ALLENTOWN, Pa.—Brenntag North America has opened a new Coatings and Construction Technology and Innovation Center in Allentown, saying the operation gives its customers in the U.S. and Canada access to more inventive solutions.

CLEVELAND—Nihon Spindle Manufacturing, the Amagasaki, Japan-based manufacturer of Moriyama rubber mixers, and Sanyu U.S.A., its U.S. distributor, both made major decisions about operations just ahead of the recent International Elastomer Conference in Cleveland.

COLDWATER, Ohio—Recycled rubber compounder DRI Rubber has grown rapidly in a short span thanks partially to an acquisition and a plant expansion, along with the addition of more machinery and personnel.

KRAGUJEVAC, Serbia—Leading Chinese manufacturer Yanfeng Automotive Interiors has opened a new plant in Serbia.

MILAN, Tenn.—China-based Global Track Manufacturing has invested an estimated $2.5 million into a Tennessee manufacturing site that is expected to bring at least 250 jobs to the area by 2021.

LONDON—China's Aeolus Tyre Co. Ltd. reportedly is in talks with a Sri Lankan affiliate of United Arab Emirates-based Onyx Group with a view to establishing a truck and bus tire joint venture in the Asian island nation, according to sources close to the negotiations.

LONDON—Central and Eastern Europe continues to offer attractive locations for rubber product manufacturers, as evidenced by three investment projects in the region.

KIYOSU, Japan—Toyoda Gosei is expanding the production of weatherstrips at a recently acquired production plant in central China, a move it says will strengthen its parts business in the region.

BOSTON—Cabot has broken ground on an expansion project at its carbon black manufacturing plant in Cilegon, Indonesia.