CLINTON, Miss.—Continental staged a ceremonial grand opening Oct. 17 for its $1.4 billion truck tire plant in Clinton, although production isn't scheduled to begin until early 2020.

BRASELTON, Ga.—As the 2019 IMSA championship season draws to a close, Michelin North America is reflecting on what it considers a successful first season as the series' exclusive tire supplier and sponsor.

CLERMONT-FERRAND, France—Michelin has notified workers at its La Roche-sur-Yon truck tire plant in France that it intends to close the 47-year-old factory by the end of 2020.

DAYTON, Tenn.—Nokian has developed a premium all-season tire for light trucks, commercial vans and sport utility vehicles, the One HT.

DAYTON, Tenn.—Nokian Tyres has commissioned production at its Dayton passenger/light truck tire factory two years after breaking ground on the $360 million project.

AKRON—Capital spending on new capacities by the world's leading tire makers fell measurably in the past dozen months to roughly $3.5 billion, but the total includes plans for seven greenfield factories.

AKRON—Even as capital spending by the world's tire makers on new plants and capacity expansions slows, and some tire plant projects have been suspended, the industry will grow measurably this year as five new plants announced in the past few years either have come on stream or are set to before year-end.

AKRON—For most of the world's major tire makers, 2018 was a flat year saleswise, leading to another year of status quo at the top of the Global Tire Report ranking compiled annually since 1986 by Rubber & Plastics News.

FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.—Goodyear is planning to expand capacity for larger rim-diameter passenger tires at its 50-year-old Fayetteville plant following the approval of a 10-year jobs incentive package by the North Carolina Department of Commerce.

KUANTAN, Malaysia—China's Zhaoqing Junhong Corp., which does business as Maxtrek Tyres, broke ground on a car and truck tire plant in the Malaysia-China Kuantan Industrial Park in Kuantan.

LAGRANGE, Ga.—Sentury Tire has indefinitely put on hold plans to build a car and light truck tire plant in the U.S., according to various sources close to the project.

CLEVELAND—Myers Industries' ongoing revamp of its Myers Tire Supply distribution business is designed to make the firm more efficient and responsive to customers, while also controlling costs internally.

MONTREAL—Michelin has agreed to work with Einride to help develop the Swedish company's self-driving electric trucks by using a number of the autonomous units at its operations in Clermont-Ferrand, France.

MONTREAL—Michelin, in partnership with General Motors, is taking its development of a maintenance-free, non-pneumatic tire to the next level with the "Uptis" prototype.

HENDERSON, Nev.—Yokohama Tire Corp. (YTC) is making a serious pitch for the pickup truck, Jeep, SUV and CUV crowds with a pair of new tires in the Geolandar product line, the X-AT extreme all-terrain and X-CV crossover/luxury SUV tire.