania, in Pittsburgh, two-and-a-half years after disclosing it was targeting the Keystone state as an area for growth.

INDIANAPOLIS — Tire Discounters has opened two more stores in the Indianapolis area, expanding its presence there to eight stores and 130-plus locations in the dealership's six-state marketing area.

EUREKA, Mo. — Dobbs Tire & Auto Centers Inc. is converting a commercial property in Eureka into a retail tire store that it plans to have operating by early May.

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. — Recycled carbon black processor Pyrolyx U.S.A. has obtained approval for up to $70 million in bonds to finance the building of a second rCB plant in Terre Haute.